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There is no directive 18 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Four months ago I released a piece of JavaScript. It was just a harmless bit of code geared towards a specific problem I had encountered. I tend to enjoy sharing my creations and, yes, that little “eg...
Straight-up interpolation 13 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
For basic interpolation a full-blown templating engine seems a bit overkill. Even the “Embedded JS” variants (like Underscore’s & LoDash’s) are not ideal when all you need is simple value interpolatio...
Semantic HTML is dying 4 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
I was recently looking into automatically sourcing event data directly from venue websites. What I found was stuff like this: And I cried a little. What happened to semantic HTML? Semantic HTML is t...
“Free Culture” Resources 1 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
Recently I’ve been trying to become more acquainted with the various open-source/free-culture endeavours and communities. For those unacquainted, the world of digital openness is generally vast and a ...
Abstracting The Web Worker: Operative 19 Jul 2013 | 01:55 am
HTML5 Web Workers are the web’s answer to multi-threading. They’ve been around for a while now, so are pretty safe to rely on. A Worker is typically initialised by instantiating Worker with the URL of...
The perfect place to work 23 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm
I hope to one day look back at this and smile in the knowledge that the following principles and perks are taken for granted. I could go further than I have below, but I don’t want to sell an unobtain...
Evolving Means Of Storytelling 4 Jun 2013 | 11:21 pm
The medium of video has barely changed since its inception over sixty years ago. It still remains a series of static frames stitched together producing some of the world’s most convincing narratives, ...
Cargo-culting in JavaScript 25 May 2013 | 04:07 am
I recently wrote an article for Nettuts+, “Cargo-Culting in JavaScript“. In it I cover the concept of cargo-cult programming and specific techniques that seem to be cargo-culted off quite frequently i...
Freelancing 1 May 2013 | 09:01 pm
The last three years have been a whirlwind of amazing experiences. I taught English and IT in Thailand, developing a web application for a charity while I was there. I worked for Buildabrand, a logo-g...
Sonic & The State Of Spinners 31 Mar 2013 | 11:35 pm
Over a year ago I released Sonic, a JavaScript Canvas utility for making loading spinners. I’ve used it in a couple of my own projects and was pleased with the result but I quickly became aware that o...
