Sunday / October 19, 2008 //
For years there has been a constant struggle between front-end and back-end developers. While programmers have refined their skills at making their code efficient, the evolution of their (X)HTML and CSS is behind 4 or 5 years. I’m not here to blame programmers for making me have to redo their code, I’m simply here to help make the process of back-end to front-end development more harmonious. (more…)
Monday / September 29, 2008 //
In the transition from working on the web while at school to working for an established e-commerce website, I have learned many new ways of getting work done. One of the biggest and most difficult concepts to learn (I’m still learning), has been working on teams with others. (more…)
Sunday / July 27, 2008 //
There has been a lot buzz and controversy lately over CSS Frameworks. Arguments are made that they are bloated, use un-semantic code, and many other complaints. This article is not to debate the validity of CSS Frameworks, but a review of one in particular. Emastic! (more…)
Wednesday / July 23, 2008 //
I have recently been playing with John Resig’s Twitter Quick Reply bookmark, and decided to make a little helpful plugin of my own. Playing around with the javascript from his bookmark and the UrlKiss bookmark, I came up with TwitterThis. (more…)
Friday / June 6, 2008 //
A while ago I wrote a post about how my colors were losing intensity when I would “Save for web.” I found out via this awesome little explanation that Photoshop embeds color profiles into your images when saved. I recommend visiting the Vidget blog to get the full reasoning behind why Photoshop does this, but I have also included my own little tutorial about how to get the same vibrant colors from Photoshop to the web. (more…)
Tuesday / June 3, 2008 //
Last week I posted a tutorial on how to create a motion parallax effect on your site. I also gave you a preview of what I would be posting about this week. Well, here it is. I will be showing you how to use the parallax technique plus another, slightly modified, technique called a sticky footer. (more…)
Sunday / February 10, 2008 //
Personal branding is a key ingredient when trying to make a company. There is usually a catchy name for the company along with a logo icon that people can recognize. One trend I have noticed with a few popular businesses is using birds for their logo. (more…)
Saturday / February 9, 2008 //
About three months ago Scott Johnson over at My Extra Life started allowing his viewers to pay their way into his comics. For ten bucks anyone can send their picture and name to Scott and guest star in his comic. (more…)
Thursday / December 20, 2007 //
I know my posts have been pretty stagnant for a while. If you have noticed I finally finished my new theme. I call it Entity. I am currently creating a post all about the theme. My inspiration, thought process, and implementation of those thoughts.
Anyways to get the ball rolling with some new jive here at dylanbathurst.com I thought I would make a post about what I have been interested in lately: (more…)
Sunday / November 25, 2007 //
Four days ago I read a story on Valleywag about Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button costing them $110 million a year. I thought this was a very interesting story so I promptly submitted it to digg.com. To my disappointment the story only got 40 diggs. (more…)
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