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Canvasing Social Games

In Software, Tech, Web on 28 February 2010 with no comments

A lot has been said about the current struggle to standardize the HTML5 video element and the implications for Flash and Adobe. Yet, there’s another element within HTML5 that excites me even more, the canvas element. The canvas element promises to allow an open, rich-media experience similar to that of interactive Flash. For examples of [...]

Will Twitter Bring a Browser to the Xbox 360?

In Consumer Electronics, Software, Web on 24 June 2009 with no comments

At this past E3, Microsoft announced plans to integrate both Twitter and Facebook into the Xbox 360′s New Xbox Experience (NXE) dashboard. Smart move. Preceded by the computer and the mobile phone, the living room TV is quickly becoming the “third screen” to the web and the 360 has become a popular method of getting [...]

Changing up my Tumblog with SlimTwitter

In Personal, Software, Web on 5 June 2009 with no comments

As of today, I’m no longer importing all of my Twitter activity to my Tumblog. I made the change after realizing that, through a haphazard spaghetti of crisscrossing RSS feeds, I had configured my Tumblr and Twitter content to match almost 1:1. While I liked the visually appealing, life-stream effect it created on Tumblr, I [...]

I can’t quit you, Tumblr

In Personal, Software, Web on 28 April 2009 with no comments

In my recent redesign, I struggled with the decision of which publishing platform to run, Tumblr or WordPress. In the end, I punted and chose to run both; Tumblr for short, life-stream posts and WordPress for longer pieces. They both sit under the efliv.com domain, organized by tabs. It’s clunky but, while I never felt [...]

New efliv.com Design

In Personal, Web on 26 April 2009 with 4 comments

Ever since I bought the efliv.com domain, I’ve been planning to unify the appearance of that site with its sub-domains (blog.efliv.com & tumblr.efliv.com), where most of my content lives. Now that I’ve taken care of a few things, I’ve had a chance to figure all that out. The design is based off the Depo Skinny [...]

Twitter Losing Tweets

In Web on 18 March 2009 tagged tumblr, twitter with no comments

Over the weekend, I noticed that a few of my tweets on Twitter weren’t saving to my profile. They’d stick around initially but disappear some period of time later. I know that they were once on Twitter, as I route that feed into my Tumblr page and Tumblr has all of the missing tweets. If [...]

Tumblr Needs FTP Access (Read And Reblog If You Agree)

In Web on 17 March 2009 tagged css, ftp, html, tumblr with no comments

One of my favorite features of Tumblr is the site’s layout flexibility thanks to custom HTML and CSS files. This, combined with Tumblr’s dead-simple scripting language, makes it easy to whip up unique and engaging Tumblr pages. The design aspect is also a key differentiator from other social networks and publishing platforms. Yet, editing these [...]

Thinking about URLs

In Web on 7 October 2008 with no comments

I’ve been thinking about URLs recently. A thrilling topic, for sure. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about URLs on Twitter and why we still have to preface them with “http://” to create an active, “clickable” link. With space at such a premium, why do we have to waste these 7 characters? Can’t they just assume http [...]

Quick Thoughts on Chrome

In Software, Web on 8 September 2008 with no comments

Thanks to VMware, I’ve had a chance to play around with Google’s new Chrome browser. All-in-all it’s a nice step. Carter made a good point that it won’t really be a game changer until the new Java engine, V8, and Gears are fully utilized and Chrome apps begin to do things we haven’t seen before. [...]