July 2010
4 posts
A Minimal HTML5 Document →
The base set of elements to have a valid HTML5 document.
Fake - Mac OS X Web Browser Automation and Webapp... →
“It is recommended that the reference pixel be the visual angle of one pixel on a...”
– CSS 2.1
June 2010
9 posts
Typography CSS Tip: Kerning Pairs & LIgatures →
Improve rendering of kerning pairs and ligatures by using text-rendering: optimizeLegibility
Watch“Apple of My Eye” - an iPhone 4 film (by Michael Koerbel)
simple-iphone-image-processing →
An Objective-C wrapper that provides a set of common image processing tasks along with conversion to and from UIImage.
BlogKit, a Plugin to Add a Blog to your Rails App →
"Safari Toolbar CSS" by Chris Morrell →
“One point does not necessarily correspond to one pixel on the screen.”
– A very important reminder in the Apple Developer Documentation
“A more appropriate analogy would be two boxes of crayons, each having...”
– Should I Shoot in the Adobe RGB or sRGB Color Space?
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May 2010
9 posts
RED: Resource Expert Droid →
RED is a robot that checks HTTP resources to see how they’ll behave, pointing out common problems and suggesting improvements. Although it is not a HTTP conformance tester, it can find a number of…
Rails 3 Dictionary for Mac OS X →
Add a custom dictionary to make it super easy to lookup Rails documentation with ctrl+⌘+D.
“Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped...”
– F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Better Page Corner Ads with CSS3 Transforms →
CodeRack →
Our goal now is to help the community share Rack middlewares, and become the destination site for developers searching for useful middlewares.
Architecting TekPub - Moving from ASP.NET MVC to... →
“The Rails platform has matured to the point where it’s almost difficult to justify *not* using it.”
Canvas2Image : Saving Canvas data to image file →
Mostly a hack and only works in a limited set of browsers. But still!
HTML 5 Demos and Examples →
cameronmoll:
Hacked together by @rem.
“The next examples look at a very important aspect of transitions: duration. As...”
– Sexy Interactions with CSS Transitions
April 2010
5 posts
“Recognition is a poor man’s wisdom. It helps people decide whether to buy....”
– The iPad, and the Staggering Work of Obviousness : Cheerful
Going Solo
Big News in Brief
I am now officially a freelance developer. I’ve been developing mostly for the web for almost 10 years (wow, I don’t feel that old…), and I see this as an opportunity to push myself in new and interesting ways. So: if you’re looking for a developer to help with a Ruby, iPhone or web project, please get in contact!
Now, if you want more insight into my...
“But if you work in tech, you should spend some time with an iPad. If it doesn’t...”
– Alex Payne — The Moderate’s Position on iPad Openness
March 2010
14 posts
“Our industry has gone through many shifts, but ultimately, the big ones have...”
– Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2.
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1 tag
Simple Desktops →
An awesome place to get high quality, minimalistic desktop backgrounds. Love it.
Designing Flickit →
I love reading these “behind the scenes” articles that go into the design, UI and development decisions for an app.
Untangling Evented Code with Ruby Fibers →
An interesting approach to making event-driven programming a little more manageable.
Ruby Best Practices - Full Book Now Available For... →
“Our art is in making the abilities of our software accessible to those who do...”
– Engineer Thinking
CSS Border Radius →
A handy tool that generates the CSS (WebKit, Gecko and CSS3) for border radius.
February 2010
19 posts
“I used to think the brain was the most important organ. Then I thought, look...”
– Emo Philips (via sujay)
“People who try to use C++ to build giant, hairy systems often wind up being...”
– Stevey’s Home Page - Ten Great Books (via duwanis)
A new global visual language for the BBC's digital... →
Great design usually boils down to paying attention to the smallest details. Bravo, BBC, for setting an exemplary model.
Buying your way into the App Store’s Top 25 →
Want to be in the top 25 of Apple’s App Store? If you advertise with AdMob to get there, look to spend $30k.
Writing for The Web →
A great list of tips of how to write effectively on the web.
“Developers often say, threading is hard. I disagree. Threading isn’t hard,...”
– The Sleeping Barber
Why Your Startup Shouldn't Copy 37signals or Fog... →
Do what works for you.