Expensive Rendering, or How to make your MacBook fan scream
August 16, 2016 -Recently I made a dangerous wager with a colleague: If he could show up to work on time 10 times in a row I would... View Article
Latest Posts
WordCamp Hamilton – Accessibility Talk
June 3, 2016 -This weekend I’m speaking at WordCamp Hamilton on Web Accessibility! Slides are online here: arleym.com/a11y More notes to come!
SMOOCHY Methodology Explained
May 11, 2016 -A couple years ago I commented on a post about Using Object Oriented CSS with Sass on The Sass Way, commenting that at Carpages.ca we use a mash-up methodology... View Article
Window Managers
April 14, 2016 -Workflow and simple productivity tools were a couple fascinations of 2015. I still plan to write about it in some detail, but have shared here... View Article
DeGagne Hyundai
December 15, 2015 -Our team recently launched the DeGagne Hyundai website and I wanted to share one of the design features I think looks pretty cool.
WordPress.com Desktop Client
November 24, 2015 -Yesterday WordPress announced there is a new WP client. I’m publishing this from it!
SassTO – A closer look at SMOOCHY!
October 20, 2015 -Tonight at SassTO front-end engineer Matt Rose and I will be talking about the Carpages front-end framework Gemini, and its SMOOCHY methodology (Scalable, Modular, Object... View Article
Troubleshooting Windows 10 VM
September 23, 2015 -I had an issue where the Virtual Box VM for Windows 10 wouldn’t unzip on my Mac. Advice that worked for me came from Twitter:... View Article
Pre Element use-case: brilliant or hacky?
September 10, 2015 -Twice in the past month I have come across issues where the data coming to me from a database contains useful whitespace, but no HTML.... View Article
Solving a browser Font issue
September 4, 2015 -I’ve had an issue with fonts messing up in my browser. I thought it was just me! This has happened before, like when a client sent... View Article
Using Franchise Guidelines to build online trust
August 27, 2015 -It’s a slight departure from writing for web journals, but being a team lead for dealer sites at Carpages led to me getting published in... View Article
Focus & Pomodoro
June 9, 2015 -I thought I’d share a small change I’m trying with work to hopefully improve my focus, speed, and quality of work.
Working at Carpages!
May 2, 2015 -For just over a year now I’ve been working as a front-end developer at Carpages.ca. With the new job came several other life upgrades. Bring on the... View Article
WWJNTOOHE (What Would Jesus Name This Object Oriented HTML Element)?
April 6, 2015 -I love CSS, and I really love OOCSS. To me being Object Oriented means two things: breaking down patterns, and using a clear easy-to-adopt naming... View Article
Writing for the web industry
April 5, 2015 -I’ve had the opportunity to write for a few notable industry journals, and I’ve been asked a number of times how this came to be... View Article
Colemak for kids
February 16, 2015 -I did a bunch of keyboard layout research this weekend. It’s a simple fact that my kids are going to be nerds; I’m not sure what... View Article
Magic Transfer Protocol!
January 14, 2015 -mtp:// is my new favourite protocol. I use it all the time; specifically when explaining how modern web development tools work.
Embrace your Bounce Rate
October 24, 2014 -Yesterday I had a fresh mind-blowing thought about Bounce Rates. Google defines a website Bounce as: “the percentage of visits in which users view only... View Article
FITC Web Unleashed 2014
October 15, 2014 -Last month I attended the FITC conference in Toronto. My biggest take-away was about Web Components (using the Polymer polyfill for now). HTML includes will be... View Article
Persuade
September 26, 2014 -My colleague here says that I have a way of trying to persuading people that is unique. He says I’ll give a short synopsis of my... View Article