About this blog
The internet taught me how to write code. I based a lot of the design and features of this site on things I wish others had.
- Fluid layout. I like to resize my browser so I can put the blog post and my text editor along side each other. The 960px fixed width designs make following along a bit annoying.
- Collapsable sidebar to maximize browser and screen real estate.
- Resizable text with the browser’s native feature without ruining the design.
- XHR search. Instant results. Do it now.
a:visited. I like being able to see what I’ve read.- Cookies to remember what I’ve changed in the layout (right now just the sidebar, more preferences coming soon.)
- Last and certainly not least: MooShell. See the code, execute the code, edit and play around with the code. Zalun is the man. Thanks for this invaluable tool.
- Screencasts – none yet, but they are coming.
About Ryan
I was a web designer for my first job at age 15 in 1998. Back then if you knew rowspan and colspan you were king. I mostly made sites for local punk rock bands (including my own) outside of the sites I did for work. After high school I served a mission for my church for two years (2000-2002), full-time. Most valuable years of my life. When I returned home knowing colspan and rowspan wasn’t enough. So I dropped web development all together and graduated from BYU-Idaho in Economics. Somehow I got back in to web development and everything started to click. I really don’t know how it happened.
I currently work with Lime Marketing in Salt Lake City, UT; PolicyTech in Rexburg, ID; and my own company with my brother Flobro LLC.
Outside of work I spend my time playing with my adorable daughter and helping my wife with her photography business.