Archive for the ‘web development’ Category

Testing iPhone web applications

Monday, March 10th, 2008

One of the ongoing frustrations with web application development for the iPhone is testing - until last week, you were either forced to use an actual iPhone with some manipulation to get your development site accessible to it, or to experiment with "simulators" that are really nothing more than constrained ...

Progressive enhancement and process

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

So here's a question: how do you design your process artifacts to take progressive enhancement into consideration? (Wow, I think I just used my monthly quota of buzzwords.) In other words, how do you create wireframes, comps, and buildouts that show 1) the structure and look of a site at ...

Talking about “Advanced RESTful Rails”

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

So I know one of the ongoing concerns with conferences in general (and Railsconf in particular) is that people often don't know what to expect from the presentations - they go in expecting an in-depth study of a subject they know well, and end up seeing an quick and dirty ...

Getting back to the fun

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

You know that feeling where you're working on things you love so much that it becomes kind of tiresome? Where you still enjoy what you're doing, but it's just on the edge of feeling like work? I've been there for a little while, but I'm happy to say that I ...

The Parable of Brewster’s Millions

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Ah, nostalgia. It's different for everyone, but my nostalgiac tendencies lean towards the movies of my youth. Embarassingly enough, that includes such classics as Brewster's Millions. For those not familiar with this film, let me summarize the plot: a minor-league pitcher (Brewster, played by Richard Pryor) inherits $300 million from ...