May 2010
39 posts
From last week: fireballs, global collision... →
From last week: fireballs, global collision detection, redesigned bits, and shiny cartridges. Fireballs come with the Firepuss Hoodie (which I haven’t animated just yet). They bounce off…
Senseful Solutions: Launching Quix in Chrome via... →
I just found out about Quix recently, and it reminds me of Yubnub. The thing I like about Quix is that you aren’t competing with commands in a single namespace with every other developer as you…
And from this week, the new Narwhelp Lightning... →
And from this week, the new Narwhelp Lightning Strike ability. This ability has gone through a number of revisions including: an indirect attack where the bolt always hits Mimeo and the…
“It feels like a midget is squeezing my uterus!”
– Kate, in regards to her cramps
The beginnings of 2-bit mini Mimeo using the... →
The beginnings of 2-bit mini Mimeo using the Narwhelp hoodie’s lightning strike ability. Not shown: mini-bolts that spark up from the ground to power abandoned machinery/knock off enemies.
Contract Killer: The Next Hit | Stuff and Nonsense →
After spending weeks searching for a contract that was simple for me and my clients to understand, in 2008 I wrote my own and published it on 24ways for anyone to use. Now it’s time for an update.
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How To Manage Client Expectations →
Managing client expectations before, during and after a project is one of those hidden tasks few of us appreciate before entering the freelance world. There are great clients who provide clear…
Google Will Push Real-Time Feeds to Browser... →
Updated at 9:30 PM PST with comment from Google. Google posted an unlisted video to YouTube tonight showing details of a 2.0 version of its Feed API, a simple tool for displaying recent…
Resurrecting User Interface Prototypes (Without... →
Every user interface designer is familiar with this procedure to some extent: creating a prototype and evaluating it with potential users to understand how the user…
New Programming Jargon →
New Programming Jargon: Bugfoot: A bug that isn’t reproducible and has been sighted by only one person. Duck: A feature added for no other reason than to draw management attention and be…
The Big Game, Zuckerberg and Overplaying your Hand... →
The biggest mistake most new players make at poker is overplaying
their hand. They spend so much time thinking of the ways they can win
that they forget all the ways they can lose. Overplaying…
Take Control of Last Minute Job Demands by Guiding... →
We’ve all been there, you’re busily working on a variety of projects and your boss comes and dumps some rush hour job on your lap. While you can’t always avoid the rush job you can…
How Facebook Was Founded →
An investigation into the origins of the social-networking giant reveals startling and disturbing information that has never before been made public.
Demoing bricks, chests and hidden blocks with a... →
Demoing bricks, chests and hidden blocks with a cameo by a lone resolution dependent block that hints at the presence of a hidden block (while initially preventing its discovery). Bricks…
Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won't Help... →
An early IM exchange shortly after Mark founded Facebook suggests that the cavalier attitude toward privacy was there from the beginning.
Count The Beats: IK Multimedia announces Amplitube... →
Filed under: Audio, iPhone, Music
To all you guitarists out there, we know you’re incredibly particular about tone when it comes to your axe and the boutique pedals you play it…
Build Kick-Ass Practical CSS3 Buttons →
What once required background images and icons can now be created with plain-old CSS. Because modern browsers have access to things like box shadow, gradients, rounded corners, text-shadows, and…
Use your Typekit account on unlimited websites →
We’ve been spending a lot of time listening to people talk about how they use Typekit. And there are a lot of ways to use fonts on the web. Independent designers, corporate creative…
The ideal platformer camera should:
minimize... →
The ideal platformer camera should: minimize vertical motion
lead in the direction the player is facing
remain motionless during horizontal micro-adjustments
The secret to achieving…
Who Owns This Image? Find Out With PicScout Image... →
Many designers have found beautiful images through Google that they would just love to use in their designs, but you can’t take any image you want off the web. So how do you find out who owns that…
More Google applications coming for Google Apps... →
9 of the top 20 requests from Google Apps customers are for their accounts to work with more services from Google, not just for the core suite of messaging and collaboration applications. Later…
7 Simple and Useful Command-Line Tips →
One of the most useful, but under-used, tools a web developer has is the command-line. The terminal often scares people away; so here’s where we demonstrate some of the most useful day-to-day…
Handling Interruptions Realistically →
You’ve read the usual advice on career, productivity and self-development blogs when it comes to handling interruptions at work. Firewall your attention. Don’t check email. Stay off of Facebook and…
Wordpress Dribbble Widget →
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Now I really want an invite to this dang site!!!
Wordpress Dribbble Widget: Are you a Dribbble player running a Wordpress site? Dave Rupert and Trent Walton have just…
Three Ways to Turn Free Work into Paid Projects →
The State of CSS3 in Email Templates →
On the heels of some of our recent findings regarding the state of CSS in email, I reckoned it was high time to shake things up a bit. So here goes – CSS3 in email lives. Ok, so I’m sorry if I…
Facilitating Design Critique →
Websites are distributed services that aren’t owned or used by any one person. Therefore, soliciting feedback from a variety of users throughout the design process is essential. Shared ownership…
Keyword Research for Sales and Business →
First, a word of warning. This isn’t a keyword research primer for hardcore internet marketers. This is for the rest of us. Most of this will be familiar to anyone seriously involved in internet…
Your Web App has Launched – Now What? →
Editors Note: In his first article for Think Vitamin, Des Traynor – UX Lead at Dublin based Contrast, outlines some extremely useful post launch strategies for ensuring the success…
How to Know When to Walk Away | FreelanceFolder →
Remember when you first started as a freelancer? You were probably desperate for a gig—any gig—where you could show that you really could do this. You wanted
30 Gorgeous and Versatile CSS Menus | Design Shack →
Sometimes the navigation menu can be one of trickiest parts of the design process. This single area can set the tone for the usability of the entire site.
Stack Overflow raises $6 million →
Stack Overflow raises $6 million: The problem is that, golly gee, why just programmers? Surely there are people out there in different professions–you know, candlestick makers, robotics…
A good problem to have →
Through much of the late 90s and early 00s, I remember having the same conversation over and over again about Apple and Microsoft. I had it with my friends, I had it with my colleagues, and I had it…
10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account →
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. It was originally published on the author’s blog.
After some reflection, I’ve decided to delete my account on Facebook. I’d like…
adaptive path » blog » Leah Buley » Things to do... →
It’s been said that the two hardest parts of a project are the beginning and the end. In the middle, it’s often perfectly clear what should have gone differently at the start. But when you’re kicking…
How to Center an Absolutely Positioned Element... →
Centering an absolutely positioned element is a CSS challenge that occurs now and then. The solutions seem obvious once I’ve done it, but I still find myself googling the problem every few months.
Horizontally centering a static element in CSS is normally handled by setting the left and right margins to
This demo features the rewritten collision... →
This demo features the rewritten collision detection system (which is also more forgiving when jumping up against isolated/edge blocks), a more vertical level (with basic camera controls),…