1. The past few months

    July 7, 2010 at 10:02am
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    Holy hell, the past few months have been crazy. I quit my job in March or something, built 0to255, it ended up blowing up to all corners of the Inter-net-net-net-net, and now I’m working at VaynerMedia in NYC, which is loads of fun to say the least. I’m loving every minute of everything.

    I also did the front-end for a Tumblr theme for 45royale’s/Metalab’s new company, PixelUnion.

    It’s been a busy few months. And to think, I was miserable working a shitty job just a few months ago. Now I’m in NYC living my dream. All it took was a little work on a very tiny side-project. If you’re not living your dream, hell even if you are, start a project after work. A little work can go a long, long way.

    Now, I don’t recommend quitting your job. That was a personal move based on what I thought was right for me.

    What have all of you been up to?

  2. Hire me

    July 7, 2010 at 12:13am
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    Hey y’all. I’m looking into getting my hands dirty with some interesting projects. Who needs help? My email is on Sortfolio (linked below). Get in touch.

    Hope everyone is doing well :)

    Hire me →

  3. 0to255 is here!

    April 12, 2010 at 9:00am
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    0to255 is a project I’ve been working on that helps web designers find lighter and darker colors based off of any color.

    I really hope it’s useful for you guys. I’d love to hear any feedback, praise, or problems you have. You can do so by clicking the Give feedback link on the site. Enjoy!

    0to255 is here! →

  4. Listen to Passenger Pigeons by The Handsome Family

    March 27, 2010 at 11:14am
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    The Handsome Family - Twilight
    The Handsome Family - Passenger Pigeons
    [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
    Played 233 time(s)

    This isn’t new (2001) but it’s fantastic. While the delivery is somewhat less than eloquent (a few lines feel forced), the pure, honest emotion that’s expressed more than makes up for it. If you enjoy deep man voices a good old-fashioned country tune every once in a while, definitely check this one out.

  5. Announcing 0to255

    March 24, 2010 at 1:27pm
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    0to255 is a simple tool to help web designers find shades and tints based on any color. It’s very useful for finding colors for :hover states, backgrounds, gradients, borders, etc. This is such a common task and 0to255 will make it easier for you.

    It will be free and will be finished very soon.

    I’ve set up a form on Wufoo where you can sign up to be notified when it’s released.

    Update: 0to255 has been released! Check it out.

    Here’s what it looks like

  6. The original Ruby on Rails screencast

    March 19, 2010 at 12:36pm
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    I came across the original Ruby on Rails screencast today. “You had me at hello.”

    The original Ruby on Rails screencast →

  7. Using Fluid with Gmail and 37signals apps

    March 16, 2010 at 10:57pm
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    Fluid is an extremely useful app. It turns any web app into a native Mac app with it’s own dock icon. I’ve been using it with Gmail for several months now. This is by far the best solution for Gmail if you want to use all of the Gmail specific features (e.g. archiving, labels, shortcuts). It’s way faster than using Google Notifier and having to load Gmail every time you get a message and it’s more convenient than keeping Gmail open in a browser, thanks to the unread count in the dock icon.

    I’ve also been using it for 37signals apps. Once upon a time, I had a separate Fluid app for Backpack (quite possibly the most useful app ever), Basecamp, and Campfire but the new 37signals ID feature has eliminated the need. Now you can conveniently access all of the 37signals apps in one window.

    Creating a 37signals Fluid app

    When creating the 37signals Fluid app, just use http://launchpad.37signals.com/ as the URL. Also, be sure to allow browsing to each of the 37signals apps you intend to use.

    As a bonus, I’ve created a 37signals Fluid icon which can be seen in action in the dock screenshot above. Enjoy!

  8. Rails tip: Automatically link a controller’s stylesheet

    March 13, 2010 at 5:59pm
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    This is a simple application helper I wrote to reduce the tediousness of linking stylesheets for each controller. It will link the controller’s stylesheet (located at public/stylesheets/[controller_name].css) if it exists but it won’t complain if it doesn’t. I use it in pretty much every Rails project to keep things organized. It’s super simple to set up.

    Simply add this to your application helper (located at app/helpers/application_helper.rb):

    def controller_stylesheet_link_tag
  stylesheet = "#{params[:controller]}.css"
    
  if File.exists?(File.join(Rails.public_path, 'stylesheets', stylesheet))
    stylesheet_link_tag stylesheet
  end
end

    …and put this in your application layout (located at app/views/layouts/application.html.erb):

    <%= controller_stylesheet_link_tag %>

  9. Easter eggs

    February 16, 2010 at 9:30am
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    I’ve always been a fan of Easter eggs on sites, for example, those that utilize the Konami code and, more importantly, those that involve rainbows and unicorns. This blog has a tiny, yet…enthusiastic Easter egg. See if you can’t find it.

    Hint: It quite possibly might have something to do with attempting to find things that do not exist.

    Feel free to share any fantastically awesome Easter eggs that we (by we, I mean I (see, this blog is pretty new and I don’t have the largest reader base (but that’s okay because you (in this case, I) have to start somewhere (am I right?)))) might not know about.

  10. Listen to Norway by Beach House

    February 4, 2010 at 5:13pm
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    Beach House - Teen Dream
    Beach House - Norway
    [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
    Played 154 time(s)

    I love, love, love this song. Three reasons why:

    1. The shoegaze-y lo-fi/detuned guitar is awesome (My Bloody Valentine anyone?)
    2. At present, the lyrics are creepily relevant
    3. Norway is awesome
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