Yesterday, I wrote about an issue I was having with Google & Safari’s way of handling text selection & the “mouseup” event versus Firefox & IE. I installed Opera 10.51 as well to ensure I tested this on the major… Continue Reading
I needed to write a quick bit of code today to track when a user selects any text on a page. The key was to bind a method to the “mouseup” event which would grab the selected text and do… Continue Reading
I just did a post over on Ajaxian about Pingdom’s recent analysis of how frequently users upgrade their browsers. It’s a very conflicting topic for me which is why I chose to discuss it here. From the report, it shows… Continue Reading
I was recently on a project where I needed a really flexible persistent data storage mechanism. Normally, this would be fairly easily handled via server-side data persistence code but in this case, each page of the app was basically a… Continue Reading
The last several months have seen a lot of changes in my life but the biggest has to be that I’m now working at Microsoft. To me, the decision to accept an offer from them was a no-brainer. I’ve used… Continue Reading
I did a REALLY informal poll on Twitter to see which browser people consider their primary browser. I’ve listed the results below. The “Browsing” category is what I consider results for a “primary” browser in terms of general day-to-day use… Continue Reading
I picked up Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book “Crush It!“. I had the pleasure of seeing Gary give a presentation at FOWA Miami and the man can totally get you pumped up. So I really wanted to get this book to… Continue Reading
I have some downtime at the moment so I wanted to get back to coding a little bit. One of the things I’ve been wanting to mess around with for some time is the Flickr API, mainly because I upload… Continue Reading
Today, my dad would’ve turned 67. It’s the first birthday we’ll celebrate without him. As the day goes by, the realization that he’s no longer with us really sets in. I know this day is going to be very rough… Continue Reading
I’m organizing add-on meetups in Miami and Chicago to spread awareness of add-ons, meet developers who are interested in extending the browsing experience and talking about all of the great things happening on AMO. The dates are: Miami – Sept… Continue Reading