Soon to be so long 2011

Posted on by Jamie

So 2011 is nearly behind us and for me I cannot say goodbye to it soon enough.

This year I have rediscovered my love of javascript (which should become more evident in 2012) and html5 as well as how I can integrate 3d ideas from maya into browser based media and have them look pretty good.

The hard stuff Ive learned this year includes; panda, never work for a content farm and always push yourself harder (especially in a tough economy like this one). Oh yeah, and despite what the government says about how well your country is doing, chances are they’re exaggerating.

Drupal hijinks

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Ive been working on a site in my spare time using Drupal 7. One of the biggest issues I have been having is with galleriffic. Well after a bit of frustration, I figured out the problem. I think Im going to record a tutorial on how to configure Views Galleriffic with Drupal 7 as there doesn’t seem to be one currently.

Trying out a better way to code my theme

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I haven’t posted much lately as I’ve been busy streamlining my theme. I’ve been integrating lettering.js and less.js to reduce the amount of CSS that I am using. Utilizing arrays in less.js is a good way to reduce the amount of repetitive CSS that I’m using plus allows for a more streamlined site.

Lettering.js is an excellent jquery plugin to gain more control over your kerning on your headlines though I am finding it is overkill for body text. Lettering and kern.js is a great way to make kerning easy but it isn’t playing nicely with linked headers for me.

That took a bit longer than I thought

Posted on by Jamie

Well, the rendering is finally done:36,000 frames and a bit of a bios problem later and Ive got my computer back. Tomorrow I will continue posting some more interesting UX and UI techniques I have including popcorn.js and less.js. Less.js is very cool and a great way to reduce the amount of CSS that you use.