We saved Blue Like Jazz!. Just a month ago, this movie was going to be shelved because of lack of funding but somebody thought it was too good not to be made . . . so to rescue it, they started a Kickstarter campaign and it became the most successful crowdsource-funded campaign ever! Raising $8 […]
Nov
16
2010
16
2010
Book Review: Drive by Daniel Pink
I read this book and it now seems very clear to me why there are people who dread Mondays and people who kind of look forward to it (or at the very least, do not need to drag themselves out of bed on a Monday morning.) The main concept of the book is simple – […]
Nov
3
2010
3
2010
Book Review: Rework
Every now and then, I’m going to start reviewing books that I’ve read recently. Just a few days ago, I started reading “Rework” by Jason Fried & David Hansson – both are founders of 37signals – a profitable web applications provider (makers of Basecamp, Backpack, etc.). There are a couple of good ideas here for […]
Oct
15
2010
15
2010
Common CSS bug – width:100% with a background
I found out about a very common bug recently that has been going on unnoticed – this bug has been so evasive so as to go undetected by even the most popular websites. If you set a width of 100% on a div and that div has a background, then most likely you will have […]
Sep
29
2010
29
2010
Rounded corners in Internet Explorer
There is a way for rounded corners on css-3 using border-radius . . . however, IE doesn’t support this function — older safari and mozilla browsers need the -webkit or -moz prefixes respectively. So for everything to work together, we need to include an .htc file for rounded corners to behave properly in IE (Internet […]
Sep
22
2010
22
2010
Insight . . .
I haven’t posted in a while . . . have been busy with work and a 4 month old at home. I came across this video at TED that jolted me . . . I didn’t agree with everything she said but it suddenly made sense to me how Adam and Eve were before the […]
Jul
19
2010
19
2010
Guide to writing HTML email
I’m involved in a project that required me to construct html for email and I have got to say that it’s a different animal. When designing for the web – I have to worry about Internet Explorer (v.6 especially!), Chrome, Safari and Firefox. On designing HTML email, there is way more to worry about – […]
Jun
28
2010
28
2010
Gradients through Pure CSS (CSS3 Gradient Techniques)
How do we achieve gradients through CSS? well, right now – the syntax is different for each browser . . . so why go through the hassle, if we can just specify a background image . . . right? Well, if the gradient isn’t all that essential and you can accept a solid background color […]
