Journal

In a spate of recent projects, I often found myself trying to solve similar problems. Part of me appreciates this process, given that every time I work something out, there is an opportunity to gain additional insight into the issue. Another part of me, however, is wondering if my time might be better spent elsewhere. …

Pixels everywhere. Pixels in your hand. Pixels shooting light. Pixels at the resolution of life. Pixels sharing love. I am a wielder of pixels. I build and manipulate them. I write magic to make them dance. I teach them to speak. I kill them and I birth them. I share them and I horde them. …

When I first got into using Sass, I investigated a lot of options. I do a lot of work with Sitemason, so that meant that any preprocessing workflow would need to integrate with a remote service. LiveReload ended up being a great fit. It supported Sass and Compass, but it also had an option to …

In elementary school I was partnered up with another young person as part of a school-wide buddy system. Once a month we would get together and do activities, like playing games or doing crafts. One such project was to create an image that showed what it meant to have “school spirit.” I enjoyed drawing, so …

At the outset of a project, there is always that moment in time, as you create your first div and think to yourself, “what class name should I use?” There are two primary schools of thought on this issue, semantic and presentational. The semantic school feels that the class name of an object should somehow …

With blueprints in hand, I set about the task of creating the new interface.

This week we’re looking at some CSS organization techniques and other nifty things I’ve collected. Is this a good way to summarize random links? Only time will tell.