Apr. 16th, 2012

Resources from Mobile Boilerplate

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I’ve been playing around with Mobile Boilerplate, because the HTML5 Boilerplate project has been an excellent resource and I’m always looking for ways to make developing mobile websites easier on myself (The next redesign of the Pugetworks site is going to have to reflect a mobile-first approach, but I want… read the rest of the article

Posted in: Mobile Development

Apr. 7th, 2012

Making Gradients Along a Path in Photoshop and Illustrator

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In Photoshop It’s easy enough to apply a simple gradient to a shape or vector path in Photoshop. You can use the gradient tool, or apply a blending layer. You can apply linear gradients, radial gradients, simple gradients and more complicated ones. You can also apply a gradient to the… read the rest of the article

Posted in: Design

Apr. 4th, 2012

What is Skeuomorphic Design and When to Use It

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Design is full of trends and rebellions against those trends. Some technique, element or outlook becomes fashionable, then a backlash forms seemingly out of nowhere proscribing it. I find it difficult to keep up on trends, and I try to base my process on my own experience rather than the… read the rest of the article

Posted in: Design

Feb. 23rd, 2012

Minimum touchable area on mobile devices

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A recent article on Smashing Magazine discussed the challenge of fitting buttons on mobile devices to the size of a user’s fingertip. It’s a useful article, and I don’t take issue with its overall message, but it did remind me of something I’d been meaning to write about for some… read the rest of the article

Posted in: Design, iPhone

Feb. 22nd, 2012

Django Tips: FileField and uploadto

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The following tip, should help in understanding how the FileField handles the path and url for a file referenced in the database. The Model Object The FileField model in Django is used to store files in Django. The file itself is not stored in the database but on the filesystem,… read the rest of the article

Posted in: Django