Apple and Responsive Design
Apple has always had a funny relationship with responsive design. At last week’s WWDC, they finished laying the foundation of responsive design within native applications.
Cross-pollination
We talk about Apple finally adopting adaptive & responsive design and riff on the paradox of choice, the impact of Swift of programming education and "web vs. native" being the wrong outlook.
CHANGELOGs & Swift
We talk about bad CHANGELOGs and Apple's new Swift programming language.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
As the back-end developer on this project, I focused on the CMS-side of things. We built out a fresh ExpressionEngine instance to handle all of the Foundation’s content publishing needs. Strong search functionality was key to the success of the project, so we customized a Solr install, and integrated it with the ExpressionEngine environment.
On Styled Form Elements
Developers have a love/hate relationship with styled form elements. It’s fine when the interactions are simple, but what happenswhen things get a little more complex?
Meaning Over Complexity
Ideas don’t have to be complex to be meaningful. Sharing even the simplest idea can have a surprisingly profound impact on your readers and listeners.
Design Tools for Today’s Web
The web has always been fast-moving, and our tools need to keep up—but as we know, that doesn’t always happen. Sketch is a tool built for the modern web, and it’s changed my workflow dramatically.
The Right Toolbox
Choosing the right tool for the job sometimes means bringing along a whole toolbox. I’ll show how a complex back-end system was built with Craft, Laravel, Redis, and more, all working in harmony.
Syntax Highlighting Outside Your Editor
There comes a time when you’ll need to show code outside of a text editor. I explored a few tools to take syntax-highlighted code from the editor to your slides and documents.
Javascript Design Patterns
There are some simple JavaScript design patterns that developers of any level can start using to improve their code. These aren’t process-altering changes—just minor tweaks that make code more reusable, extensible, and understandable.
Network Performance Testing
The internet is still growing to new markets with low bandwidth and less-than-ideal reliability. Have you tested what you build under those circumstances?
Save Your Eyes With f.lux
I thought eye strain didn't affect me, but then I started getting sharp headaches at the end of ever day. Ever since then, f.lux has been my hero.
Using Embeddable Getty Images
Getty Images recently announced a new way to use their images on the web. I took a long look into the good and bad implications of Getty’s decision.
Unsung Success
The way that Chris Hadfield views his training for a mission to the International Space Station can teach us a lot about how to learn, no matter what we do.
Read the Docs, Faster
Choosing Vanilla JavaScript
Sometimes, you’re better off writing plain old JavaScript. You Might Not Need jQuery matches up jQuery code to its vanilla JavaScript counterpart to help decide if jQuery is really needed.
I’m a Nominee in the 2014 Net Awards!
I’m excited to say that, once again, I’ve been nominated for Young Developer of the Year in the Net Awards!
Switch Programming
Trade places with another developer for just a few minutes. A fun little experiment that Mark Huot and I tried.
Finding Your Way with Sass Sourcemaps
Sass 3.3 is just around the corner, and it’s packed with exciting new features and tools.
Up and Running with Sass
As part of the Happy Cog Way series, I created a 48-minute course on all things Sass. This beginner-level course goes from installation to implementation of Sass.