Reading Time: < 1 minuteUntil I get my snippet library up and running in WordPress, I’m storing a lot of my snippets over at GitHub. One of the first things I put up there is a super handy snippet for easy-bake CSS triangles
Category: Web
I’m a web developer and a consultant. Almost everything here is web related. Maybe I’m talking about a CMS, CSS, or UX or UI. Or maybe it’s about web browsers and HTML5.
Stupid CSS3 Tricks: Keeping time without JavaScript
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother stupid CSS3 trick: Take a bucket-full of CSS3 -webkit animations, add in a table or two that you’ve marked up somewhat semantically, hit refresh and voilá, you have a way to keep track of how much time has passed … Continue reading
Stupid CSS3 tricks: An animated pendulum complete with realistic shadow
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis goes into my category of stupid CSS3 tricks. I think at some point I was playing with animations and timing, and I thought that the coolest and most useless CSS3 thing I could come up with is a pendulum. … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day with a CSS3 heart
Reading Time: 2 minutesShow a geek you love her with a heart made lovingly with CSS
HTML5 and Geolocation: Finding Yourself (Part One of Many)
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf there’s something in the HTML5 technology suite whose potential is inversely proportionate to its simplicity, it’s geolocation. The API is very simple and the opportunities haven’t begun to get tapped. My boss over at Tahzoo has a few mind-blowing … Continue reading
CSS Tip: An em isn’t an “m”, but an ex is an “x”
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m in a CSS mailing list and this morning, Vince over at Ghodmode Development shared a fun little experiment showing that an em isn’t an “m” in CSS. I, along with others, more or less responded with “d’uh”. We’ve seen … Continue reading
HTML5 contenteditable and CSS
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy absolute favorite HTML5 attribute is “contenteditable”. It makes the contents of the element editable. It’s an incredibly simple feature that has tons of potential for your website.In fact, I’ve already seen it paired with localStorage or Web SQL APIs … Continue reading
An Open Letter to My Congressmen Regarding SOPA
Reading Time: 2 minutesBelow is the the message that I’ve emailed to each of my congressmen regarding SOPA. Hello congressmen Udall, Bennet, and Polis,
A CSS Form Feedback Boilerplate
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo in a follow-up to my post on layering the feedback with CSS, I’ve created a simple starting point with styling our forms: a form feedback boiler plate.
Why I use a Mac for building websites and Android for making phone calls
Reading Time: 4 minutesI hated Mac for years. Approximately 27 of them, if I recall. Then my wife twisted my arm and we bought an iMac. Then, two work-issued Macbooks later and I’ll admit that I like designing and developing with Apple’s OSX … Continue reading