Simple HTML5 slideshows

Jul 5, 2011

Drop Mocks is a simple website that allows you to make slideshows by simply dragging and dropping images into your browser window. You don’t need to sign in to make a slideshow, but then anyone will be able to change your slideshow from it’s URL. You don’t need to make a new account for this though, just sign in with your Google account and you’re good to go. Not so bad if you need some visual aids for a list minute presentation.

You can check out one I put together in under a minute from this URL: http://www.dropmocks.com/mXBaV

http://www.dropmocks.com/

Clay Figurines

Jun 27, 2011

These are some figures I put together with Sculpey 🙂 The quarter is there for a size comparison.

Advertising captcha

Jun 21, 2011

I was roaming about the internet the other day when I came across a captcha that had a company slogan instead of the typical distorted text. I thought it was a pretty interesting concept and made my way over to Solve Media to check it out.

According to their intro video adding your branding to a captcha is much more engaging and results in a greater rate or retention for the user than traditional banner ads. They also said that typing in slogans is faster for users than trying to type in that mushed up text that traditionally appears in captchas. Sounds reasonable enough to me, but regardless I thought it was a really interesting concept to add in more advertising without adding more clutter.

http://www.solvemedia.com/index.html

Web standards test

Jun 16, 2011

There’s not much you can do about what browsers support and don’t – or which browsers your users are on. But there are some handy tools available online that will test your browser and give you details on it’s capabilities, or just let you know if your preferred browser is playing by the rules.

http://acid3.acidtests.org/
http://html5test.com/

Free certifications from Gild

Jun 13, 2011

I was looking at those pricey w3schools certifications, but everywhere I asked said it was a big waste of money. So I decided to see what alternatives there were and see if there were any certifications that were especially well know that I should take.

What I did find was the Gild website where you can get certifications for free!

The price is right, and if I learn something along the way then I say it’s definitely time well spent. I am still considering the w3schools certifications, but I’m going to start out with the free ones from Gild and see where that takes me.

http://www.gild.com/