George Ornbo

2014

30 May Passwords are still an anti-pattern
25 Mar Writing cross-platform Node.js
14 Mar Getting started with Go
19 Feb Examining request headers with netcat
24 Jan API design for an event-driven world
21 Jan The HTML5 Speech Recognition API
13 Jan HTML5 Battery Status API
10 Jan Managing packages on Arch Linux
9 Jan Using the European npm mirror
8 Jan Making the case for make
7 Jan The HTML5 Geolocation API
6 Jan Homemade bread
6 Jan Being a Parent and Working in Technology
3 Jan The HTML5 Vibrate API
2 Jan Command Line Utilities with Node.js

2013

12 Dec The commoditisation of hack days
10 Dec Continuously deploy Node apps with GitHub, Travis and Heroku
9 Dec From OSX to Arch Linux
29 Oct The End of Native Apps
28 Mar The void of undefined in JavaScript
20 Mar Google+ is not the Internet
8 Mar Working with filesystems in Node.js
4 Mar Let tools define JavaScript style

2012

14 Nov Uncaught Exceptions in Node.js
2 Oct Precompilers and dialects
31 May Running Nginx and Node.js in parallel on Ubuntu
24 Apr All magic comes with a price
4 Jan Compiling Node.js from source on Ubuntu 10.04

2011

12 Oct Using rbenv to manage rubies
12 Sep Managing Unicorn Workers with Monit
29 Aug Migrating from Slicehost to Linode
18 Jul Going realtime with Node.js, Express and socket.io
6 Jul Instant Rails dev environments with Tmuxinator and Foreman
22 Jun Building a Rails server with Puppet
6 Jun Building a Rails development server
18 Apr Creating a basic site with Node.js and Express
15 Apr Cloud Foundry - a Ruby and Node.js developer's perspective
21 Mar Nifty Unix Tools - sort
21 Mar Vim eighteen months on
19 Mar Nifty Unix Tools - wc
13 Mar Connecting clients to a Puppet Master
25 Feb Setting up Puppet on Ubuntu 10.04
2 Feb Abstracting the design layer

2010

6 Dec Getting email through spam filters from a Rails App
3 Nov Nifty Unix Tools - head and tail
21 Oct Installing Passenger 3 with RVM and Nginx on OSX
8 Sep Background job nirvana with Resque, Redis and God
3 Sep An overview of Redis
30 Aug Setting up Node.js and npm on Mac OSX
29 Jul Developing subdomain Rails sites locally
23 Jul Nifty Unix Tools - tr
20 May Smile You're on Video
30 Apr Basics of Objective-C
30 Apr Adding a vignette to a video using Photoshop and Abobe Premier
27 Apr Learning iPhone Development - Interface Builder
26 Apr Beginning iPhone Development
31 Mar Setting up Git for multiple developers
10 Mar Easing Rails development with Hirb
25 Feb Using the Rails bundle in TextMate

2009

30 Nov ExpressionEngine 2 add-on status
19 Nov The browser market is still broken
16 Nov Sass is a beautiful thing
9 Nov HTML5 video for all (well almost)
5 Nov In bed with HTML5, CSS3 and Jekyll
4 Sep Setting up local websites on Snow Leopard
28 Aug Twitter feature request - hash tag follows
14 Aug Experimenting with CSS3 and HTML5
11 Aug Using cURL for web development
30 Jul Auto update an Ubuntu Server with Aptitude
28 Jul IE6 Notice - Encourage users to upgrade IE6
20 Jul Writing shell scripts more quickly in vi
2 Jul Drag and drop in HTML5
5 Jun The HTML 5 Video Element
4 Jun The continued need for semantic HTML
1 Jun Techno kittens love HTML5
3 May Using custom shell scripts on OSX or Linux
3 May ExpressionEngine permissions shell script
23 Apr Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Released
14 Apr Testing with IE6, IE7 and IE8 on VirtualBox
31 Mar Chroot SFTP users on Ubuntu Intrepid
24 Mar Magento and ePDQ - Part 2
16 Mar Deploying ExpressionEngine with Git and Capistrano
27 Feb Setting up a backup strategy with Amazon S3
26 Feb Ubuntu v OSX smackdown
25 Feb Magento and ePDQ - Part 1
24 Feb CSS3 Tour - RGBa Colour Values
20 Feb CSS3 Tour: border-radius
16 Feb Populating forms with YQL, jQuery and Microformats
10 Feb I don't sell sheds!
15 Jan YQL supporting microformats

2008

4 Dec Adding SFTP Users with a limited Shell in CentOS 5.2
1 Nov ExpressionEngine plugin - Friendly 404 pages
21 Oct PHP 101 - The if statement
9 Oct Page zoom and CSS typography
17 Sep UK Government standards draft needs rethinking
10 Sep Google Chrome - no pulse racing but it is fast
8 Sep Reflecting on dConstruct 2008
2 Sep Google enters browser market with Google Chrome
14 Aug Two new Yahoo goodies
28 Jul Setting up mod_ssl on Apache Centos 5.2
11 Jul Using Aliases in the Linux Shell
2 Jul Inclusive New Media Design Featured on Channel 4
18 Jun How not to launch a browser
13 Jun Safer Linux administration with sudo
11 Jun Prevent your SSH connection from freezing
4 Jun Looking through grid-tinted glasses
25 May Learning from Inclusive New Media Design
22 May Batch resizing in Photoshop
20 May Wrapping up Inclusive New Media Design
7 May Screen Modes in Photoshop
30 Apr Camera RAW or JPEG?
26 Apr Illustrator 101 - Guides and Smart Guides
24 Apr IE6 not going anywhere soon
21 Apr Mobile sites are more than mini-mes
21 Apr Saving time with Smart Objects in Photoshop
20 Apr Make a photograph black and white in Photoshop CS3
17 Apr Reflecting on FOWD '08
11 Apr Gmail and HTML Emails
10 Apr Designing with grids in Photoshop
5 Apr Reflecting on two years in business
3 Apr Effective text only emails
19 Mar User testing with intellectually disabled users
4 Mar Microsoft and IE8 default behaviour
3 Mar Automating backups with Amazon S3 on Linux
3 Mar The Defensive If Statement
27 Feb Using Shared Keys with SSH on Centos 5
26 Feb Educating clients about browsers
16 Feb Domain forwarding in Apache
30 Jan Using Flickr to help users with Intellectual Disabilities
22 Jan IE8 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
18 Jan Using the iPhone alarm
18 Jan Securing Plesk on a Media Temple (dv)3 server
17 Jan Realistic highlights in Illustrator
11 Jan My life, my data
3 Jan Changing the name of a MySQL database

2007

18 Dec Chrismas 2007 Wallpaper
14 Dec Opera's Antitrust Action With Microsoft
8 Dec Book Review: Just Ask - Shawn Lawton Henry
6 Dec Working with scans in Photoshop
5 Dec Inclusive New Media Design
5 Dec What's wrong with Plesk
3 Dec Running ExpressionEngine on Media Temple's (dv) Part 3
30 Nov Stroke a stroke in Photoshop
28 Nov Web Standards in Email Clients
27 Nov Running ExpressionEngine on Media Temple's (dv) Part 2
23 Nov Embracing progressive enhancement
22 Nov Running ExpressionEngine on Media Temple's (dv) Part 1
18 Nov Photoshop CS3 - Quick Selection Tool
16 Nov Managing a site upgrade
5 Nov Delivering inclusive websites
30 Oct Leopard OSX's UI Design
27 Oct Auto-blend photographs in Photoshop
27 Oct Creating backgrounds with Patterns in Photoshop
26 Oct IE7 one year on
22 Oct How to Sync iCal and Google Calendar
19 Oct Colour sampling outside Photoshop
18 Oct Easy image sharpening in Photoshop
8 Oct WebKit to support font-face
3 Oct Photoshop 101 - Transparent Fills
21 Sep Book Review: Prioritizing Web Usability
19 Sep The New Photoshop Logo
13 Sep 10 ways to stress test your design
19 Aug Illustrator 101 - The Twirl Tool
16 Aug Illustrator 101 - Opacity Masks
14 Aug Glossy badges in Illustrator
9 Aug Pattern Brushes in Illustrator Part Two
7 Aug Pattern Brushes in Illustrator Part One
2 Aug Circular shapes and patterns in Illustrator
30 Jul Moving your online identity
27 Jul Repeating shapes in Illustrator
26 Jul Free icon set - Quant
23 Jul Managing colours in Illustrator CS3
18 Jul Illustrator 101 - The Blend Tool
12 Jul Dotted lines in Photoshop
7 Jul Rounding edges in Illustrator
6 Jul Custom brushes in Illustrator
3 Jul Smarter Illustrator with Symbols
29 Jun Creating a comment icon in Illustrator
28 Jun Drawing symmetrical shapes in Illustrator
26 Jun Using tessellation in CSS
23 Jun Illustrator 101 - Line Tools
22 Jun Illustrator 101 - The Type Tool
19 Jun Pattern Swatches in Illustrator
19 Jun Expression Engine 1.6
9 Jun Preparing for a site launch
5 Jun Can the traditional agency last?
30 May Site Navigation in CSS and XHTML
26 May Illustrator 101 - The Pen Tool
22 May Illustrator 101 - The Lasso Tool
21 May Improving image quality in Photoshop
14 May 10 ways to spot a good front-end coder
14 May Illustrator 101 - The Magic Wand Tool
11 May Illustrator 101 - Selection tools
9 May Updating content using unobtrusive ajax
8 May Managing colour schemes in CSS
3 May Redesign just about done
23 Apr Book Review : Beginning Javascript - Christian Heilmann
18 Apr The joy and curse of WYSIWYG
16 Apr Typographic layout with negative margins
29 Mar Learning Javascript - Altering Content
26 Mar Learning Javascript - Creating Content
25 Mar Using PHP to enhance CSS
24 Mar Book Review : Eric Gill - Essay on Typography
21 Mar Creating grunge effects in Photoshop
15 Mar Learning Javascript - Keeping Markup Clean
12 Mar Typography for the Web
7 Mar Quotations in CSS
6 Mar Default Styles for CSS
26 Feb Photoshop 101 - The Pen Tool
26 Feb Concentric text in Photoshop
22 Feb Book Review: CSS Cookbook - Christopher Schmitt
21 Feb Creating custom shapes in Photoshop
20 Feb Photoshop 101 - The Type Tool
17 Feb Using patterns in Photoshop
14 Feb Book Review - HTML & XHTML - Musciano & Kennedy
13 Feb Bored by Web 2.0 Design
12 Feb Drop Shadows with CSS
10 Feb Photoshop 101 - Path and Direct Selection Tools
10 Feb The importance of semantic markup
5 Feb Book Review : DOM Scripting - Jeremy Keith
5 Feb Photoshop 101 - Burn, Dodge and Sponge Tools
4 Feb How to add video to your site
3 Feb Photoshop 101 - The Blur Tool
31 Jan Wallpaper for websites
30 Jan Book Review: Don't Make Me Think - Steve Krug
29 Jan New fonts in Windows Vista
28 Jan Curved boxes in CSS
22 Jan 10 Usability Techniques
21 Jan Book Review: Cascading Style Sheets - Eric Meyer
19 Jan Photoshop 101 - The Gradient Tool
16 Jan My web typography is awful
13 Jan Contact details in one click
11 Jan Controlling font size using CSS
3 Jan Beating CSS Bloat

2006

21 Dec Creating usable forms
18 Dec Review of Photoshop CS3 Beta
13 Dec DOM + CSS = A beautiful couple
11 Dec Web users are bigger than egos
9 Dec Overlapping tabbed navigation in CSS
8 Dec Firebug is simply brilliant
6 Dec Photoshop 101 - The Eraser Tool
3 Dec Christmas Shopping
28 Nov Making promotional graphics
24 Nov Photoshop 101 - The History Brush Tool
22 Nov Choosing a colour scheme for the web
19 Nov Photoshop 101 - The Clone Tool
15 Nov 10 Steps to Better CSS
11 Nov Photoshop 101 - The Brush Tool
5 Nov Photoshop 101 - The Healing Brush Tool
5 Nov Book Review: The Elements of Typographic Style - Bringhurst
30 Oct Photoshop 101 - The Slice Tool
29 Oct Using background images with links
26 Oct Photoshop 101 - The Magic Wand Tool
20 Oct Curving The Edges of Images in Photoshop
19 Oct Why use Web Safe Colours?
17 Oct Photoshop 101 - The Lasso Tool
11 Oct 10 Tips for Good Web Copy
7 Oct Writing good XHTML and CSS Part 2
6 Oct Book Review: Homepage Usability - Nielsen & Tahir
30 Sep Photoshop 101 - The Move Tool
28 Sep Preparing for IE7 - Limiting CSS Hacks
26 Sep Photoshop 101 - The Marquee Tool
26 Sep Writing good XHTML and CSS Part 1
24 Sep The Benefits of Usablity, Accessibility and Web Standards
20 Sep 10 Steps to Improving Usability
19 Sep Creating Captioned Images in Photoshop
8 Sep 10 Tips For Print Designers Coming To The Web
5 Sep Book Review: Web Designer's Reference - Craig Grannell
21 Aug New UK Postal Prices Will Impact Online Businesses
16 Aug CSS Font Size not inherited in IE tables
11 Aug Back Buttons and POST data
2 Aug Matt Cutts Of Google Speaks On SEO
2 Aug Jakob Nielsen sees Red Green and Blue
27 Jul Windows Vista and XP Dual Boot
19 Jul RNIB Accessibility Blog
19 Jul Moving On From The Disability Discrimination Act
18 Jul Windows Vista User Interface Design
18 Jul First WSG London Event
14 Jul Forgetting the Web For a While
4 Jul An Explanation of RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
29 Jun Guide to Commissioning Accessible Websites now free
21 Jun Google Sitemaps Cron Job
16 Jun Usability - The Forgotten Pillar of Good Design
14 Jun Vienna - A Great Free Mac Newsreader
13 Jun Comprehensive CSS Resource
1 Jun Goodbye Internet Explorer Hacks (well maybe)
27 May Flock - One browser too far?
26 May Mac Browser Love-in
23 May Apple iPhone - Another small object of desire
23 May MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update Causing Problems
19 May Mac motifs on Windows Messenger Live design
18 May Is Web 2.0 More Than Just A Buzzword?
16 May Websites on mobile phones
9 May How To Get The Most From Your Homepage
2 May Securing upload folders in PHP on Unix Servers
14 Apr Content is King
11 Apr Creating A Digital Strategy For A Growing Business
10 Apr Better coding with Fangs
5 Apr Branding and logos - from ideas to implementation
5 Apr A Worthwhile Accessibility Guide for Clients
2 Apr Why Web Standards Matter
4 Mar Google Sitemaps. Google opening up?
2 Mar Internet Explorer 7
1 Mar Why Isn't My Site Top Of Google?