Ultra Niche: the future of front end
June 23, 2013 -At the end of 2011 I thought I went niche. For many years leading up to that moment I’d worked as a designer / developer.... View Article
Latest Posts
A post for first time SASS users
June 21, 2013 -I recently got sharing my limited experience using SASS with a friend who’s just getting into it. I thought I’d share these ramblings here to... View Article
IE10 vs. Media Queries
June 10, 2013 -I just had my first run-in with IE10. Consider this media query: @media (max-width:767) {} Chrome creates a break point at 767px. IE creates a... View Article
Finding those pesky Vine URLs after posting
June 4, 2013 -Need to get your Vine Feed, or the URL to the Vine loop after you posted? Good luck! Posting to Twitter at the time of... View Article
Backing up your memories
June 2, 2013 -I wrote this for my family. They’re not all luddites, but I also think they need a push sometimes. I hope this helps someone else... View Article
Etcher
May 16, 2013 -Yesterday my son was born. We named him Etcher. We’ve had a lot of questions about the name, so I thought I’d share a bit... View Article
Quadruple Negative!
May 6, 2013 -This is a true story about something an actual person said unironically! Bad grammar and misused English syntax bug me as much as the next... View Article
Jury Duty
March 15, 2013 -Recently I had to go to Jury Duty selection. My request to be excused on the basis of work was denied, and so I was... View Article
Browser Stats 2012
February 19, 2013 -The notorious @ppk keeps up a pretty amazing site at quirksmode.org. He does very thorough browser tests, logs them with easy to read tables, and shares them... View Article
Windows 8 was not my idea
January 29, 2013 -This week I upgraded my home PC to Windows 8, and it’s a bit of a pain. I really love the look and can appreciate... View Article
Happy Blue Beanie Day
November 30, 2012 -Today is the sixth international Blue Beanie day! It’s the day to show your support for web standards. I think it got started because of... View Article
Work Hard
November 13, 2012 -Being a Front End Developer isn’t the cinchy desk job some may think it is. This is a life style!
Publishing from WordPress to Facebook… Groups?!
November 13, 2012 -I have a friend who wants to publish from WordPress directly to a Facebook group. While the new Jetpack 2.0 does a great job for... View Article
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2012 -This year I give in and give the look-alike experts what they’ve always wanted.
Boredom
October 26, 2012 -I signed up for Geocities in 1994. I haven’t been bored since. Making websites is the cure for boredom.
500th post!
October 21, 2012 -Wowzers, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging in some form or another since 2003, thanks to this arleym.com domain name being given as... View Article
In Defense of Comic Sans
October 18, 2012 -I don’t want to always get defensive of the underdog, but I gotta take a wee stand for Comic Sans. I will readily admit it... View Article
Happiness
October 11, 2012 -“All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to... View Article
WordCamp Toronto
September 30, 2012 -This weekend was the second WordCamp Toronto (#wcto), which I attended with my esteemed colleague Rob Geldhof. The turn out was pretty impressive, especially considering... View Article
Timing Technology
September 29, 2012 -By all measures I have a very blessed life! The timing of my birth and the advent of the technology have worked out amazingly! I... View Article
Return of the Mobile Phone
September 19, 2012 -Well. That lasted nearly ten days. After boldly declaring an intention to no longer carry a phone my family was faced with a brief but... View Article
Hobby
August 3, 2012 -I had a terribly realization recently: my biggest hobby for the last couple years has been “making websites”. Sadly, that’s also what I do for... View Article