Ending Some Projects

So I had been running two sites, browsingbetter.com and textmateuser.com. Both were fun while they lasted but it is time to close them down, for a couple of different reasons. First, not enough time! Too much going on is both good and bad; it keeps one busy, but it also takes time away from being able to devote to fun side projects. Oh well.

Secondly, circumstances have changed. With the announcement that Microsoft will be beginning auto updates to Internet Explorer, a lot of the woes of IE may soon be behind us a developers anyways. Also, with the release of TextMate 2, an awesome new blog arose to take on the tips department, tm2tips.tumblr.com.

Be sure to keep an eye out for these, and continue to enjoy developing for the web!

Move it, push it, pull it and go!

The web is one of the most exciting places to work because it is ever changing and evolving. Much like the human race, the web grows and adapts to influence over time and without a helping hand every so often that adaptation can drift off course. It is important for those of us who live and love the internet to continue striving to help push it forward, iterate on the old and embrace the new.

Every day more people get into web development, yet it can seem like every hour something new emerges that we need to keep on top of, how do you do that? Step one is simple, DO IT!

What?

Exactly, you just have to go for it, and thus is the point behind Move The Web Forward. It needs you, and you need it. Time to get involved, learn something new, help out a noobie, tackle the dinosaur and level yourself up for the win.

Visit movethewebforward.org and join in on the fun, and help us all build a better web for the future!

Stoked to have this tutorial published on smashingmagazine! Hop on over and check out my walkthrough on developing WordPress in a local developer environment and deploying to a live server.

Leave a comment here, or there, or everywhere…or nowhere, but man that would be boring.

Thanks for stopping by, now go read!

Developing WordPress Locally

A new page for NuWater!

NuWater Concepts is a new business owned and operated by myself and a few close friends. After a tough start getting this start-up off the ground, our founder has moved to run this full time and we are aiming to bring the best water filtration products to the market for a great many applications.

We all start from somewhere, and for the most part that is from a place with no knowledge in the web development world. So how do you learn? You dive in of course! Always the best way to learn something new is to simply go for it, however, going for it must entail learning some best practices and proper technique or else down the line you will only kick yourself.

I am by no means an expert, but I am also not a newcomer to web development and after having the privilege to help out many people just getting started I have begun to notice a trend of areas that could really use some more explaining for those just starting out to help them, and others, avoid the pitfalls of bad code and improper practices. This post is meant to serve as a guide and maybe a refresher to new developers and I hope you find something useful. So let’s get to learning!

A Bundle of Fun

Joomla! is a content management system that, sadly, gets a bad rap in the shadow of the monster WordPress. Hopefully the good folks at The Joomla Bundle are about to change that!

Everyone by now has heard of the new big thing from our Google overlords, the Google+ Project. If you are still trying to get in, read on!

It is an exciting time to be a web developer. With the growing adoption of HTML5 and CSS3 by browser vendors, the landscape has seemingly opened up into a whole new world to explore. With exploration comes the obvious rewards of advancement, however, it also brings new risks.

So my roommate is a chemist, and pretty smart. He had an idea and the two of us are going full force to make this into something both profitable and world helping. Inspired by the horrible events in Japan, my friend invented a filtration system to remove radioactive contaminants from water supplies. So we created nuwaterconcepts.com

Why It Rocked.

This was my third consecutive jQuery conference, and must say my favorite thus far. The talks were great and the people as well. If you have not been to one, you really need to go.