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I will be presenting a session on mobile web development this coming Tuesday, on September 28th. Slides will be posted shortly after the session is finished. Learn about recent trends regarding the mobile web “Rethink” developing for mobile Dive into mobile touch events and more! Couldn’t make the session? View the slides online at http://slides.scurker.com/gomobile… Read On »

This was a project that actually begin back in the summer of ’09. At the time Amazon had introduced a trade-in system with some pretty tempting promotions. However, there were limitations in that you could only see the most recent trade-in value with no ability for a history or a way to detect changes. Thus,… Read On »

Welcome to the new and improved scurker.com! I’d never felt comfortable with my previous design and never really felt inspired by it. There had been some things that I had felt had been missing, and the site lacked a lot of flexibility I was looking for. Shortly after my previous design had been launched, I… Read On »

Particle effects are pretty awesome. Particles by themselves are fairly simple, but by generating multitudes of particles with set variables you can create a range of effects such as fire, smoke, or water. A particle generator or emitter allows you to adjust the variables giving you control over the types of effects you can generate…. Read On »

I’ve been finding myself becoming more interested in what HTML5 can do. As I see it HTML5 stands to be a potential replacement for flash, in addition to the features and interactivity that are made available by various javascript frameworks out there. A good starting point would be to start off with something simple, i.e…. Read On »