destroy/dstorey: The makeup of the Open Web stack
The Open Web has never had as many capabilities as it has today. We’re seeing an explosion in new or updated specifications, and prototype and stable implementations to go with them. This blog post will look back as the platform we have had available (Called Open Web 0 here) and then looks forward…
Taken with Instagram at SXSW Interactive Awards Ceremony
Memolane in the Times! (Taken with Instagram at Memolane HQ)
Enjoying the full office (Taken with Instagram at Memolane HQ)
If you’re starting a new company, the best thing you can do is keep your feature set small and focused. Do one thing as best as you possibly can. Your users will beg and beg for more functionality. They will tell you their problems and ask you to fix it. My philosophy is that they’re right if their feature request is right only if it works for 80% of your customers. Until you have a lot of resources, stay focused on your core competency
Worse, even the best of middle managers, with pressure to impress the level above, will often make up things to manage. They’ll create managerial tasks when none are needed. This usually leads to more status meetings, more check-ins, more memos and ultimately more distractions for the people getting the actual work done.
Memolane Boise (Taken with Instagram at Watercooler)
Come January 17th I will be working for Memolane in our Boise office. The office is located at the watercooler in downtown Boise. Its been several years since I have worked outside of the home. I’m excited for the change!
Can I get a poster of this for the office?
Christmas eve prime rib (Taken with instagram)
Client-side (jQuery Centric) Development Links The Shortlist
I’ve added to my blog site a list of client-side development (jQuery Centric) links which reflect many of the tools and resources I use online everyday as a client-side engineer. Leave a comment if you think I am missing anything. Enjoy!
Front-end heavy design process world view for web development…from me.
Cameron Moll / Designer, Speaker, Author: The 11” MacBook Air as a Primary Computer? Probably Not.
I acquired an 11” MacBook Air shortly after its release a couple months ago. It has a 1.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 GB of RAM and a 128 GB flash drive. Though I’ve not tweeted much about it, every time I do, I get questions about its performance, especially from a design and…
Desktop GUI can easily be made cross-platform. However, knowing the nuances and quirks of each brand of web browser along with the commensurate development of elegant front end code which works seamlessly across all of them — is much harder.
Don’t waster your time on micro optimizing your code or using any ninja technique that is not easy to read or confusing.
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