Web-Development on jasoncrowther.com

Just say'n...

Sat, 02 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The latest official Wordpress app for iOS is pretty sweet. WYSIWYG editing, super easy to attach photos. Hence all the recent picture posts, hehe.

The cronjob that generates $4 million a year

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Interesting write up on the challenges of ramping up to serious traffic at scale.

The cronjob that generates $4 million a year — Embracing Technology & Social Media to change a Digital Culture! — Medium.

Effeckt.css

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Crazy awesome animations. via

Effeckt.css.

Guess it had to had to happen some time...

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Vim.js - JavaScript port of Vim.

Yep, vim, in your browser. I only messed around with it briefly, but it seemed competent enough to cover the basics. via

15 Tricks to Master Chrome Developer Tools Console

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I’m generally a Firebug guy myself, but this tutorial video for the Chrome console makes me second guess that a bit.

Faster Workflow: Mastering Emmet, Part 1

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re a web developer, Emmet is an easy to learn macro language that speeds up typing of HTML and CSS. Its supported in lots editors (via plugins). I’ve personally used in Komodo Edit (back when Emmet was call Zen Coding), Geany, and (my current editor of choice) vim. Once you invest the timing learning it, it saves you a lot of time and is very hard to live without.

Sorting Fool

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

While we’re at it, lets sort the contacts in there by last name, first name. Needs SPANs around the first and last names, but I think can live with that.

Sorting the DOM in Javascript

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

After messing around with tinysort, I just couldn’t get it to do what I was looking for (reliably anyway…) So, I put together my own custom sort function. Turns out it way more straightforward than I would have guessed.

jQuery-TinySort

Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

TinySort 1.5.6.

Super handy helper for sorting nodes in the DOM. Tons of options for sorting on specific parts of your content.

Nifty Modal Window Effects

Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Nifty Modal Window Effects | Codrops.

The 3d stuff is surprisingly smooth even in big browser windows.

Giving hoot the boot

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

My faithful minions report that the way I was syndicating my blog posts to twitter, HootSuite, provided a less than optimal click through experience on links that I posted in the blog. Many times, links would result in an empty HootSuite frame.

For those who open source code while imbibing...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

noidontdig / gitdown

Yep, a coder specific breathalyzer!

Inspiration calling

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Adactio: Journal—Inspiration calling.

The story of two sites that look suspiciously similar.

James Bond 007 Cars Evolution

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

James Bond 007 Cars Evolution | Evans Halshaw.

Cool content and presentation. Innovate scrolling and animation.

Calendars on Squarespace

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

New Feature: Calendars — The Official Squarespace Blog.

Great stuff!

Geo for Bootstrap

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Geo for Bootstrap, a Timeless Theme by Divshot.

Thank goodness those days are (mostly) behind us.

ProTip: Use Firebug in Detached Mode

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I’m not sure why, but I’ve always run the Firebug Firefox debugging tool in attached mode. That is, connected to the browser window that its analyzing. Today, I tried it detached (in its own window.) Man, a zillion times better. Far less scrolling, and way nicer to see additional context. Wish I tried that sooner.

End the CAPTCHA Agony

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

End the CAPTCHA Agony | Are You a Human.

Haven’t encountered one of their challenges yet, but looks a like novel solution to the CAPTCHA problem (make text hard enough for a computer to try to decipher, but not hard enough to be annoying to real humans.) Instead of having human to try to read some obscured text, give them a simple game to play. HTML5 with a fallback for flash, nice!

color.hailpixel.com - awesome color picker

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

color.hailpixel.com · Swatch you doing?.

I think this will be my new color experiment tool. via

Dissecting Gmail’s Email Attachments

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Dissecting Gmail’s Email Attachments - Web Standards Sherpa.

How to do modern file uploads with drag and drop and feedback. Good stuff.

Squarespace Commerce is Here

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Squarespace Commerce is Here — The Official Squarespace Blog.

If their e-commerce tools are as well thought out as their other stuff, this will be a game changer.

Quick Tool of the Day: Support Details

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Support Details | Tech Support Management.

Quickly summarize browser details, just by visiting a site. Easier than asking folks to dig stuff out of the about menu and gives other details like cookies and javascript being enabled.

Anatomy of Backbone.JS Part 2 - Code School

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Anatomy of Backbone.JS Part 2 - Code School.

Fun stuff!

WAT, a classic...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Came through my feed again, and still makes me giggle…

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat

Perl is not Dead...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

An interesting presentation on the current state of my language of choice:

Testing made easier in Internet Explorer

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Virtual tools | Testing made easier in Internet Explorer | modern.IE.

I thought saw Microsoft virtual machines for testing IE previously, but you probably had to be an MSDN member. Now it appears they’re ripe and ready for everyone. Yikes, they’re huge downloads! IE10 on Win8 is 2.5Gb, IE9 on Win7 is 4.7Gb!

Cool Tool of the Day

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

UserAgentString.com

Decodes all the craziness in modern browser user agent strings. It would be nice if everybody would stop trying to emulate everybody else and just be there own thing. WTF? abounds.

Node.js is a bad ass rock star

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Node.js, possibly not as cool as it sounds?

Not my daddy any more

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Finally getting around to moving to a new registrar. I’ve heard lots of good things about Hover. Out of the gate, their domain registration process is about 100 less clicks than godaddy, who tries to sell you everything under the sun.

Revenge of the Domain Blow Out!

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I tried selling some domains a while back, but all I got was some scammer trying to sell needless domain appraisals.

This time around, I really want them to go. So, I’m pricing them at the rock bottom price of $200 each or $1,000 for all six.

Winning is the worst thing that can happen in Vegas by David of 37signals

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Winning is the worst thing that can happen in Vegas by David of 37signals.

Definitely something to improve on. Don’t build it or think about it too hard until its really a requirement.

Ok, its 6:30 AM, I'm ready for bed.

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I was in the office at 4:07 AM this morning; I’m pretty sure that’s the earliest I’ve ever been in. Needed to do a complicated site migration. Pleased that the 75 minute long, 50 step recipe went off according to plan.

How do you annoy a web developer?

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

xkcd: Tags.

Another one is trying to ajax append a DIV into a SPAN in Internet Explorer. Doesn’t work, doesn’t generate any errors. Nice.

Internet Explorer 10 Ad Is Brutally Honest

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Internet Explorer 10 Ad Is Brutally Honest [VIDEO].

Concur that it does suck less, but it still has a lot of suck stored up still to shed.

Meals on Wheels of Syracuse Website Re-launched

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

For the last few weeks, I’ve been giving Meals on Wheels of Syracuse a hand modernizing their website. Yesterday, we flipped the switch to make the new site live.

Their old website had a lot of good information on it, but organization and presentation were poor. Previously, the site was straight HTML managed haphazardly with Dreamweaver. The new site uses the Squarespace CMS platform.

SQL Fiddle?

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

SQL Fiddle.

Interesting. I’ve known about jsfiddle for a while. Didn’t know there was an SQL equivalent. Wow! it even lets you pick between different database engines (Mysql, Oracle, Postgresql, and even SQL Server.)

Twitter Bootstrap Tutorial Series

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Nice little video tutorials for using Twitter Bootstrap. I only had a chance to check out the forms video, but plan to check out the others soon.

Jetstrap: pretty nice!

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Jetstrap - The Bootstrap Interface Builder.

A layout and content editor for Bootstrap. Drag and drop your way to a clean site layout. Reminds me a lot of the Squarespace editor.