Welcome to the new version of elfboy.com!1 Several months ago I took the site offline, deciding it was no longer suitable to represent me and my work. It has lain dormant while I focused on other projects, both on the web and off. Then, at the very end of January, I decided to go to WebStock, a web conference in Wellington. Not having a website, as a web developer, going into a geek conference somehow seemed like...
Note from the Future
This blog post espouses support for Facebook. While the development team may have made a user-friendly change to their code, Facebook, as an institute of privacy-invasion, data-collection, and avenue of disinformation is not an organisation to aspire to.
Okay, that’s a bold-faced statement, it’s true. Maybe I affected the change more than anything.
Since moving to New Zealand I’ve noticed an annoying trend come about. When I try to write a note on someone’s wall or send...
As of today I have officially been setup as a vendor to Intel. Now that’s cool!
On an amusing side note, the Part Description on the PO for the project I’m doing for them says (roughly) “Philip Renich Custom Application Programming | Qty: 1” I’m a part description, nice.
But I hear I’m really supposed to call it “realigning.”
All terms aside, I’ve been realizing over the past who knows how many months that this site does not do me justice (or perhaps it does and I’d rather it not). Maybe I’ve just slowly had a clearer realization of what I do and why I do it. At my core I am not a web designer, developer, architect, master, specialist, or any other fancy word. I am the guy...
Swamps smell. Sure, they are teeming with organisms, but they are usually gross and slimy. A river has power, motion, and is going somewhere. I want to be a river, not a swamp.
I work part time at a local restaurant. Not only does this help pay the bills, but it also gets me out, away from the computer screen, and interacting with real people. One of the reasons I have this job is for this variation on my days. It...
Note from the Future
This blog post hypothesizes that a Javascript-only solution in place of a simple web form posting to a server may be the best and first option. That is wrong. There are many reasons why Javascript may not run. Not everyone has Javascript
I’m currently in the process of converting several online pricing calculators from server-side executable files to sleek, client-based JavaScript forms. The first thing that struck me when I took this job is that...
An Event Apart has (un)officially started here in Seattle. Method Arts was kind enough to host a get together the night before at a local bar: covering the tab and giving away t-shirts (thanks Mark and Brian, it fits).
I was a little apprehensive coming in to this. Last geek conference I was at, I had a friend with me, and I am solo this time around.
So it was great to meet, sit, and chat with Dave of
On Sunday, I’ll be making the 5 hour trip up to Seattle for An Event Apart. I’m looking forward to a day of great, useful information from some great and knowledgeable speakers. Plus those before and after parties where I can rub shoulders with some of the best of the best.
If you’re going to be up there, be sure to say hi if you see me, I’m sure I’ll be wearing some sort of name...