Author Archives: Jamie

About Jamie

Jamie Rothwell has been working online since the days before CSS. Passionate about design and development, he completed a diploma in visual effects in 2010 and is always finding ways to improve the user experience. When not at his computer, he enjoys exploring Vancouver, cooking and eating healthy tasty food and spending time with his girlfriend and cat.

Soon to be so long 2011

Posted on December 16, 2011 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 … Continue reading →

An interesting and useful new site

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Jamie

There’s a new niche job site in town called Meancouver . Built using Sweetcron & heavily modified, Meancouver aggregates tech jobs from various sites to create a central source for job seekers. These are tough times to find work and … Continue reading →

Drupal hijinks

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jamie

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 … Continue reading →

Trying out a better way to code my theme

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jamie

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 … Continue reading →

That took a bit longer than I thought

Posted on June 29, 2011 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 … Continue reading →

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