July Already?
Posted July 1, 2010 – 23:41 in: dhp1080, syndicatedI suppose I’ve been taking my summer break from writing here. June passed without any articles, sadly. So to placate those of you who hang on my every word (you’re out there, right?), here’s my midsummer update.
Personally, I have less than two months before school resumes. My summer thus far has consisted of a relaxing [...]
Pagination: Right vs. Wrong
Posted May 11, 2010 – 14:40 in: dhp1080, syndicatedPagination is an increasingly popular method of breaking up content into multiple pages. Specifically, I’m addressing the method of navigating to older content using single buttons.
Above, "the good" is from the tech blog Engadget, while "the bad" is from The Unofficial Apple Weblog. In the good example, the buttons are specifically labeled "older" and "newer", [...]
Commenting Systems Roundup
Posted April 11, 2010 – 05:00 in: dhp1080, syndicatedThrough the multiple iterations of this blog, I’ve written my own commenting systems to use. While they were not necessarily the most feature-packed, they most certainly got the job done. Now, as I just somewhat rewrote my blog engine, I’m considering bringing back commenting.
Lately, commenting has become a much more social experience. Comments are threaded, [...]
iPhone 4.0 Wish List
Posted April 8, 2010 – 04:00 in: dhp1080, syndicatedTomorrow, Apple is slated to unveil their roadmap for the iPhone 4.0 operating system update. In the last three versions, we’ve seen a great number of feature additions (need I mention the App Store?), but the overall look of the operating system has remained the same. While it’s an elegantly designed interface, it’s time for [...]
No Comments | Tags:iPad-Specific CSS
Posted April 7, 2010 – 03:40 in: dhp1080, syndicatedContinuing with my enthusiasm about Apple’s iPad, I checked out what Apple has done to update Safari for the iPad. In general, not too much. People have been complaining about poor rendering of certain websites, etc. However, Apple has implemented some new CSS media queries to allow designers to make sites that work more dynamically [...]
No Comments | Tags:Apple iPad: Hype or Revolution?
Posted April 3, 2010 – 02:20 in: dhp1080, syndicatedIt’s been a long time since we’ve seen a truly revolutionary device enter the computing world. Within the past decade, computers have grown in performance while shrinking in size. However, the way we interface with computers has remained unchanged. The first computer mouse was prototyped in 1963 and has been the de facto method of [...]
No Comments | Tags:Typekit: A Designer’s Godsend
Posted April 1, 2010 – 01:40 in: dhp1080, syndicatedSince virtually the beginning of the web, universally identical fontography has been a problem. Every platform ships with different fonts which render differently in nearly every browser. However, with the advent of Typekit, utilizing obscure fonts to achieve design perfection has become feasible.
Since very early versions of Internet Explorer (I’m talking version 4.0), the @font-face [...]
Bits of Recent Life
Posted March 27, 2010 – 00:00 in: dhp1080, syndicatedIf you haven’t noticed, I’ve been tweaking my latest blog design non-stop; adding features, fixing glitches, etc. I even re-enabled access to super-old posts (apparently people can’t stop visiting my silly tutorial on CSS bar graphs). However, I haven’t had much time to talk about much else.
Sadly, my recent design / development world has been [...]
New Design For The Win
Posted March 23, 2010 – 23:00 in: dhp1080, syndicatedFollowing a few months of stagnation (thanks to a busy college schedule), I got around to doing a redesign here. I’m taking it in a much simpler direction for the time being. One post at a time, linear newer/older navigation, plenty of room for stories, no comments. I like how it has turned out thus [...]
No Comments | Tags:CES 2010: Pass or Fail?
Posted January 10, 2010 – 21:20 in: dhp1080, syndicatedWhile I didn’t get a chance to go to the show the year, I did cover a lot of stories over at ConnectReviews. There were plenty of cool things to see, as there are every year, but to be honest, I’m a bit disappointed. First things first. Let’s start with the buzzwords for this year [...]
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