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The D. Drew Design Blog
20
jan 12

Save Your Ideas, I'm Not Interested

As with many people in my line of work, you get approached quite often by people with new ideas about applications. Typically it happens at a party or something similar:  see the article



25
jun 11

jQuery is-or-is-child-of function

Sometimes, in Javascript, when you interact with an element, you want to know if that element is or is the child of a specific element. A case of this might be a context menu that you have pop-up when you click on elements on the page, but you want it to be smart enough not to re-propogate when you click on the context menu itself.   see the article


1
jun 11

Showhopping.com: My latest project (read: folly)

A hobby of mine is going to see live shows for bands that I love. I'm kind of a huge music hound, and get my fix of live music whenever possible. With resources available like Pandora and Grooveshark, It's easier than it's ever been to find new music.  see the article


27
oct 10

jQuery Vertical Align Function

You can't vertically align content very easily for websites unless they're contained in a <table>, but using tables isn't always an option. Since this is a problem I frequently encounter, I decided to write a jQuery function that does it for you. And since I'm all benevolent and stuff, I've decided to provide it here for your enjoyment.  see the article