Andrew Gormley

HTML5 Video: Cooking With Fire

I recently had the good fortune of working on a small project that lent itself to some experimentation with newer technologies. The goal was to create a simple landing page with some light graphics, pictures, and a video. I had the option to let it live inside the existing ecosphere of the site (using PHP to include site-wide JS and CSS) or opt for a leaner, more agile output. I took the latter route as it was something I’ve done a lot of reading on and eventually wanted to do with my site for either screencasts, general portfolio work, or both. I dove headlong into HTML 5 and was pleasantly surprised by the results. I now present you with the process, the pitfalls, and other considerations.

Get Out of Your Element

As a web expert, it’s important to continually get out of your comfort zone for constant improvement.

Working with MySQL Databases in MAMP

Here’s the second video in a series focusing on using your Mac as a development server to test your pages locally.

Creating a Mac Server with MAMP

Stay tuned for the second post in this series where I delve into the practical application of creating a MySQL database using PHPMyAdmin and linking it the Wordpress content management system.

Designing for a Purpose

With all of the new technologies a web designer / interface designer / user interaction designer / (insert your title here) has to keep up with, there’s a certain bent appeal in adding all of these nifty tricks to your site, but even deeper than that is the big question I always had a bit of difficulty answering: What do I want my site to actually do?