December 2011
1 post
Gowalla: Gowalla is Going to Facebook →
gowalla:
Three years ago Gowalla’s journey began when I took a photograph of Lake Tahoe on my iPhone. I had just finished a phone call with my dad, and I wanted nothing more than to share that photo and place with him. Not just in a text message or status update sort of way, but with a bit of weight…
May 2011
2 posts
February 2011
1 post
4 tags
Dear Photoshop user, meet Fireworks! →
thoughtbot-giantrobots:
Isn’t it time that we have a web design application that speeds up and enhances our web design workflow? Well listen up Photoshop user, let me introduce you to Adobe Fireworks.
Adobe Fireworks is a powerful tool for creating web and screen graphics. With CSS3’s incredible ability to style…
January 2011
3 posts
Goodbye pointless Spotlight icon, hello Alfred! →
benbowler:
I just killed Spotlight!
Dear Tumblr
oatmeal:
If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you:
Please use it.
Please oh please.
-The Oatmeal
December 2010
4 posts
Cameron Moll / Designer, Speaker, Author: The 11”... →
cameronmoll:
I acquired an 11” MacBook Air shortly after its release a couple months ago. It has a 1.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 GB of RAM and a 128 GB flash drive. Though I’ve not tweeted much about it, every time I do, I get questions about its performance, especially from a design and…
jamesrwhite asked: Are you awesome?
Gowalla: Go Time for Gowalla 3! →
gowalla:
Over the last 6 months we’ve been working on something very, very special.
Without further ado, I’m stoked to announce Gowalla 3, the most significant update to the service we’ve ever released—both in terms of design and utility. But before I dive into the specifics of new features,…
I’m at Lyme Regis House
“Relaxing and testing the new Gowalla app”
Follow me on Gowalla
October 2010
2 posts
Remy Sharp: Hold off on deploying HTML5 in... →
remy:
[Please note that this post is intentionally unedited. It’s a raw rant that would probably go down better in a pub. Since we’re not in a pub, this medium will have to do.]
So, go read this equally link baiting article on why you should hold off HTML5. Then come back and let’s talk.
I’ll say…
Kyle Bolton: How to use... THE INTERNET →
kylebolton:
I really really had to write this up because quite simply, some people can’t use the fucking internet correctly. Here is a simple list on how to use the internet.
Use proper grammar and language on the internet, i.e Facebook, Twitter, etc. The only exception is IM’ing (MSN, AIM, Yahoo etc.) If…
September 2010
5 posts
Useful .htaccess snippets →
I’ve started using the majority of the snippets below on all the sites I make now with the exception of a few when they aren’t appropriate. The code below is adapted from the html5boiler plate which…
Flickr Instant →
Take a look at an instant search engine I created for Flickr following the release of Google Instant.
Flickr Instant
How to get image directory from the WordPress... →
The aim of this post is to edit the get_bloginfo function so that it will output the directory of the image folder of your current WordPress theme.
To start off you need to find your WordPress…
August 2010
3 posts
3 tags
Into The Forrst: On Forrst's architecture →
I’ve been getting a few requests for a write-up like this from curious Forrst’ers, so here goes nothing.
Hardware:
We’re on three MediaTemple (ve) boxes: one database, one staging, and one web frontend. They’ve each got 2GB RAM, 10,000 RPM RAID-10 disks, and all of that good stuff. I recommend…
Build Kick-Ass Practical CSS3 Buttons | Nettuts+ →
2 tags
Ajax star rating bar (Modified for CodeIgniter) →
A nice Ajax star rating bar script that has been modified to fit into CI.
July 2010
1 post
1 tag
June 2010
1 post
Wp2BB 1.1 | Perspicalia →
May 2010
4 posts
One Forty Plus: Twitter Isn't "Over", I'm Over It.... →
Last week in Los Angeles I participated in a live Q&A as part of an ASCAP expo on songwriting. When the topic of Twitter came up, I explained my waning interest in it being part of my daily life. By no means do I think it’s over as a medium altogether, but I do think that the days of “Twitter: The…
1 tag
April 2010
4 posts
Spotify, the future of Digital Music ? →
My brief overview of the digital music service Spotify.
PHP: What You Need To Know To Play With The Web -... →
Elliot Jay Stocks » Free ‘Starkers’... →
Someone has it backwards — it is HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 (all...
– Trudy Miller, Apple spokeswoman (via davidkaneda) (via tombeynon)
March 2010
4 posts
WordPress › WordPress Mobile by Mobify... →
Parsing Query Strings In Javascript →
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_conten... →
20 New & Extremely Useful Mac Apps For Web... →
February 2010
1 post
Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples - Smashing... →
Making an Expanding Code Box | Digging into... →
January 2010
14 posts
16 Useful .htaccess Tricks and Hacks For Web... →
Animated background image with jQuery →
Fascinating: the making of Tweetie for iPhone →
http://icio.us/u11mvh
Quick snack then off to bed, got to wake up for early morning revision.. #notetoself never leave revision till the day before the exam !
24 ways: Make Your Mockup in Markup →
A Teenager’s Guide to Effective Freelancing « ... →
Building a Twitter Bot →
http://icio.us/qmm4vb
RT @smashingmag: Why Flash Is Never Coming To the iPhone - http://bit.ly/59s9pZ - A great article by @usabilitypost
Not sure I can think of a worse way to spend your Sunday night than revising marketing plans.. #fml
RT @johncmayer: Coming to after a 16 hour sleep… Looking back on the EU shows, need to say THANK YOU UK/NL for an amazing run! See you …
Make Your Mockup in Markup http://24ways.org/200924 #webdesign