December 2011
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Introducing WishSimple
I’m releasing a project today. It’s called WishSimple and it’s the easiest way to make a wish list and share with friends and family.
Here’s my Christmas wish list:
September 2011
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Introducing BillingSavvy
Today, I’m releasing a project called BillingSavvy.
BillingSavvy takes the pain out of calculating and comparing prices of recurring billing services like Recurly and Chargify. Now you can find the best deal in seconds. If you charge a monthly subscription for your service, this can save you a lot of money.
Here’s what it looks like. Enjoy!
February 2011
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Announcing a new project
Hey everyone, just wanted to post a quick update on what I’ve been up to lately as well as a few things I’m excited about.
First up, I’m announcing a new project that I’ve been working on with Adam Kopec, a brilliant designer and fellow VaynerMedia employee. It’s called Discovery. Here’s what it looks like:
Update: If you’d like to be notified when...
July 2010
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The past few months
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...
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Hire me →
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 :)
April 2010
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0to255 is here! →
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!
March 2010
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Announcing 0to255
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...
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The original Ruby on Rails screencast →
I came across the original Ruby on Rails screencast today. “You had me at hello.”
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Using Fluid with Gmail and 37signals apps
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...
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Rails tip: Automatically link a controller's...
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...
February 2010
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Easter eggs
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...
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January 2010
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The cure for a strange Flash/Firefox/Spaces bug
I’ve run into a strange problem where Flash confuses a left mouse click for a right click. This seems to happen when Flash has the focus in Firefox and you switch to another space via Spaces in Mac OS X. This is very, very frustrating.
WTF?
The cure
After some light research, it seems that there is currently no official fix for this problem (I’m not sure if it’s a Firefox,...
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How to install the "tree" command on Mac OS X
Many of you have seen the tree command being used on a few Ruby on Rails and Git screencasts such as the ones on Gitcasts. The tree package is available on most package managers such as MacPorts and Fink for Mac OS X, however it’s nice to roll your own. This tutorial shows you how.
Tree provides a very useful way via command line to quickly display a graphical overview of a...
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Top 10 albums of 2009
I really got into music in 2009—moreso than any other year. Some really awesome music was released. Out of all the albums (iTunes says 45) I listened to in 2009, here are my personal favorites.
While you’re reading, listen to the songs that I feel will best introduce you to these albums. Ready. Set. Go!
10. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue (Buy on Amazon)
What I really like about this album is...
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A better way to type
I switched to the Dvorak keyboard layout approximately three months ago. For those of you who don’t know what it is, this will inform you. To summarize, the QWERTY keyboard that most people use today was originally designed to prevent the hammers from colliding in early typewriters. Now that we all use computers to type, QWERTY is no longer necessary. It’s an outdated and inefficient...
December 2009
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What Mustard teaches us
Stories sell. Let me explain.
First, watch this video:
Unimpressed? I was too. I overheard this playing from my girlfriend’s computer speakers this morning while I was ironing my shirt. My initial reaction went something like this, “Wow, it’s a raspy-voiced cover of a mediocre Radiohead song” (granted, “mediocre Radiohead song” means it’s still a...
November 2009
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The perfect iTunes view for large libraries
While iTunes 9 provides us with three views, it takes a little tweaking to get a view suitable for large libraries. In order to understand why it is indeed the best view, I have to first explain why the other views suck.
Cover Flow
Cover Flow is really slick. It looks amazing, image rendering is crisp, and it looks like the sweet ass jukeboxes we all love (everybody needs a little retro action...
October 2009
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Web application ideas, part 2
I’ve decided that I’m going to keep the other web app idea to myself for now. I need to give it a little more thought and iron a few kinks out but rest assured it’s going to be good. I’m going to focus all of my spare time in the next few weeks to the development of a prototype. Stay posted!
Update: This idea has turned into Follow.fm. It’s still in development...
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Web application ideas, part 1
Being a web developer, I often find myself thinking “I should write a web app that makes X easier. “Most of these ideas are either already realized by others or impossible (less likely). Sometimes, however, a few of these ideas show potential. Recently, I have two in mind.
The first involves web app names and their corresponding domain names. All web apps need domain names. Finding a...