December 2012
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12 Hours for Christmas
In the spirit of the season, I am offering 12 hours of my front end time for a good cause free of charge. This time can be for coding, code review, UX review, limited design (not my area of strength. Feel free to contact me at lynn@lynn.io if you have something that needs doing.
October 2012
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SCSS and Media Queries Using @content
Found this great bit of code over at The Sass Way, useful for those using sass media queries for devices:
$break-small: 320px;
$break-large: 1024px;
@mixin respond-to($media) {
@if $media == handhelds {
@media only screen and (max-width: $break-small) { @content; }
}
@else if $media == medium-screens {
@media only screen and (min-width: $break-small + 1) and (max-width:...
September 2012
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“Most companies (including web startups), he said, are looking to “wow” with...”
– http://om.co/2012/04/05/the-of-course-principle-of-design/
June 2012
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April 2012
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Asking Mobile Users to Use Landscape Mode
Came up with this little “trick” when designing a page that just wouldn’t “work” (logically, not technically) in portrait mode.
When the mobile browser goes into portrait mode, it places a dark semi transparent (think lightbox) layer ontop of the whole browser with a message in the middle of the window. This is all handled in CSS thanks to the body:after pseudo...
March 2012
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DC Has Clean Streets
I know because my foot just got caught and I bit it… hard… didn’t even hurt my palms!!!!
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6 Weeks In
So its been six weeks since I started working at LivingSocial… it is amazing.
Now, there is a lot I miss about freelancing; make my own hours, no commute, no “vacation time” scheduling. I love freelancing, and one day I am sure that is where my path will lead me back to.
That being said, for what I am trying to do with my life now; moving into Washington, DC, doing more...
Starting Fresh
In an attempt to clear out all the cruft in my life I am starting fresh with my blog. Having a stand alone blog and having to maintain it and the feeling that I needed to write super long posts was just too much and I ended doing nothing.
So new year, new job and soon to be new apartment… time to switch it up. I got tumblr on my phone… lets see what we can do here :)
