Over the past few years I’ve picked up more than my fair share of domain names, and along with them Google Accounts. It’s recently got so bad that I can’t actually add any more GA accounts any more.
Category: Writing
Permission errors when using sudo
Sudo is usually the command that gets me past any permission issues on the server or my Mac. Usually.
Designing a Mobile App
Mobile apps go through a variety of what I would refer to as “Design” stages. In this article I”m not talking about the visual design of the application, that’s certainly not where my skills lie, but instead I’m talking about the functional design of the application, the user experience and the data required to make… Continue reading Designing a Mobile App
Creating Flows for better User Experience
Chaining pseudo selectors
I’ve been working on a sales dashboard for work that highlights the number of sales, number of meeting, contribution to the overall targets and a few other things that make a member of the sales team proud they’re hitting their targets. The layout requirements I had for this part of the dashboard was Zebra background… Continue reading Chaining pseudo selectors
Responsive Design is still hard/easy — Dan Mall
During the 2014 Beyond Tellerand Conference Dan Mall shared his tips and tricks on how to work smarter in todays responsive world. Henry Ford: 1907 : A motor car for the great multitude. He had a dream that everyone should have access to a motor car. He created an auto line assembly. Moving line assembly… Continue reading Responsive Design is still hard/easy — Dan Mall
Content in a Zombie apocalypse
@karenmcgrane – president of the WYSIWYG haters club Print is amazing, you put the words on the paper and there it stays. No updates. We’re fine. 100 of years of printing press history, thousand of years of experience in written material. The web was created to allow anyone to update a URL from anywhere and… Continue reading Content in a Zombie apocalypse
Technology – the power and the promise
Robin Christopherson @AbilityNet – UK accessibility charity. Computers can cater for everyones needs. You don’t need to use the keyboard, the monitor, the tower could be in your room/in the screen/ or on the other side of the world. Accessibility is often approached as a bolt on, something that costs more and you have to… Continue reading Technology – the power and the promise
Chris Coyier — SVG is for everybody
Chinese Year of the Horse. Horse.svg – looks beautiful everyone. it’s 13.7 k EVERYWHERE. Phone, tablet, desktop…. everywhere!!!! SVG is Flexible, sharp, small and accessible. SVG is responsive and responsible. SVG is as easy as including it in the tag. Supported in all current browsers and two versions back. SVG could be learned, but you… Continue reading Chris Coyier — SVG is for everybody
The Ultimate Mobile App
XKCD hit the nail on the head today. I’ve had several conversations with clients over the past few years about wanting to create an app when a specific mobile site, or responsive site, would do the job just as well. Comic from XKCD on Installing Over the next few years I can see the gap… Continue reading The Ultimate Mobile App