The Archives / 2008

• Code Smell

  A lot of code smells. But that doesn't make it bad code. In fact, I think I'm more grateful for smelly code because it often forces me to learn something new about my own code. … Read More

• HAML isn’t about designers complaining

  There are a few very vocal enthusiasts when concerning HAML (Yes, I still believe almost no one uses it, it's just an extremely vocal minority). Ask them the biggest resistance… Read More

• Give me large sums of money

  It seems the standard of practice around the States lately is to ignore all basic business principles (read: make more money than you spend) and just demand people give you large… Read More

• On prioritization of issues, bug tracking, and custom fields

  I wrote a bit of a commentary over at Hoth on why I think custom fields just don’t work. Bug tracking was probably the biggest reason I left my previous job — and yet I… Read More

• Looking for some on-site training sessions?

  I’ve always loved teaching people. Not so much in the big-classroom professor type of way, but in a smaller, more intimate way — where you’re really teaching someone… Read More

• The new entp.com

  I posted a little bit of a design review over at Hoth — the ENTP blog. Go over and read it here — oh, and subscribe over there too, why don’t ya?

• Super simple virtual hosts for the OSX inclined

  When it comes to setting up virtual hosts on OSX, I've seen people go to no end of trouble to get them setup. Most people I know use a mix of 3-4 applications and manual editing… Read More

• Contributing to open source makes a better developer

  I firmly believe that one of the best ways to become a better developer is contribute to open source. Whether that means picking an existing project and adding your ideas, or releasing… Read More

• Select Autocompleter

  A while ago I remember seeing John Nunemaker's live search with quicksilver in jQuery… Read More

• Why I am so cynical towards new browsers

  The talk around town today was all over Google Chrome. It's a new browser from Google that does have a lot of very… Read More

• Recruitment fail

  Over the past few years, I’ve been contacted by a good number of recruiters, and even been part of the recruitment process a few times. I’ve come to realize why recruiters… Read More

• How to make the worst of your college career

  While I’m nearing 1½ years after my own college graduation, I thought it might be a good idea to start writing down some of my own experiences from college. First up: how… Read More

• That’s my property

  Intellectual property is a bitch. It's an evil far worse than lawyers, lawsuits and contracts. It's the monster in the closet for creatives. Most people who actually create… Read More

• Quick & Dirty: Add changesets since last deploy for your Rails apps with Lighthouse

  One of the most common problems for me is knowing when I last deployed my apps, and what I’ve done since then. I often will leave an app on the side for a month or two at a time,… Read More

• Musings on iPhone design

  I’ve been working on a bit of iPhone design as of late, and it’s started my brain working in overdrive again. iPhone design is whole a different breed of development. I… Read More

• Top reasons your CSS columns are messed up

  I believe the recent surge in popularity of CSS frameworks comes from a lack of basic understanding of the CSS box model and how it's implemented across browsers. I wanted to share… Read More

• Deploying Merb with Git, Vlad the Deployer, and Ubuntu (Fiesty Fawn)

  I had the need recently to deploy a merb app. Since this whole project is about trying new things (merb, rspec, etc) I thought I might as well give Vlad… Read More

Red Crown Studio (http://redcrownstudio.com)



May 1^st / 2pm

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• Greedy

  Now that I've gone and left my job, one of my mandates to myself was that I was going to take all of these random projects of mine seriously.… Read More

• Design Exercises

  The idea of a design exercise is nothing new, but I recently read a tweet from Cameron Moll that made me rethink about… Read More

• 5 reasons I won’t be getting on the open id train

  If you've ever talked to me about my opinion on OpenID, you'll know that I don't exactly believe in it. Now it's not that I think any part of the technical implementation… Read More

• Reducing comments and increasing documentation

  When I first started programming, my only goal was to get things to work. Now that I've gone past how to get things to work, I've reached a new point in development: maintaining… Read More

Viget Labs: Extend (http://viget.com/extend)



Apr 8^th / 11pm

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• Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

  In a lot of ways, I've been writing this post in my head for the past four years. Starting in April, I'm leaving Web Associates. In doing… Read More

• Scaling is for nerds

  One of the most interesting bits of information from SXSW for me was a small conversation I had while walking to Dinner with Jakob Heuser from… Read More

• South by South West 08

  Almost forgot to mention -- I'm heading out to SXSWi this year for the first time. I'm totally stoked, regardless of how "uncool" it's become to go. I'll be the short kid with… Read More

• Your mom’s not accessible

  A few days ago, Arron Cannon over at North Temple threw up a post titled: Is Adobe Flex Really Accessible... which was full of inaccuracies… Read More

• Manifesto of the UI

  I've been thinking more and more lately about the state of user interface and it's evolution path -- it's something that I can't get out of my mind. Over the past few years (we're… Read More

• Understanding javascript effects

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’re bound to be familiar with AJAX javascript effects. With the immense popularity of packages like… Read More

• Refining your estimation skills

  One of the most important traits that separates junior level developers from senior level developers is the ability to accurately estimate projects. Every junior level developer… Read More