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.

First Preview of The Information Layer

First notes from my Moleskin notebook (Project Charles – Volume 1), 5/10/2009 entry

First sketch of new information model (same date)

New information model (current view, comparing with previous model) – Basis for “The Information Layer” essay

Tagged as Charles/TWP, CSS, Design, front-end, html, information layer, interaction design, javascript, modelling, ui, user interface.

Plymouth

After months of delay, progress is finally speeding along. The graphic comps now becoming full-fledged X/HTML5 templates.

Presenting initial set of templates – http://www.deltatwp.com/plymouth/

Note: these have not been sufficently tested on IE8-6 browsers. Hopefully, these templates will be finalized by next month.

Tagged as Charles/TWP, CSS, CSS3, html, html5, javascript, TWP, xhtml.

London and Back

Just re-entered the country, after a week in London for the last FOWA (Future of Web Apps) conference for 2010. Take a while to settle down (not to mention get back to a regular sleep schedule). Spending a week going through all the notes and ideas from the conference. However, all this information will be slowly integrated for the remainder of this year. I was able to get some sightseeing, as well as going to The National Theatre (Hamlet) and a concert (BBC Symphony @ Barbican).

Now, going home to DC to a stack full of work at CDG.

Later.

Tagged as conference, CSS3, FOWA, html5, javascript, jquery, user interface, web development, xhtml.

In London

Currently attending the Future of Web Apps conference here in London, UK. The first time that I have gone outside the Americas in my life. Got off to a bad start by missing the first day due to the Tube strike (thanks for a memorable start, guys…) and mobile phone problems.

Hopefully, things will get better. Even as a write this, planning to do a few new things and the next two days will still hold some importance with regard to the work that I will be doing for the rest of the year.

And then, two free days in the city…yes!

Later.

Tagged as conference, CSS, CSS3, Design, FOWA, html, html5, javascript, jquery.

Another Blog Entry for CDG’s Book Club

On the train back from NYC last Sunday (8/22), I got a chance to write not only the last blog entry (26.08.2001) but also one for CDG. In this case, it is the third CDG Book Club review. The book was Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 For Web Designers, a brief intro into the hottest topic on the web – HTML5.

To buy this book – go to A Book Apart

Interview with the author Jeremy Keith from The Big Web Show (5/7/10) – http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/2

BTW – The author will be in Washington, DC for An Event Apart conference on September 17th. Unfortunately, the conference has been sold out for months. However, there are some tickets still available for the one day workshop on Saturday, September 19th for HTML5/CSS3 with Ethan Marcotte.

Tagged as html, html5, javascript, web development.

On The Road Again…

In the fall, I will be attending two conferences within a span of a month.

First, on September 16-18, attending the DC edition of An Event Apart conference, led by Jeffery Zeldman and et. al.

Then two weeks later, on October 4-6, attending the Future of Web Apps conference in London, UK.

Lots to see and learn.

Tagged as conference, CSS, front-end, html, javascript, usability, user interface, web development, xhtml.