Archive for October, 2008

Web Development: Hard to explain

October 11, 2008 with No comments

I can’t be the only web developer that gets frustrated with the intricacies of developing something that can be viewed on so many different platforms.

Working on a website tonight I was checking my work in 5 different browsers! I was mainly developing in Firefox 3, while checking in Internet Explorer 7, Opera, Google Chrome, and Safari for Windows. There is nothing more frustrating than having it look perfect (aside from Safari’s totally different font rendering) in 5 browsers except for Internet Explorer. And all that because it doesn’t understand how to properly render the following style statement

float:right

Looks harmless enough, right? Well it cost me a few hours of fighting with my code, leaving no time for GTA IV.

To add insult to injury, when I shared my frustrations with my better half, she couldn’t understand and, while doing her best to help, only caused more frustration and distraction away from the real issue at hand.

I finally got it solved and hope for dear life that Internet Explorer 8 will do a better job of interpreting CSS.

As a final thought, I was too chicken to even take a look at how IE 6 is displaying it.

photo credit: Yo Mostro

Web Development: Hard to explain

October 11, 2008 with No comments

I can’t be the only web developer that gets frustrated with the intricacies of developing something that can be viewed on so many different platforms.

float:right

Looks harmless enough, right? Well it cost me a few hours of fighting with my code, leaving no time for GTA IV.

I finally got it solved and hope for dear life that Internet Explorer 8 will do a better job of interpreting CSS.

As a final thought, I was too chicken to even take a look at how IE 6 is displaying it.

photo credit: Yo Mostro

Working like mad

October 9, 2008 with No comments

As I said, I’ve been working after hours on projects awarded to me on Elance. Figured it might be nice to put a few links to the sites I’ve been working on lately. There’s only been a few worth mentioning, most of the work I do is troubleshooting, tweaking, and generally fixing things that are broken. A couple of sites in particular that I liked working on are:

Kim O’Grady Hill
HealthyGirl (not just finished yet)

One of the biggest challenges for me is not being able to fullfil the design I would imagine for a particular site. It’s the client’s choice and while I do give my input and recommendations, if they envision something different, that’s what it’ll be. It can be a little bit frustrating but that’s why I’m getting paid for it.

Oh, and I also worked for an adult dvd store site, converting videos for them, but I won’t post that link here, sorry Heekwon

photo credit: Jessica_Mah

Working like mad

October 8, 2008 with No comments

Kim O’Grady Hill
HealthyGirl (not just finished yet)

Oh, and I also worked for an adult dvd store site, converting videos for them, but I won’t post that link here, sorry Heekwon

photo credit: Jessica_Mah

On the Side

October 8, 2008 with 4 Comments

I’ve recently been trying to earn some extra income on the side in order to be able to pay my bills and I came across Elance. I first found Elance about a year ago but thought it was too big for me to get any kind of results. But ever since I’ve taken the plunge, I’ve found that there is a great market for people with certain skills.

I’ve been getting contracts to work on WordPress blogs for clients and so far the experience has been very rewarding. I never thought that it would be so streamlined to find a market for someone like me who can help clients achieve their goals while supplementing my own income. It’s been great and I’m looking forward to more of it.

If you are a developer with spare time and a need for extra cash, or if you have some skill that may be in demand by people who either lack the time or skill to do the work themselves, this is a great way to go!