Posts

• Getting started with GitHub May 23, 2017
  Here’s a presentation I did recently on the topic of “Getting Started with GitHub” for WIMP. Unfortunately this presentation was not recorded so I can’t offer a video. Download the slide deck (PDF)
• Checking out jekyll-admin Aug 25, 2016
  Hey, it’s an inline editor for Jekyll!
• Getting started with Jekyll and GitHub Pages Jun 26, 2016
  TL;DR: Static sites are simpler, more secure, and way faster than dynamic sites and you should totally use them!
• SVG: Is there anything they can't do? May 1, 2016
  I’ve been using SVG images more and more lately, in my front-end work. They’re so wonderful for line art logos, icons, and all manner of art that you wish to remain razor-sharp at any resolution.
• Using the Giphy API Apr 30, 2016
  What's more fun than putting LOLCATS on your page? And getting a random, different animated cat every time? We can easily do this using the awesome Giphy API!
• Help, I've been hacked! Mar 10, 2016
  I was fortunate to give an impromptu talk on web server security and how to recover from a hacked site.
• Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you Feb 22, 2016
  Here’s a quick slide deck from a WIMP talk I contributed to on February 22, 2016 on the topic of hardening your web, application, and database server from hackers and other nuisances.
• Inline Sass with Jekyll Dec 5, 2015
  Here’s a nice way to run your critical CSS inline with Jekyll when using Sass and GitHub Pages.
• Performant websites with Jekyll, Grunt, GitHub Pages, and CloudFlare Nov 30, 2015
  Ridiculously comprehensive set of tools and techniques for optimizing your Jekyll/gh-pages site for speed.
• Optimizing Assets in Jekyll-generated GitHub pages Nov 30, 2015
  Here’s a nice way to minify (optimize) your HTML in Jekyll pages. No plugins are required, so this works with GitHub Pages sites. (Documentation)

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