With the recent updates of browsers supporting web more W3C standards, it is easier to embed HTML5 videos than before, although you still have to provide your video in multiple codecs such as webm, ogg, and mp4. The thing is you still have to use javascript to control the video’s functionality. So here’s the simplest way to make your HTML5… read more
Authors: Kit Seeborg, Andrea Meyer This is a book mostly about the web service Slide Share, partly about marketing yourself or business, and a bit about making slides. You can summarize it as “make slides to get leads for your business”. The book includes several case-studies but lacks specific metrics. Some sources for proof would be great, although that’s a… read more
Description This is a plugin for jQuery I developed, which renders a colored optical flare to slide across elements such as boxes, images, and containers. The flare is white in the center and has a customizable colored glow. The plugin also allows change of speed, glow radius, and event triggering the animation. The animation is performed by sliding across an… read more
This is a review of the Web Operations Fundamentals video on O’Reilly. SUMMARY I was interested to watch this video to learn the scope of web operations and compare that with my current knowledge. Overall it is a good introduction to how the internet communicates from browser to server along with network communication via command line. The video and audio… read more
This book is a good read for understanding javascript coding syntax, prototyping, scope, and closure. Although brief and repetitive after Chapter 8, it clarifies several aspects of the language. If you’re an intermediate to advance javascript developer, this book many not be useful to you. The most important thing is javascript’s flexibility. You only use primitives and objects; javascript… read more
This book is as described and more. It focuses on a variety of aspects regarding front-end web development at the enterprise level. This includes team hierarchy, individual roles, tools, documentation, frameworks and methodologies so it goes beyond coding but it’s equally technical in nature. This is definitely not a beginner’s book because of the technical details so it’s possible to… read more
There are several big name services for split testing website and they are all services which you have to pay a monthly fee. Would you want a script you could install on your websites that can give you metrics just for 2 pages? This script I designed work using javascript and php. You can have two versions of an index.php… read more
This was about the biggest hackathon in the east coast or possibly in the entire nation with a record amount of attendees in the hundreds. Only 160 teams presented with teams ranging from 1-4 people. For me it was my first one and I was a bit skeptical at first. Prior to this I’ve heard of companies holding hackathons and… read more
If you’re curious about the difference of MySQL engines, here they are. Comparing and contrasting what MyISAM is and InnoDB. First ISAM is the acronym for Indexed Sequential Access Method, generally it is fast, compressable, and allows full text searching. Second InnoDB is transaction safe and includes automatic foreign key checking so it’s a bit slower. The important part is… read more
Forget about CSS hacks as they should only be temporary solutions and will eventually break upon browser updates. You want robust CSS with minimal amount of HTTP calls for the best performance. So here’s the code using conditional comments adding a class to theelement: [code]<!–[if LTE 7 ]><html class="ie7"><[endif]–> <!–[if IE 8 ]><html class="ie8"><![endif]–> <!–[if IE 9 ]><html class="ie9"><![endif]–> <!–[if… read more