Update: you can also use nodejs-versions in the labs plugin. If you’re starting some NodeJS fun on Heroku, you might find that it is not using the latest stable version (as of today is v0.6.10). To help fix this problem Heroku has provided the means to build your own buildpacks with the Cedar Stack. This [...]
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Code Themes
Professionals work hard to keep their tools sharp and ready, and developers tend to be quite passionate about their tools. I’ve been looking at different IDE themes, and am curious as to what people might be using. I find myself leaning toward the Railscasts theme in Espresso.
SXSW 2012 Submission
Since Tony Holguin tweeted Mickey’s 10 Commandments last year I’ve been itching to present on how they relate to User Experience and Interaction Design. So I’ve finally submitted the topic to SXSW 2012 with Tony’s permission. Check out the session page on SXSW for the full details. If you’re not familiar with the SXSW process, the topic [...]
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Clean Illustrator FXG Files
When saving Illustrator Files as FXG there is an option to “Save Illustrator Private Data”. Even with this option unchecked I find the resulting FXG file has more data in it I need for use in a Flex project. I have a quick regular expression to remove most of the unnecessary namespaces and data from [...]
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Clean Code Course Notes
AdobeXD brought in Robert Martin to teach a Clean Code Course over the next few days. Decided to post my notes as we are going along. I’ll keep posting my notes as we go along. Updated: day 2, Refactoring; day 3, Unit Tests.
12 Heuristics of UX
I’ve been meaning to post these awhile ago, but I did a session back at 360|Flex 2010 DC and I included a list of 12 Heuristics for UX. To be completely honest, they are influenced by Jakob Nielsen’s Ten Usability Heuristics, but I don’t really like his angle or implementation and they are definitely lacking [...]
James T. Edmondson: Typography Hero (updated)
Yesterday I again found myself enjoying the Lost Type Co-op site. It is a wonderful site that hosts some beautiful fonts. It is a name-your-price system that gives the designers 100% of the proceeds. I decided I should support the wonderful program and buy a couple of fonts. I don’t have any specific project in [...]
Why Does UX Rock So Hard
I spoke at Flash and the City last week in NYC. My session was titled Why Does UX Rock So Hard. I’ve included my slides, but, to be honest, they are fairly minimal and don’t make as much sense without context of the presentation. I was also asked to participate in the keynote on why [...]
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Designing for Mobile
Just finished up my session at Flash Camp on Designing for Mobile. For the fun of trying something new I built the deck with Showoff, taking the recommendation from Sim. It’s not as feature rich as Powerpoint/Keynote, but it is fun to play with. I also posted the deck to github. Designing for Mobile Deck [...]
Flash Camp SF 2011
I’ve been invited to speak at Flash Camp SF 2011 on April 29. I’ll be presenting on Designing for Mobile Applications and I’ll make sure to post my slides when I am done.
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