With all the negative talk between Adobe and Apple and all the doom-saying about the death of Flash, Adobe made some bold statements at Google I/O regarding their future in the web business and their commitment to HTML5 with the … Continue reading
Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg
Testing WP-to-Twitter WordPress Plug-in
Testing WP-to-Twitter plug-in for WordPress. This should automatically post a Bitly-shortenend URL update to my Twitter account. And it looks like it worked pretty well! Atg Top⇪
Huge News! The Google Font API has Arrived!!
Paul Irish brings forth news of the Google Font API! Go to Google’s Getting Started page, check-out their Font Directory, and, if you prefer, take advantage of their WebFont Loader, akin to TypeKit‘s service! And be sure to play with … Continue reading
Global Warming, Coming to Continent Near You
Care at all about what’s going on with our planet? I just watched an interesting, if not completely and thoroughly depressing, Charlie Rose interview with Bill McKibben, author of many, many books about the environment, including Eaarth. Bill had much … Continue reading
How to Speed Up Your PC
At home I work on a 6+ year-old Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Yeah, I know, but that’s how it is. Recently, the old bugger has been creeping to a near standstill. I used to laugh when my mother told me … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
With all the hubba-baloo circling between Steve Jobs and Adobe, here is an interesting take on the situation, and prediction of the world in which we will soon live and work. Thanks for the forward, Dan. I’ve written before about … Continue reading
The Zen of Coding HTML
A new SitePoint article, How to Code Like a Zen Master, gives a quick run-though of a new IDE plug-in, Zen Coding, that lets developers type CSS-like code, click a button, and get beautiful HTML… Give a quick read through … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
A nice CSS3 article from Brothercake showing how to (subtlety) apply text-shadow for a slightly embossed effect. Now, note, I am not talking about the old-school drop shadow we all hate, that looks like your browser is having a seizure. … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
If you’re a web developer, I can just about guarantee that you use Firefox to do your business, am I right? But I’ll also guarantee that you’ve started getting sick of it too, right? It has gotten soooooooo sssllloooowwwww lately… … Continue reading
Got Autism? iPhone App to the Rescue
A co-worker forwarded an article about an iPhone app that lets a mother and her autistic daughter communicate for the first time! Read more and watch a video about the app. I love technology that helps… Happy apping, Atg Top⇪