Entries tagged “Web Design/Programming”


EVE on Rails - Creating an EVE in-game-optimised version of your Rails site

14 February 2008

One thing I love about being a Rails hobbyist is that I can continually think about the best way to do things. With no paycheck hinging on a deliverable, I can refactor continuously until I’m convinced I have the best code I can muster. Sure, I never get anything done, but the exercise makes me [...]

Setting up A Rails Application for EVE Online

6 February 2008

As I mentioned before, I’ve be having a lot of fun with EVE Online. The attraction, however, hasn’t been just to the ability to fly around in a ship and blast pirates (as if that weren’t enough!). EVE has a pretty excellent API, an browser that provides in-game information, and even dumps of art and [...]

Football company seeks the moderately webby

1 February 2008

Everybody’s got football fever with Super Bowl XLII coming up. If it’s caught you and you’ve got some decent Web chops, we’re hiring. There’s a few more at our employment site (warning: cruddy third-party app—search in the Digital Media division). Of course, if you really want to get in, you’ll go through me.

The pain of client work

11 February 2007

For the most part, working for a design firm is a joy. New projects are varied, and new problems emerge with each. You meet and worth with myriad people. One client brought each person in our office a dozen eggs from her farm. Another took us for beers when we deployed his site. The worst part [...]

JavaScript libraries revisited

11 January 2007

Today PPK rounded up several recent posts debating Javascript Libraries. I defended JS libraries a few weeks ago, but I feel the need to expound. They get a bad rap, and I think its undeserved–especially as the expectations of Web users increase.