Noticed some Javascript was breaking only in IE. Must have forgotten: Instead of string.includes use string.indexOf('x')>-1. Or better yet add the polyfill noted on the MDN String.prototype.includes() page!
Bashing
There's always something satisfying to solving problems, even small ones, via programming. As chief cook and bottle washer on my work site, I'm not only architecting, designing, coding and programming, but also frequently preparing new content. Often this content comes with its own small headaches.
Product Slideshow Revisited
It's been awhile since my last post; clearly I'm not a natural blogger. Most of life seems ok by itself without clothing (cloaking?) it in meta. But then again.... Noticed awhile ago I posted about improving the Image Conscious web site by changing the slideshow image generation from manual
AcademyX JS for Programmers + jQuery Brush-Ups
Just completed two courses at AcademyX SF: Javascript for Programmers and JQuery Fundamentals, both very ably taught by Ben Jaffe. The classes were a great review of both. There are always things to catch up on, techniques I just haven't used before; plus I'm always rotating between PHP, HTML/CSS
AcademyX Marks the Spot
Started the PHP/MySQL web developer course at AcademyX last night. The instructor Ron obviously knows way more than is healthy about HTTP and server protocols, and is eager to communicate what he knows -- I'm getting a dose of my own medicine from cramming way too much Photoshop into hapless
new multilayer 3-d vertical scroll effect
Check out the jobs page on the AirBNB web site. There's a multilayer vertical scroll effect emulating depth which I have never seen before. It's visually pretty rocking-cool. I wonder where else it's being used, if anywhere -- I don't recall seeing it elsewhere. Very cool!
A better slideshow for Image Conscious
Yesterday I rewrote the code for the slide show / carousel on my site at Image Conscious. Up till now I've had a bit of a process for updating the content on the slide show, which frankly was seriously making it hard to promptly deliver changes. It involved gathering product shots, building an
Photoshop Workshop
It's that time again. Teaching my longtime Beginning Photoshop workshop the next two Saturdays at Kala Art Institute -- which has many more interesting classes besides.