New iphone
January 20, 2010
my new iPhone arrived today and like everyone I love it. i’m really looking forward to doing some work on mobile css and optimising sites for mobile use. any interesting discoveries will be posted here.
Ian Luckraft - Software Engineer
CodeIgniter PHP Framework
January 19, 2010
I’ve been playing around with PHP frameworks latley and have just started coding my first major project using CodeIgniter. I’ll post updates as I progress but roughly this project interacts with data from different organisations and acts as a central point for approval of records and the sharing of data.
Google Maps
January 8, 2010
A lot of the sites we do in work involve using a Google map, some are simple and just allow the user to choose a spot which populates input fields for latitude and longitude. Others contain large data sets and information about the point, which is normally displayed in one of the Google map bubbles. Using our standard library code for implementing a map and allowing the user to pick a latitude / longitude point IE6 was only displaying a grey background with the Google copyright. ...
Android Development
January 8, 2010
With the release of the Nexus One phone I decided to look into Android phones and development a little more last night. After reading a quick couple of tutorials I had a simple app that would allow you to update your Twitter status. At first glance it seems to be simpler to construct Android apps over iPhone apps. I’ve also done a bit of work on iPhone apps and the entry to these seems a lot higher. ...
New Year New Blog
January 7, 2010
I’ve been meaning to set up a new blog for a while now and after a few friends had gone to the bother I decided it was time for me to get on board. This is along with other things like updating the design and content of my portfolio website, learning new technologies and improving on old ones. This blog will be a mixture of things from personal to professional and anything else I feel will benefit it. ...
About
January 7, 2010
I currently work as a developer for Headscape where I get the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients including law firms, charities and universities. Outside of work I still enjoy trying out different web technologies as well as hardware projects using Arduino. These two can be the perfect match for Internet of Things developments. I also enjoy keeping active which not only keeps me physically healthy but often gives my mind chance to think over some of problems I’m currently solving in my work. ...
Dr Nova Mieszkowska pages launched
August 18, 2009
Dr Nova Mieszkowska is a Fellow at the Marine Biological Association who specialises in Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity. Her pages were created to reflect her studies based on a colour palette that was derived from Dr Mieszkowska’s own photography. The site includes a jQuery lightbox plugin for images on information pages as well as the Galleria plugin for the gallery pages.
Ed Smith Photography launched
August 12, 2009
Ed Smith is a talented photographer based in Falmouth, Cornwall. The Ed Smith Photography website enables Ed to showcase his work and the user can to learn a bit more about him. Working with designer Random Badger the site has been kept clean and simple with the focus on Ed’s excellent work. In addition to the main site there is a blog, built on WordPress, where Ed can update users on his latest projects. ...