Becoming an Accessibility Ally: My Early Journey and Resources
In today's post, I'll share some things I learned from the Website Accessibility course and a few tools and resources you can look into if you are interested in leveling up as well.
Posts tagged “web-development”
12 posts.
How to Use a Modern Version of Hugo on Render's Static Site Service
The version of Hugo that Render provides is out of date but you can install a more current version with a custom build script. Here is mine.
How I Got Rid of My Google-Hosted Web Fonts
Some background on how I replaced Google-linked web fonts on this site with self-hosted ones to improve privacy concerns.
Early Svelte Thoughts
I started learning Svelte for web frontend UI development and so far feeling pretty positive about it. Here I review my early thoughts and plans.
Is WebKit Sabotaging the Future of the Open Web?
Just to be clear, I am a privacy advocate. I use DuckDuckGo. I use Firefox. I block ads. I encrypt my DNS lookups. I'm building a privacy-focused tool for meetups. And with all that said, this worries me.
Website Revamp
At the end of November I took a few days and revamped this site. Let me know if you spot any issues or typos. Thanks! What’s New I rebuilt, from scratch, the Hugo theme code the site uses, wanting to own the site …
New Year, New Site
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a nice break and is recharged for the new year. While most of my own break was quiet I did have one side project, rebuilding this website. It’s now hosted through a …
Closing Thoughts on Big Nerd Ranch’s Front End Web Class
I posted a few thoughts while I was attending the Front End Web class last week and I figured I’d put a cap on it with some final thoughts. Disclaimer: If you happen to find this post and don’t know, I do in fact work …
Greetings, from the Ranch
One of the great perks of working at Big Nerd Ranch is that you are allowed to take one Big Nerd Ranch class a year. This week I’m taking the Front End Web class, and am really looking forward to it. At nights we are …
Philly CocoaHeads Website Relaunch Project
I haven’t had an active side project in the last few months. When asked I would tell people looking for a new job was my side project. Now that I have that new job search (and my Girl Develop It class behind me it’s time …
Early Ember.js Thoughts
Over the last three weeks, I’ve been slowly picking up Ember.js while helping some colleagues with a project. It’s pretty interesting tech and I’d like to share some early thoughts. What is Ember? To be frank, I don’t …
Researching New Web Tools
I’ve been spec’ing out this app idea off and on for a few months. At first I was going to do it on the Mac, but, as time passed, I decided to make it a web app in the newer style instead. Not a “present form, hit submit, …