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the personal website of ash m. white

13
Nov
2009

How To: Develop Your iPhone Web Apps With Your Mac

Filed under: Development, iPhone, Tips & Tricks

If you are building an iPhone web app, chances are you have gotten a bit tired of relying on your device for testing changes. It can definitely be tedious to upload your changes, pick up your device, and refresh Mobile Safari each time you make a change to your code. Here's a way to use your Mac to eliminate the device (and even your internet connection) from the process.

05
Nov
2009

Find and Seek

Filed under: Development, Design, Findability

So you built a website. The design is beautiful, the content is filled in, and it has been submitted to all of the major search engines. Maybe you have even purchased a bit of ad space on Google or another PPC network. So why is no one visiting your site? Turns out that there's a lot more that goes into bringing visitors to your site (and keeping them there) than what many people initially realize. 

18
Sep
2009

Six of One, A Half Dozen of the Other

Filed under: Development, Design, Web Standards

Molly Holzschlag's talk tonight has given me some much-needed inspiration for my (now late) weekly blog post. Some of the things that she had to say about Internet Explorer 6 have prompted me to cogitate on the way that we treat this dinosaur of a browser at my company.

02
Sep
2009

The Importance of Well-Written HTML

Filed under: Development, Tips & Tricks, Design, Web Standards

The Interwebs have been ablaze over the last few months with articles and commentary regarding HTML5. While this is remarkable in and of itself given that HTML5 will not be officially ready until the year 2022, the fact that browsers are starting to implement some of the features from the current draft of the language has triggered some interesting comments.

I am a software developer and designer in Athens, Georgia. I'm passionate about web development, graphic design, and web standards. I am currently enrolled in the University of Georgia Master of Internet Technology program. More...

@ashwhite

Dear @charlesproxy, You're amazing. Love, Ash

about 16 hours ago

Thanks to @johnallsopp for the very inspiring talk tonight about HTML5 and the future of web technology.

about 3 days ago

@Stormink Other bad changes aside, CDs are not analog. If the icon had started as a vinyl record, that would be a totally different story.

about 3 days ago

@koefod You're on a Mac, right? You should give this a try: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password

about 3 days ago

When method names include the word "kludge," it's a bad sign.

about 4 days ago