HTML5 Boilerplate is the professional badass’s base HTML/CSS/JS template for a fast, robust and future-proof site.
After more than two years in iterative development, you get the best of the best practices baked in: cross-browser normalization, performance optimizations, even optional features like cross-domain ajax and flash. A starter apache .htaccess config file hooks you the eff [...]
In one of my latest projects I had to use jquery keypress events for next and previous navigation. I develop on safari and do the cross browsertesting afterwards, and it didn’t work in Internet Explorer…
so instead of listening to the window for keypress events:
$(window).keypress(function(){…});
I had to do this:
$(document).keypress(function(){…});
For all you google chrome webdevelopers out there, this might come in handy (or perhaps it already did): https://chrome.google.com/extensions/featured/web_dev
I prefer working with the nightly build webkit, mostly because the web inspector had a full redesign. Before I used firefox with a gazillion addons ending up using only firebug… And speaking of firebug, check out the firebug [...]
I use this lovely piece of software called billings, it gives me a nice overview of my clients, projects and the time I’ve spent on each part of their project. I’ve always given them a fixed price, sometimes I get ready early, on time and sometimes late. The fact is I’m like public transport or [...]
Could it be that making something more fun to use actually make more people use it? For instance by changing a glass recycling machine into a Bottle Bank Arcade Machine? See for yourself
More videos and info about this concept can be found on: thefuntheory.com