The Wilson Project

To All My Co-Workers And Clients:

I want to apologize for all the bad coding decisions that I have made during the last couple of years. A number of decisions were made with ignorance as the impact they may have made in terms of performance. Some of those decisions may have been made without consideration for the user.

If I seem out of sort during the last couple of week, it was simply because the changes I need to make will require changing not just code but a mental process. Like anything, this will take more than a fortnight to change. It is a process of renewal and making mistakes and just throwing stuff into the trash bin.

What I need is some understanding and some patience while this process works itself out.

Sincerely,
Ivan Wilson
Front-End/UI Developer

Tagged as CDG, coding, CSS3, front-end, html, javascript, jquery, xhtml.

Today, I’m Blowing Up My Code

Seriously. http://twitter.com/#!/iwilsonjr/status/124622801914171392

This is not a joke.

If you are laughing at this, I understand. It still won’t change anything.

Let me explain.

In 2009, through contact with interaction designers, I saw the coming wave that we now call mobile. That wave moved so fast that it took everyone by surprise. Today, designers and developers are dealing with this via responsive design and other techniques.

Now, what does it have to do with me. One day recently, I was tasked to revised some code I made in late 2009. Now, it was good by those standards but it has a few faults. Not perfect but usable and everyone was satisified.

At the time, it was "Job done. Go to sleep."

But I didn’t.

Continue reading…

Tagged as coding, devices, mobile.

Prologue from Chicago

What does one write about on a two hour plane trip to Chicago?

coding, mobile, Shadout Mapes, Churchill, and John Lennon

Important? What does this mean?

Well, you’ll find out in the next blog entry…

Tagged as coding, devices, mobile.