Author Archives: keith

My First Win8 App: Particle Art

Posted on October 2, 2012 by keith

As mentioned, I created and submitted my first Windows 8 application to the Windows Store this past weekend. Overall, the whole process was very enjoyable. Some points about the process and the app itself: First of all, you’ll need Windows … Continue reading →

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Look Who’s Back In Town

Posted on September 30, 2012 by keith

You know what I hate? Subscribing to a blog and that blog doesn’t get updated for months and the blogger shows up and says, “Sorry I haven’t been blogging, been really busy, blah, blah, blah. But I’m really going to … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 4 Comments

STProjectMaker – Sublime Text 2 Plugin for creating new projects

Posted on May 20, 2012 by keith

Note: I changed the name of the plugin from “SublimeProjectMaker” to “STProjectMaker”. The github address is also different now because of that change. I love Sublime Text 2. But one thing I’ve always felt was missing was the ability to … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, General, Technology | 7 Comments

My Kindle Authoring Setup Part 2 – now with Markdown!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by keith

As I was writing the previous post on my Kindle Authoring Setup, it occurred to me that markdown might be a solution to having to mark everything up with HTML tags. So I wrote a comment in there exactly as … Continue reading →

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My Kindle Authoring Setup

Posted on May 13, 2012 by keith

As mentioned previously, I have started working on self-publishing my Playing With Chaos book on the Amazon Kindle self publishing service. I quickly got the outline, first chapter, part of the second, some code and images done. Then last weekend … Continue reading →

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Playing With Chaos: The Book

Posted on April 29, 2012 by keith

Well, the title gives it away, so I just need to elaborate. I had so much fun and did so much research and wrote so much code for my Playing With Chaos presentation, and it went over so well and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, JavaScript, Kindle, Technology | 9 Comments

Beyond Tellerand – Play!

Posted on April 28, 2012 by keith

I just got back last night from Beyond Tellerand – Play! This is a conference put on by my good friend Marc Thiele. Formerly known as FFK, it’s a conference that I’ve wanted to go to for a while, and … Continue reading →

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How I Fell Back in Love with Android: A CyanogenMod Story

Posted on March 17, 2012 by keith

Almost two years ago I got my first Android device, a Nexus One. I was not at all impressed right off the bat. Coming from the iPhone world, things just didn’t seem … “right” about it. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Object Creation: Learning to Live Without “new”

Posted on February 29, 2012 by keith

I wrote yet another article on object creation in JavaScript. This time, for Adobe! I’m really glad to see that they are reaching out to publish articles like this. I hope to see a lot more on similar subjects. And … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Private in JS

Posted on February 18, 2012 by keith

When you get into a bit higher end JavaScript patterns, one thing you’ll read very early on is this concept: that although JavaScript does not have private members or access modifiers, it is possible to achieve this behavior with closures. … Continue reading →

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