interactive development & discussion
Using canvas and wind forecast details here's a visualization of the wind patterns across the country.
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Wind Map
Wind Map is a captivating visualization of wind data across the United States built with canvas. The swirling map takes an invisible for
Here are some really great tips for working responsively. Covers things like: Think flexible, use proportions, viewport attributes and max/min-width "philosophies".
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Five steps to gettin’ flexy in responsive web design | Feature | .net magazine
Dave Rupert, lead developer at Paravel, gives essential tips and tricks on becoming flexible in responsive web design
Justin Tadlock proposes a way to feature widget only plugins which would be as simple as plug and play widgets! Here is the running list: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/widget-only
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Proposal for widget-only plugins in the repository
Proposal for distinguishing standalone widgets from other plugins in the WordPress plugin repository.
Great review of a few possibilities when it comes to passive income. I'm always itching to invest time into something to increase passive funds, but time is hard to come by. There's no way to add any more time to the day, so it's just a matter of prioritizing.
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Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers | Smashing Magazine
Finding ways to earn passive income is a growing concern among many freelance designers. I’ve always loved client work, but I have to admit that after a while the pressure of juggling multiple bosses …
Phone manufacturers need to focus on making the best product that works for them, not on copying what works. But I don't think they should be afraid of getting sued for having the same idea r gesture or shaped solution. I hope we get to the point that we can have different options that are each different but still good, and not just different for the sake of being different. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
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Apple’s Big Verdict: Bad For Usability, But It Won’t Stop True Innovation
On Friday afternoon, a jury of nine delivered a swift verdict in the Apple-Samsung patent infringement case, ruling overwhelming in Apple’s favor. Samsung, they said, had copied Apple’s designs, infri…
It's great to see this rebranding and repositioning redefine the company! The Jones Group has certainly changed since it started 15 years ago. This rebranding is not so much changing the company, but realigning the perception of what the company is, and it calls attention to the company's strengths and creative talent that has matured into what is now Brand Fever.
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Rebrand Yourself. We did! – Brand Fever | Brand and Marketing Firm
Why Change? Marketing has changed immensely since we opened our doors in 1997. The most dramatic change came in 2008, when the floodgates opened on new channels and opportunities for our clients to pu…
Projecting webcam video onto a webgl 3d mesh and maps depth from the pixel brightness. Then applies a perlin noise to the depth and gives you the controls!
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WebCamMesh Demo — Airtight Interactive
WebCamMesh is a HTML5 demo that projects webcam video onto a WebGL 3D Mesh. It creates a 'fake' 3D depth map by mapping pixel brightness to mesh vertex Z positions. Perlin noise is used to create the …
It's been true for a while: We are needing less and less of a piece of paper that tells potential employers about us. The net is making our work much more transparent. Candidates are googled. A resume can say something about us, but not with the clarity of work. Looking at a developer, check the code in what they've developed, designer, check the designs online. Github is a great example, open code online for all to see, fork and even patch. Ryan proposes that we should judge a github repo success by it's patches and commits rather than it's forks. That means it is an active project and is converging into a community effort rather than branches or ideas.
I add that our website and blog should act as a resume too, a big reason to why I even started blogging: https://circlecube.com/circlecube/2007/01/welcome-to-circle-cube-studio/
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Even for Companies: Github is your Resume | Ryan Stewart – Mountaineer Coding
Ryan Stewart – Mountaineer Coding. Just an average guy trying to drink above average beer. adobe-brackets-impact. Search. Main menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Home · About Ry…
Now as we get the width of an element, jQuery will detect which box model we are using, although it does slow up the getting a lot. To keep it fast use .css('width') rather than .width() and it will just grab whichever width the css is using. A nice alternative
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jQuery Blog » jQuery 1.8 box-sizing: width(), css(“width”), and outerWidth()
One of the great new features in jQuery 1.8 is a built-in understanding of box-sizing: border-box which is supported by every modern browser. (Sorry, IE6 and IE7, please take one step back; I said mod…
Photographers focus on interstates and interchanges as truly interesting subjects.
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The Surprising Beauty Of America’s Crumbling Interstate System
It’s hard to oversell the impact of America’s largest public works project, the 47,000 mile Interstate Highway System, which is tied to some of our best and worst attributes as a country. For aerial p…
