Sweet!! I just released my very first jQuery plugin on github – SlickQuiz!
SlickQuiz, simply put, is:
A jQuery plugin for creating pretty, dynamic quizzes.
I’ll let the demo speak for itself – check it out below!!
Get Started!
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Posted in Technology, The Web | Tagged development, github, javascript, jquery, quiz, slickquiz
It’s been one week since CodeMash 2011 ended and I have to say that I’m still feeling a bit of a geek high from the experience of it all. This years CodeMash was my first developer conference ever, so it was pretty interesting to see the whole dev-geek community come together in all of [...]
Posted in The Web | Tagged business, cloud, codemash, development, html, javascript, jquery, mobile, Technology, women
Yay! I’ve made the Mephisto-WordPress conversion and now have one less mongrel process eating up resources on my slice :)
Lovely theme, eh? It’s called Color Paper and it’s FREE from Smashing Magazine.
That is all for now… stay tuned – cool things should start to happen soonish ;)
Posted in General, The Web | Tagged mephisto, wordpress
Well… after several months of not being able to blog due to random Typo errors, I’ve finally made a transition to Mephisto CMS. It was a surprisingly smooth conversion once I found the proper combination of script hacks. There are still a few problems though, unfortunately. Mainly, that pagination seems to have “disappearred” [...]
Posted in Home, MetaSpring, Ruby on Rails, The Web
Recent government action has dramatically increased (300-1200%) the fees internet radio companies must pay to play the music you enjoy.
This means that sites like Pandora and Last.fm, as well as many other online radio stations, could be shut down due to bankruptcy.
You can help, let your voice be heard. Visit SaveNetRadio.org to see how [...]
Posted in Home, Music, The Web
About a month ago I conducted a couple informational interviews for my Job Search Strategies class.
The first interview was with Robert Dempsey, Project Director of Atlantic Dominion Solutions a Ruby on Rails website and application development firm, and Founder and Director of Rails For All a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Ruby on [...]
Posted in Home, Ruby on Rails, School, The Web
Well, I’m really not sure why I didn’t do this a month ago, or why it took me this long to think of it, but my new portfolio site is up at JulieMarie.net.
I built the site with Radiant, a simple, Ruby on Rails based content management system and designed the layout myself.
Check it out! Let [...]
Posted in Home, Ruby on Rails, The Web
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Well, since I don’t really have a lot of time to write more than one blog post per month, I figured I’d link you all to my Twitter page where I have the chance to post once or twice a day.
You can find me at twitter.com/jewlofthelotus. Add me if you’re a Twitter-er [...]
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Post-graduate plans are something that I’ve been thinking about rather frequently since the beginning of the new year. To really see where I’m coming from, I guess I should tell you how I got to where I am now…
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