by Sally | Jul 4, 2014 | Development, tutorial, Uncategorized
As previously mentioned, I had quite the battle implementing SimpleWeather.js into my custom WordPress theme (entirely my own damn fault). I finally got it up and working, though – and I’m going to outline how I did it, and what I needed to debug to get...
by Sally | Jun 30, 2014 | Development
This took me 2 days to crack, and it should’ve only taken me an hour. This could also be filed under “How to use SimpleWeather.js with WordPress.” Currently, I’m working on a project where I’m using WordPress to show a series of travel...
by Sally | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I bought Hillary Clinton’s new book. Now, 52 titles to read – that works out to roughly 1000 dollars worth of books. I’m an idiot *sigh*...
by Sally | Jun 7, 2014 | Reading
I’m an idea junkie and a pretty high-level book hoarder. My tendency is to go on reading benders, tearing through a half-dozen books in a row and then slow down, going through phases where I grab a book, read a few chapters, get excited about an idea, and then...
by Sally | Apr 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Gene FTW.
by Sally | Apr 15, 2014 | Reading
I’ve been reading a whole lot lately, and I just finished Biz Stone’s new book “Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind.” It’s an interesting read for a number of reasons – hearing about Stone’s ascent...
by Sally | Apr 11, 2014 | Reading
Recently, my work team was lucky enough to participate in a virtual user experience workshop (User experience, or, as it’s more commonly known, ‘UX’, is a term commonly used to encompass planning and designing for interactive properties....
by Sally | Apr 9, 2014 | Toys
I discovered a very cool new application from the BBC today. It’s called Wraith, is built in Rails, and lets you select two urls to compare the interface between. It scans both sites at multiple resolutions, takes screen caps, and then creates thumbnails for...
by Sally | Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
…YES, I fell off blogging pretty hard – but I did keep coding! Since my last post, I’ve done a few things: Learned Git – I even have a GitHub profile with several repos that makes me feel mad legit Built a jQuery quote randomizer (designed by...
by Sally | Aug 14, 2013 | Development
I’ve shifted gears a bit to JavaScript, both to keep myself interested and to get a better handle on programming principles. I’m concerned that my basic understanding of programming principles is too weak for me to really make sense of rails. I’ve...
