May 2009

Life on a Canvas

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 … Continue reading

Charging Companies on Facebook

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 … Continue reading

2nd Redesign This Month

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 … Continue reading

A Picture a Day from Google and California

As part of my summer out in California, I’ve decided to take a picture a day of the cool things I see.  I’m publishing the pictures through tumblr, which I’ve been meaning to try for a while now.  Anyway, you … Continue reading

Redesign Complete and Portfolio Refreshed

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 … Continue reading