Should You Develop an App or Mobile Website?
Before opening XCode or hiring a developer to build an iPhone/Android app, there are a few questions that you should ask yourself: Will my product require use of the camera, microphone or other...
View ArticleMaking WordPress Faster: Front-end Performance Tips
The slides from a presentation that I gave today, at WordCamp Chicago. Thank you to everyone who came, asked questions and laughed at my half-assed jokes. Also, many, many thanks to Naz for styling my...
View ArticleW3 Total Cache
If you’re looking to enable WP caching, and website performance optimizations, in one fell swoop, check out W3 Total Cache. It’s a fantastic plugin that will help improve your WordPress site’s...
View ArticleDjango 1.1 on the Google App Engine SDK
If you’ve used Django 1.1 App Engine, or are trying to, then you’ve probably read the instructions on how replace Django 0.96 with 1.1. That all fine an dandy in a production environment, but what...
View ArticleSharing aliases and other bash configurations using Dropbox
I have two computers: one at work and one at home. Dropbox has been a fantastic way for me to effortlessly share files between the two. I often setup aliases, and other bash configurations, in my...
View ArticleData Visualization Tools
A nice, comprehensive gallery of data visualization tools. via swissmiss
View Article3D CSS Book Covers
You’ve seen them before, the angled shots of books like the ones above. I always thought that someone photographed them. That is, until recently, when I helped a friend redo his author website. He...
View ArticleFixie.js: Lorem Ipsum on the fly
Fixie is a neat idea. Just add a bit of JavaScript to your web page, then add “fixie” classes to elements that you’d like populated with Lorem Ipsum text. Looks like a real time-saver for prototyping....
View ArticlejQuery Scroll Path
A clever and fun plugin that lets you define a custom scroll path for your webpage. Check out the demo.
View ArticleAn oscillating fan using CSS transforms and keyframes
A mesmerizing demo of an oscillating fan built with CSS transforms and keyframes. Also, this is my introduction to CodePen, a community of front-end developers sharing what they know.
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