Adapting to Responsive Design - Mark Boulton (Fronteers 2012)

posted in Must-see on 2013-07-27  

Responsive design involves more than just fluid grids and media queries. The move to adaptive web sites touches every part of an organisation: from content needs and content management, to editorial workflows and project management. The way we design and build web sites is changing, but the way we write, manage, and evolve our websites needs to change, too. Mark will share his thoughts and experience of how adopting responsive web design practices needs to begin in the boardroom, rather than the developer’s office.

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CSS: :before and :after pseudo elements in practice

posted in CSS3 on 2013-07-26   content css block text font element width code links height

By definition :before and :after are CSS pseudo elements. You can use them to insert something before or after the content of an element. There are some great articles giving the basics, but I wanted to write down a blog post for the real use cases. Or, at least, to show what I'm using them for.

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Auxilio Chrome extension - common use cases

posted in JavaScript on 2013-07-25   extension

Last months I'm actively working on an extension for my favorite browser - Google Chrome. Here are few videos showing some of its functionalities.

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JavaScript is cool

posted in JavaScript on 2013-07-23   var function class return instance pubmethod module event function return

I'm writing a lot of JavaScript these days. Sometimes it's really crazy what you can do with that language. I have bunch of tools in my arsenal and I wanted to document them somehow. Writing an article is a good option. By tools I mean patterns, piece of logic or just syntax shortcuts. However, this article is not exactly about design patterns, but it uses some of them. It's just about few ideas, which I came into during my daily scripting.

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VarnaConf 2013 Videos

posted in Must-see on 2013-07-23   videos varnaconf make year

I'm living in Varna, Bulgaria. Last year we had a great conference called VarnaConf. This year the guys behind it decided to make it again and even better - a series of conferences around my country. I had the chance to make a talk.

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Twitter streaming API, NodeJS and 401 Unauthorized error

posted in JavaScript on 2013-07-17   found server twitter streaming api

I'm working on a year old application written in node. There is twitter streaming API implemented and it worked before a couple of months. These days we moved the site on another server and I found that it is not working anymore.

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Building the Web Together

posted in Inspiration on 2013-07-16   web

From a humble beginning of static text, images, and links, the web has grown into a rich platform teeming with interactive content and powerful applications. To all the developers & users out there who continue to push this evolution forward--thank you.

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Brad Frost - For a Future Friendly Web - Mobile Mobile Conf 2013

posted in Must-see on 2013-07-16   mobile create

"As the digital landscape continues to become more complex, it's essential for us to start thinking beyond the desktop and embrace the unpredictability of the future. Mobile is forcing us to rethink the content we create and the context in which people interact with our products and services. This session will cover how to change our thinking and start acting differently in order to create more future-friendly experiences"

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JavaScript: sequencing function calls #2

posted in JavaScript on 2013-07-10   chain error console log arguments function res chain errors run object chainends

I created a simple JavaScript library for running functions in a sequence. The story behind this is published here. Today I made few interesting changes which deserve a new blog post.

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JavaScript: sequencing function calls

posted in JavaScript on 2013-07-09   function var callback run element chain function res type console log

While I'm working on Auxilio I end up in a sitatuation where I have to call few javascript functions in a sequence. It's an interesting how this could be solved and I'll be happy if you share your opinion for such problem.

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