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TrickedIn: A plea to Reid Hoffman

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:49:33 +0800

Dear Mr. Hoffman,

This past week, a group of us in Singapore worked with a local nonprofit to create a LinkedIn account based on true stories of trafficked victims. The profile represents the voices of thousands of women who are trafficked into the sex trade in Asia each year.

More often than…

Word!

A plea to Reid Hoffman

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:44:53 +0800

A plea to Reid Hoffman:

In an unfortunate turn of events, LinkedIn has suspended our team’s LinkedIn account that was helping raise awareness about sex trafficked victims. Reid, please help us get it back online.

Github CSS Styleguide

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:38:27 +0800

Github CSS Styleguide:

Welcome to the GitHub CSS Styleguide. It’s pretty rad. Before reading this, you should have a general understanding for specificity, the SCSS syntax, and KSS documentation..

Interesting to see companies share this publicly - very slick...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:35:29 +0800

Interesting to see companies share this publicly - very slick though.

decodering:

Starbucks Style Guide

A responsive, proportional, nestable, and mobile-first 6-column grid framework.

I love Everyday (the app).

Wed, 04 May 2011 22:53:13 +0800

I love Everyday (the app).

I love CSS. Via: ninedaysoff, decodering.

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:37:00 +0800

I love CSS. Via: ninedaysoff, decodering.

How to survive in a job?

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:36:46 +0800

For some reason, “Anonymous” submitted this question to me well over a dozen times. Dude, I don’t know; I’ve never tried to “survive” in a job. Find something that you love to do and strive be the best in your field.

The Creative Technologist

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:55:39 +0800

The Creative Technologist:

Creative Technologists are a new type of breed. The Creative Geek (or “Creek” for short) has a very unique and mixed profile. It’s a profile where the left side of the brain meets the right side. Creeks are logical, rational, analytical and objective which are all qualities coming from their technical background and left side of the brain while equally they are random, intuitive, synthesizing and subjective which are all qualities coming from the right side and creative side of the brain. They have this unique blend that looks at the parts as well at the wholes.

Not too keen on the “Creek” definition, but wholeheartedly agree with the need for people that are both Creative and Technology “aware” and can drive innovation within organizations.

Lovely video by Alex Faaborg exploring tab positions in Firefox...

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:53:00 +0800

Lovely video by Alex Faaborg exploring tab positions in Firefox 4. I’m totally sold on the “Tabs on top” concept. One of my biggest gripes with Firefox (that includes Safari) though is still the lack of a unified search/address bar. Less is truly more when it comes to browser UI.

Bonus points for the soundtrack. Kno is a new device, that is...

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:42:00 +0800

Bonus points for the soundtrack. Kno is a new device, that is geared at the education market (double display, text-book-like shape). It’s a tad big for my taste, but includes some nifty features I’m missing on my iPad (scribbles and notes). Perhaps Microsoft should have another look at their Courier concept.

Making an iPad HTML5 App & making it really fast

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:42:00 +0800

Making an iPad HTML5 App & making it really fast:

Great advice from Thomas Fuchs. I had my own run in with CSS3 related hardware acceleration some time ago; a bit odd, that everyone’s trying to figure out, how this beast really works (open standard, implementation’s mind-boggling) — hope to see some solid articles coming out soon with additional test-cases.

Absolutely hilarious video describing how gameplay may become...

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:53:00 +0800

Absolutely hilarious video describing how gameplay may become ubiquitous in the near future. Unimaginable potential for Digital disciplines (ranging from Digital Marketing, PR to Media) and E-Commerce. (via Pieter-Paul Walraven)

Introducing Stationery Version 2.0. I’ve been a bit busy...

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:32:00 +0800

Introducing Stationery Version 2.0. I’ve been a bit busy working on P302, but finally managed to complete the massive update (or is it upgrade?). The theme should be available shortly, after the guys/girls at Tumblr hit the Approve button.

The new version includes full support for semantic HTML5, the latest CSS3 standards, including neat transforms and box-shadows and every imaginable Tumblr feature. It’s still the same clean design and I do hope you’ll enjoy it!

Here’s a full list of Release Notes:

NEW: Full semantic HTML5 support (including
)
NEW: CSS3 Animations (very subtle)
NEW: Typekit support
NEW: Support for custom Background colors
NEW: Support for Facebook Like (Page) boxes
NEW: Toggle About section
NEW: Toggle Search section
NEW: Toggle Blog Tools section
NEW: Support for changing section Headers
NEW: Support for Group Blogs
NEW: Toggle Post Author metadata on Group Blogs
NEW: Support for Tags
NEW: Support for Likes
NEW: Support for Latest Tweet
NEW: Support for Answer posts
NEW: Support for
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NEW: Supports both “Ask a question” and “Submit”
UPDATED: Asynchronous Google Analytics support
UPDATED: Asynchronous Disqus support
UPDATED: Audio Post styling
UPDATED: Chat Post styling
UPDATED: Now fits better on 1024px screens (iPad anyone?)
REMOVED: Elsewhere section (replaced by Tumblr’s Page functionality)

The Premium-grade theme will remain free of charge and I do hope you’ll show your support for my “hobby”, once I manage to get my first Premium theme out (secret sauce, but it’s going to be delightfully minimalistic and sweet).

Here’s a quick tip to add images with stylized captions into Text posts:


    
    Your description goes here

For those of you wondering, where the pre-formatted “Elsewhere” section went; Tumblr now supports creating Pages/Links, which renders my old implementation obsolete. Here’s the full story on that.

Update: IE refused to join the party; Modernizr provided the fix.
Update: Fixed an issue with Unlisted Youtube vids.

At tad off-topic; but this combines some of my favorite things -...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:35:00 +0800

At tad off-topic; but this combines some of my favorite things - Daft Punk, Adidas and Star Wars. Somehow, this leaves me craving for an intergalactic football display by Beckham. (via ideasareawesome)

Apple's HTML5 and Web Standards website

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:05:49 +0800

Apple's HTML5 and Web Standards website:

html5watch:

Apple just launched a website which demoes some great examples of rich webpages made using standards-based technologies. A fantastic resource.

Some of the best examples I’ve seen so far. You’ve got to love the Javascript/CSS3 Transitions demo, which kicks serious ass.

Hello, how do I add the 'tagline' for the stationery theme?

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:26:00 +0800

Within Tumblr’s “Customize” feature, there’s a tab called “Appearance”, which let’s you change the tagline.

Erm, you have an entire site devoted to "Is Kotaku posting porn?" Why do you obsess over a gaming site's posts? They site isn't using nudity any more than any comparable gaming site, like IGN with their "Babes" section for example. Also, just reading the front page for your site. "Kotaku is advertising porn, it may be charity but it's nudity!" First of all, Brain was saying "Sadly" IE regretably most people would just read "topless", since it is the internet. He was hoping that people would read that it was about a freaking charity, YOU sir are the one that is simply saying that Anything revealing = Porn. Nudity /=/ Porn, you are the ignorant one, the article is about fucking breast cancer and all YOU can see is nudity, clearly you need to see the big picture. This translates to you being one of those people that is so ignorant, they can't see beyond a topless chick.

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:53:00 +0800

Lovely; someone’s running this site using my Stationery theme and I get called “ignorant”. Dude, I just made the theme and have nothing to do with the site. I can assure you, that I have no issues with “topless chicks”.

Open Source Webfont Loader

Thu, 20 May 2010 09:52:00 +0800

Open Source Webfont Loader:

Win! Webfonts for everyone. The gap between print and web design is fading with the arrival of new toolkits and technologies. (via kellysims)

Our Solar System, an experiment with CSS3 border-radius, -webkit...

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:42:00 +0800

Our Solar System, an experiment with CSS3 border-radius, -webkit transforms & animations.

One of the nicer examples of the power of CSS3 in WebKit. (via webkitbits)

lonelysandwich: Apple Gives a Nod to Newton with New ‘What is...

Thu, 13 May 2010 15:06:00 +0800

lonelysandwich:

Apple Gives a Nod to Newton with New ‘What is iPad?’ Ad”

MacRumors points out that the wonderful new back-to-roots iPad spot (while it stands on its own) is actually a pretty unmistakable homage to the original “What is Newton?” ad, which holds up pretty well after two decades of shifting color palettes and film stocks.

This is just the sort of advertising I shudder with joy to see Apple doing. It takes us out of Crate and Barrel and puts us everywhere else.

via @buzz

Absolutely lovely ad. “iPad is … crazy powerful” (yip; the guy really said “crazy powerful”); now that sounds a lot better than that weird Verizon Droid ad, which seems keen on advertising its “1Ghz Snapdragon Processor” to a non-tech mainstream audience.