Welcome to my code and design centric website. I hope you enjoy the articles I have written on Coding and the resources I have shared to help with Learning. If you are hosting a conference you may want to learn more about my Speaking experience as well.
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Helping a Widow and Raising Funds for a Friend's Adoption Filed in Life • Published on Mon Sep 08 2014
I am working to help friends raise money for an adoption. The program they are using to help raise funds is a great system that both helps out a widow and raises funds for the adoption!
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Joining the Team at LeanKit Filed in Life • Published on Fri Sep 05 2014
After four years of great memories from appendTo, I am excited to announce that I will be joining the team at LeanKit!
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Taking Control with Machina.js Filed in Machina • Published on Wed Dec 18 2013
Here are the slides about Machina.js from my talk at Web Unleashed 2013. This post also shows off the new embedded presentation feature in Blazon.
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Preview of Blazon Filed in appendTo • Published on Thu Oct 31 2013
For the past year I have been working on an incredibly fun internal project at work, and we are almost ready to release it to a public beta. I put together a video showing off some of the features…
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Speaking at Web Unleashed 2013 Filed in Conferences • Published on Tue Oct 29 2013
I am speaking about Machina.js at the upcoming Web Unleashed 2013 conference, just outside Boston, MA on November 7. This will be my third time attending this conference…
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Using CSS Classes with jQuery to Control Visual State Filed in Strategy • Published on Sun Feb 26 2012
Instead of showing, hiding, and otherwise adjusting an HTML element's visual display with jQuery, execute the same level of change by strategically adding and removing classes with jQuery/JavaScript.
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Essential JavaScript Design Patterns for Beginners Filed in JavaScript • Shared on Sat Feb 18 2012
I really enjoyed Addy’s presentation at the jQuery UK Conference where he touched on just a few patterns mentioned in this free online book. I haven’t read through it yet, but I am super excited to learn more about some of these patterns. I think I will also find out the names for a number of the patterns I already use!
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Stop (Mis)Using Return False Filed in Practices • Published on Mon Sep 20 2010
Probably one of the first topics covered when you get started learning about jQuery events is the concept of canceling the browser’s default behavior.
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Introduction to Stateful Plugins and the Widget Factory Filed in jQuery UI • Published on Fri May 21 2010
The jQuery UI Widget Factory is a separate component of the jQuery UI Library that provides an easy, object oriented way to create stateful jQuery plugins.