Archives for January, 2011
January 24, 2011 | Posted in Tutorials, Web Development |
I am working with a client that wanted a feature on their website where users could find the nearest sales rep to their location. The client’s company have several sales reps that represent various counties in Southern California. I began working on using the awesome Google Map API to create such a tool, and it will be launched soon.
As I worked on the tool, I learned a lot, and I wanted to share some of my new-found knowledge with everyone. In the following post (including a video, yay!) I will show you how to create a county overlay on a Google Map.
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January 20, 2011 | Posted in Tutorials |
Ahh the PDF. The gold standard of document exchange and sharing, PDFs are one of the most commonly used filetypes today. But they have a drawback when it comes to the web. Unlike image files (JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, etc.), you can’t easily display a PDF inline with HTML on a website. “Why is this a problem?” I hear you ask. Suppose you want to show project spec sheets in a web portfolio, or show a resume on a personal site. You can’t use a PDF without converting each page to an image and then displaying them all on your page. With a little help from Google, however, the process becomes a whole lot easier.
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January 16, 2011 | Posted in Tools and Apps |
As a web developer and designer, I am always taking screenshots of web pages. Sometimes I do this to show a client something, other times I just need a shot for my portfolio. But there’s a problem…
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January 6, 2011 | Posted in Thoughts |
While I normally like to write about web development, I do have an interest in software development as well. Today, Apple unveiled their much-touted Mac App Store, an online store similar to the App Store found on the iPhone and iPad. I thought I would share some of my thoughts on the new location for downloading apps.
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