I don’t just know developers but also designers. So lets talk design, because every good website needs a good designer behind it. This is where my friend Tamar Nicole comes into play. She is big into working with non profits and philanthropy organizations. Which if you don’t know is a good thing....
Welcome welcome, fellow programmers for a new series I am starting where I interview developers. I really want to start putting a spotlight on all the great programmers and developers I meet out there in the real world. I figured I should start with a developer that I have had...
I always seem to get asked this question. What does it take for someone to become a great developer? Well after putting many thoughts into it I believe there are many things that make a great developer and set people above the rest. THE WILLINGNESS TO LEARN MORE There usually...
Ask anyone who has been writing for a blog or website for sometime, and they will get to a point where they want to make it over. New trends emerge, new design ideas, and new standards. Anyone who plans on remaking or even looking for a good redesign will tell...
I have found that most development books are rather boring and written in a way that makes programming very hard to comprehend. Jon Duckett wrote a book that, in my mind, is one of the best programming books I have ever read. He approaches programming and teaching Javascript and...
I got bored this weekend and decided to do some changes to the fonts around my website. Now I decided to go with the standard google fonts. I often find that google fonts are the easiest to deal with. I have dealt with installing fonts, using them through adobe font...
I get asked often what are some good design websites to follow. Probably one of my biggest and favorite ones that I follow is Smashing Magazine. Its a design website that puts out a great design book called “The Smashing Book“. This is definitely a book every designer should at...
So I have been trying to learn about more about Parallax design, and for lack of a better term. It is a programming and design feat. Parallax is a one page website that animates in crazy ways when you scroll to the bottom. You will see this with products being...
Now that question is something I always get asked…”Orlando I am learning HTML…can I build a website now?” Well to put it bluntly…NOOOOO. HTML was the only thing you needed to know when the movie space jam came out. But now websites have evolved past that. The Web isn’t just...
Responsive is different from a mobile site, lets just get that out of the way. A mobile website is specifically built for mobile. Where a responsive website builds to the screen dimensions. Most people I have seen forgo responsive designs and or development. The reason for this is cost, time...
So at least once a week I will try to focus on a website that catches my eye. This week is the revamped MSNBC website, now if you remember the old one, it was kind of like the yahoo of the new 3 big news websites. It wasn’t clear, it...
