Mike Pinkowish

Skier, College Student, Web Developer, And Much More

Life on a Canvas

May 31, 2009

I decided to dive into HTML 5 and canvases this weekend and created a simulation of Conway’s Game of Life.
The simulation, powered by JavaScript, requires a browser with HTML 5 capabilties (Chrome, or a newer version of Firefox or Safari will do).  I’ve added in a bunch of controls such as render speed, block size, and premade [...]

Charging Companies on Facebook

May 29, 2009

While Facebook did gross about $280 million in revenues in 2008, they still have yet to turn a profit.  This hasn’t turned investors away, but it’s crucial for Facebook to grow their current revenue streams while exploring new ones. The $200 million investment they got a few days ago gives them a lot more time [...]

2nd Redesign This Month

May 27, 2009

I’m not sure why, but I grew to dislike the new design from a few weeks ago.  It may have been the colors, the background image, or just the style in general, but for whatever reason I knew the design had to go.
So, I took action and redesigned the site this past weekend.  I feel [...]

Redesign Complete and Portfolio Refreshed

May 2, 2009

I’m done with the redesign of the site. I made a few changes in the last few days. Most importantly, the site scores an ‘A’ from YSlow, Yahoo’s web page performance analyzer.  Page load times on my site have been optimized by followwing a few guidelines.  Among these guidelines are making few HTTP [...]