FITC Web Unleashed 2014
Last month I attended the FITC conference in Toronto. My biggest take-away was about Web Components (using the Polymer polyfill for now). HTML includes will be a game changer in general, but I’m...
View ArticleEmbrace your Bounce Rate
Yesterday I had a fresh mind-blowing thought about Bounce Rates. Google defines a website Bounce as: “the percentage of visits in which users view only a single page of your site” – Yesterday for the...
View ArticleLiterary Goldfish
In 2006 there was an era when spam seemed to have been written by infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters. It caught my attention since there was apparently nothing I could do – no call to action...
View ArticleMagic Transfer Protocol!
mtp:// is my new favourite protocol. I use it all the time; specifically when explaining how modern web development tools work. Let’s face it: generally speaking the inner workings of tools like...
View ArticleColemak for kids
I did a bunch of keyboard layout research this weekend. It’s a simple fact that my kids are going to be nerds; I’m not sure what kind they will become, but I predict they will spend more time on...
View ArticleWriting for the web industry
I’ve had the opportunity to write for a few notable industry journals, and I’ve been asked a number of times how this came to be by those wanting to get into it. I’ll sum it up. TLDR: Just ask....
View ArticleWWJNTOOHE (What Would Jesus Name This Object Oriented HTML Element)?
I love CSS, and I really love OOCSS. To me being Object Oriented means two things: breaking down patterns, and using a clear easy-to-adopt naming convention. Patterns: If you’ve used a framework like...
View ArticleWorking at Carpages!
For just over a year now I’ve been working as a front-end developer at Carpages.ca. With the new job came several other life upgrades. Bring on the bullet list! I left my previous job as the Lead...
View ArticleFocus & Pomodoro
I thought I’d share a small change I’m trying with work to hopefully improve my focus, speed, and quality of work. I see interruptions as an important part of my job, but occasionally I’m also...
View ArticleUsing Franchise Guidelines to build online trust
It’s a slight departure from writing for web journals, but being a team lead for dealer sites at Carpages led to me getting published in the dealer magazine Canadian Auto World. canadianautoworld.ca
View ArticleWordPress Lunch ‘n’ Learn – Advanced 101
Every developer likely needs to use WordPress now and then! It’s so ubiquitous that it’s almost a fact of life. I recently did a lunch and learn Advanced WP 101 to cover some aspects that aren’t...
View ArticleSolving a browser Font issue
I’ve had an issue with fonts messing up in my browser. I thought it was just me! This has happened before, like when a client sent me their weird copy of Helvetica to install and it broke Digg like so...
View ArticlePre Element use-case: brilliant or hacky?
Twice in the past month I have come across issues where the data coming to me from a database contains useful whitespace, but no HTML. I have saved the day by using a <pre> element; this took...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Windows 10 VM
I had an issue where the Virtual Box VM for Windows 10 wouldn’t unzip on my Mac. Advice that worked for me came from Twitter: use “The Unarchiver. Also better to download the PC version (will still...
View ArticleSassTO – A closer look at SMOOCHY!
Tonight at SassTO front-end engineer Matt Rose and I will be talking about the Carpages front-end framework Gemini, and its SMOOCHY methodology (Scalable, Modular, Object Oriented CSS Hybrid, Yo). Here...
View ArticleWordPress.com Desktop Client
Yesterday WordPress announced there is a new WP client. I’m publishing this from it! You can read the announcement here.
View ArticleDeGagne Hyundai
Our team recently launched the DeGagne Hyundai website and I wanted to share one of the design features I think looks pretty cool. First, here’s a peek above the fold if you didn’t click the link. In...
View ArticleWindow Managers
Workflow and simple productivity tools were a couple fascinations of 2015. I still plan to write about it in some detail, but have shared here and there. My Alfred workflow for arranging workspaces is...
View ArticleSMOOCHY Methodology Explained
A couple years ago I commented on a post about Using Object Oriented CSS with Sass on The Sass Way, commenting that at Carpages.ca we use a mash-up methodology called SMOOCHY (Scalable, Modular Object...
View ArticleWordCamp Hamilton – Accessibility Talk
This weekend I’m speaking at WordCamp Hamilton on Web Accessibility! Slides are online here: arleym.com/a11y More notes to come!
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