Front End Development
Cookie Advent Calendar: Lessons Learned
December 17, 2012
On December 1, the SAVEUR team launched the 2012 Cookie Advent Calendar. There is an interesting backstory to this project that I believe is worth telling. It highlights the importance of learning from a project that was not as successful as you hoped and having the courage to believe in a concept and try again [...]
Adventures in Responsive Websites (Lessons from the Workshop)
September 28, 2012
In June, I wrote this as part of a list of things I wanted to learn next. Adaptive/Responsive design (Experience) – I have read Ethan and Luke W’s books. I think I have a solid understanding of building a responsive site. What I need is more experience in actually building sites implementing what I have learned. As Chris Coyier has repeatedly [...]
Responsive Web Design
July 27, 2012
The folks over at Template Monster have put together a great resource of quotes, tutorials, and links related to Responsive Design. It is a great interactive page. It is also a great introduction to this approach to Web design and development. Here is a non-interactive version that have given permission for others to post on [...]
Front End Design Conference 2012
June 18, 2012
Photo by Sarah Parmenter Once again, I made the trek over to St. Pete for the annual Front End Design Conference. This was the fourth year for the conference and I have not missed one yet. I am just going to touch on some things I took away from the weekend. Others have done a [...]
Class is in session
June 12, 2012
Last night, I began teaching a course on building Websites the right way with HTML and CSS at the Bridgforth Academy. My students are my 11 year old daughter and 8 year old son. I had the idea over a year ago to teach my kids how to build a Website. I just needed to [...]