Dirty font tag secrets
I nearly used the font tag. There, I said it.Being freelance, I get used to the gritty reality of web development.
Web design & Free Software
Free Software tools & technologies for web design & front-end development.
Jake Rayson
A web designer since the 20th century, I am a pragmatic advocate of Free Software and I use proprietary software when appropriate. I made the full-time switch to Linux back in 2007, and my desktop tools of choice are Linux Mint, Inkscape, GIMP and Sublime Text. As a Front End Developer, my core skills are HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery, and my working life reflects my commitment to open standards and accessible websites (ie accessible by everyone, regardless of browser, platform, ability or technology). For web publishing platforms, I use WordPress for ease of use and Drupal for more complex solutions. I am also learning about Ruby, Rails, Sinatra and CoffeeScript. I like the minimalist Ruby Way. To this end, my personal portfolio website is built with NestaCMS.
Latest Posts
RWD & the death of JavaScript libraries?
Responsive Web Design is a watershed in the web development world. You build one website for your business that serves a variety of different devices.
CSS sprites for Responsive Web Design?
Web designers use CSS sprites to reduce the number of requests made by a web page. Essentially a composite image, made up of many smaller images, is used as a common background for a slew of elements, and then the relevant image is ‘revealed’ using CSS.
Think before you do
Renowned web developer Rachel Andrew wrote an excellent and timely blog post entitled Stop solving problems you don’t yet have. It’s a call to use stuff that you need, to think before you do, to engage the grey matter with the task at hand.
APTonCD - another reason to use Linux
How many reasons do you need to use Linux? Free, stable, inordinately fashionable.
How do you look naked?
If the public at large wore X-Ray Specs, do you think you’d take a bit more care in the way you looked beneath the artifice of clothing? Exactly.
Warm fuzzy glow
Sometimes when I use the web, I am infused with a fuzzy warm glow of humanity. Some call it serotonin.
Don't let grids rule your life
As a Front End Web Developer, I intersect that shady space betwixt the worlds of designer and developer. I build websites; I am an engineeer with visual proclivities.
Raspberry Pi is the Linux punk ethic
Who could have imagined that the Great Linux Breakthrough would not come via the Historical Inevitability of the Desktop Revolution, nor the Ubuntu On An Android but from a Humble Raspberry Pi.
What you know, not what you own
In the words of BB King “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”, and the counterpoint from post-hardcore band Fugazi, “You are not what you own”.