Category Archives: web development

The Netbiscuits Tactile Team Blog

Shortly after starting to work for Netbiscuits in March of 2012, I suggested to my team that we start documenting issues, solutions, tips, tricks, etc. that are mobile-related, which inevitably resulted in a WordPress blog: http://tactileteam.wordpress.com/ There will be some … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Wow, check-it out!!!  Apparently they’ve finally made a computer that is portable! So, this actually works, and pretty well…  You can do one letter at a time, or just keep writing (assuming you don’t run out of screen, but if … Continue reading

How to Do the “Right Thing”

I just read an article from one of my faves, Jeremy Keith, titled How do I convince…?, and I chuckled to myself several times because it is also something I’ve heard many times, something to the effect of “But how … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Every once in a while it is fun to hop in the WABAC Machine (that’s pronounced “wayback machine”, to you young-uns) and remember what our world was like so, so long ago, back when there were only two browsers to contend … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

When I think of all the butts on couches around the world, I think we just found our greatest renewable energy… I cannot wait to start using box-sizing… How did support get so good without me knowing it??? And as … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

In our sophisticated, fast-paced, ultra-modern world of email, Twitter and all other things ADHD, I guess it was destined to come to this, and so I have to say, I think DailyLit is an absolutely brilliant idea! Now I gotta … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Meet requestAnimationFrame, the new darling of the web ball… Though getComputedStyle could give her a run for her money… But then there’s also matchMedia… Support for two of them sort of sucks, especially for mobile, so I guess we have … Continue reading

Pure CSS Highlight for Link :target

Recently I was working on a FAQ page. Typically, it had a series of Questions at the top, and each linked to an Answer below (I actually prefer questions and answers to be more Q>A, Q>A, but this was an … Continue reading

A Conversation Only Web Developers Would Have…

I found myself in this (paraphrased) conversation at work today … Co-worker: “I used to have laundry in my apartment, I miss it so much, now I have to go to the laundromat…” Me: “The downside of in-home laundry is … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Okay, I know this has been around for a little while, but 3D printers still just blow my mind… I am pretty ignorant when it comes to design. As such, I had never heard of Hillman Curtis, sadly, until reading … Continue reading