January 29th, 2009
Blogging about not blogging
My other career is as a musician. For years I really regarded my web work as a day job, until one day I realized that I loved it and was pretty good at it. Since, I’ve treated both as careers and it’s been interesting looking at both and how one influences the other in my life.
A lot of being both a musician, and a web developer (even as a lacky employee) is PR. How do you make your voice (or the voice of your employer) heard on the web? Promotion. Lots of promotion. Every little bit of good (and sometimes bad) helps get you attention. I won’t go into the personal brand rant here, but I’m realizing it’s more and more important. But I digress.
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Tags: blogging, branding, disappointment, promises
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January 26th, 2009
Twitter Antipixel web badge
Okay, here’s a small one. I’m a fan of web badges on blogs (learn more at the Wikipdia page), especially the “antipixel” ones, since they were the original. They are cute, stylish to the point and there are a couple slick generators for making new ones. Too easy. But I’ve not been able to find a nice one for Twitter so I made my own. Use in good health.
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January 23rd, 2009
Flickr mashup Crayon Box Experimental Colr Pickr
In finishing our Crayonbox Color Picker jQuery plugin, I came across this: Which allows you to select a color, and then it finds images matching that color. Just amazing.
Tags: color picker, flickr, mashup
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January 23rd, 2009
Looking for a PHP-with-Zend developer
I have an interesting idea for a to-do list/reminder site. I want to release it completely free to help people (and to get our names out there). I’ve got the domain, I’ve got the web space, and I’ve got the gen’l ideas worked out.
I want to concentrate on just designing and implementing this. I’m looking for a Zend/PHP person to help think this thru and then do the back-end. It will be a fun, not-to-intense evening and weekend project (shouldn’t take more than a couple weeks) that I think will get us some good attention.
Get in touch at gelform.com. Thanks!
Tags: collaboration, developer, fun project, idea, php, spare time, zend
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January 20th, 2009
Introducing the Crayonbox Color Picker plugin for jQuery
In one of the products we’re unveiling soon, we need a color picker. But looking at the ones available, nothing was simple enough. Our users don’t need a Photoshop-like interface. They need a few simple colors. Like choosing crayons from a box…
Running with the metaphor, we created the Crayonbox Color Picker. It inserts as many or as few color choices as you want next to an input field. It’s really simple to install, and configure, and doesn’t need any images, just a little styling. And most importantly, it’s really simple to use.
Tags: color picker, crayon, crayonbox, jquery, plugin, widget
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January 18th, 2009
Welcome to the new Gelform blog on web development and design
I am excited to finally start my first web-related blog. I’ve created and used “blog” software as a musician for years. Even before they were called blogs. But while I’ve contributed to the web world with forum posts and jQuery plugins, I’ve not felt compelled to document my own path. Times change and I feel like I now have more to contribute. Watch this space for thoughts on usability, interactive design, web design and development.
Tags: general news, interactive design, usability, web design, web development
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