Monthly Archives: April 2008
Forgive My Feed
This is going through a bit of maintenance. I’m tagging and recategorizing my old posts, so feel free to “mark all as read” if you get a bunch of new items.
Rethinking JavaScript Grids and DataTables
In the world of front end engineering, one must consider the end-user of the interface first, and above all other things. The priorities should not start with development ease, nor external library preference. The priorities should start with the needs of the consumer of your end product. Evolution of your engineering skill is also a [...]
Posted in Interface Design, JavaScript Tagged Conservative Design, Dojo, ExtJS, jQuery, linkedin, YUI
ALARMd 2 Beta, with Google Calendar Integration
Take a look: ALARMd 2 Beta Update: added Metric and Unit Circle time formats. I know, some of you are reading this and thinking to yourself — genital herpes is more appealing than yet another online alarm clock. But to that I say, congratulations, that’s one of the new features in ALARMd 2! Why did [...]
Posted in Interface Design, JavaScript, Projects Tagged Alarmd, Google Calendar, jQuery, Youtube
20000 Leagues Under the API: YouTube JavaScript
Today, children, we’ll be exploring the wonderful world of the official JavaScript API published by YouTube a few weeks ago. I read a few interesting posts on the subject when it first came out, and it’s been on my list of things to explore for the next (and hopefully last) version of Alarmd. This isn’t [...]
Posted in CSS, JavaScript, Reviews Tagged Youtube
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