April 2011
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Everyone loves bunting
So, tomorrow it is the Royal Wedding. People all around the UK (and world) are putting up bunting.
You can now put some union jack bunting on any website :)
Earlier today @netmag tweeted “We have our first BUNTING! ;) http://t.co/zJ9ObfY”
After seeing this I thought I would spend the next few minutes and make my very first javascript bookmarklet that I am releasing to the public.
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Every time I mention AJAX in a talk, I can’t help but stress how important it is to use an a tag, or a button. I have just read a blog post by the guys over at 456 Berea st. One thing their blog post unfortunately assumes is that you, the developer, are in fact using a tags. The problem is that in truth, there are a lot of javascript calls not on an a tag nor a button. Why is this? Sloppy...
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Why the color app isn't worth $41M
I might be a little late to the game. But I had to wait to publish this blog post.
Almost a month ago now, Color, was released to the world. Along with the tech press being set on fire about it receiving $41M investment before it was even launched. For those of you living under a rock, the color app is a photo sharing app, but it only shows you photos within 100m of where you are positioned. Now...
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Another productive weekend
This weekend, I have had another productive weekend:
I have had my first BBQ of the summer.
I created my first node.js application, very simple app, only local, wont have a public release
I relaunched my personal site sydlawrence.com.
I built my first tumblr theme, which happened to be the newest them for my blog sydlawrence.me.
I have created 4 mindmaps, 2 UML data models, and have started...
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Turning an HTML5 app into a mac app →
So, we have all heard of PhoneGap and various other tools to turn HTML5 apps into mobile apps, but what about desktop apps? What if you want to turn an HTML5 app into a mac app and submit it onto the app store?
To do this, it is actually very simple. I have found this out recently from a recent article.
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Hi Mashable team! Instagr.am – it’s awesome right? Well, I know Ben Parr thinks so (how is Dominate HQ by the way Ben?!) and so does Christina, although she has obviously been too busy working to update her instagr.am since being in the Hilton Austin Hotel 3 weeks ago! Either way,…
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A fond farewell and a new chapter
I have had an excellent couple of years, surrounded by very talented people doing amazing things. I have learnt a lot over the past couple of years. When I joined Marmalade on Toast, there were only 4 of us in the company. Today there are now 8 excellent members of the team.
However it comes with great regret (and excitement) that at the end of April I will be leaving Marmalade on Toast. I...
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Come see me talk at London JS
On Monday 18th April, in London, there is the inaugural event for London JS, a new free monthly meetup for JavaScript developers organised by @eventhandleruk. The first one is being held at Poke London’s offices.
Peter Gasston (@stopsatgreen) is giving a talk titled “A Sensational Exposé with Bewildering Demonstrations!”
What is the Constraint Validation API? How is it...