With my talk decks needing more re-use in the Windows/Microsoft community, I am trying to use Powerpoint more and wean myself off the beauty of Keynote (and its random crashes – yes, all software sucks). One thing I realised today is that Powerpoint thinks it is sensible to break words anywhere to go to a […]

Node.js and Express.js based web apps are getting a lot of attention these days. Setting up the environment is not rocket science, but might be too much effort if all you want to kick the tires of this technology stack. Here’s a simple way to play with both for an hour without having to install […]

I just delivered a talk on JavaScript and ES6 at All things Open in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is just a quick post to give you all the content and links I talked about. Here’s the slidedeck on Slideshare And the screencast of the talk on YouTube Links I mentioned: ES6 specification Nasa.gov The full […]

This morning Ars Technica had a wonderful article on CSS colour names titled ““Tomato” versus “#FF6347”—the tragicomic history of CSS color names“. It made me look again into the wonderful world of CSS colour names and create an interactive demo showing them when you roll over the colour swatches. Building up on this, I created […]

When it comes to giving a talk at a conference the thing people freak out the most about is the delivery. Being in front of a large audience on stage is scary and for many people unthinkable. I don’t want to discourage anyone to do this – it is amazing and it feels great to […]