Wed, 18 Jan 2012

RSF impact map adds content flow, AJAX loading, and more

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 04:47 pm

Ever seen a map of custom markers synchronized with thumbnail images in a content flow that dynamically loads content including tabs, post listings, and a slide show? I hadn’t either! I was not certain it could be done, but perseverance paid off. The map is tied to the thumbnails, so an item selected in either one updates the other, and loads a bunch more relevant content below. Members can use a gravity form to add their organization to the map. The work was part of a theme makeover by Vernal Creative.

Sat, 17 Dec 2011

Portfolio 21 Investments Launched

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 02:54 pm

This is the first investment site I’ve worked on, and it required some real learning for me and my partner at Vernal Creative. When money, investment, and regulation enter the picture, a new level of rigor and attention to detail are required. This only improved the end result.

I did the front end (jQuery) and back end (PHP) programming, enabling features like status alerts as you browse different sections of the site and nice animated paging on listings. There are some nice uses of the great DataTables jQuery plugin.

Sun, 16 Oct 2011

Hackathon Hangover

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 08:23 pm

I’ve had enough of my computer at the moment…yet I think that’s interesting enough to post about. Intellectually I know that Hack4Reno, a 24-hour competition to build an application that benefits the city, was a great experience. I pushed my limits and with a team of 4 (and much needed assistance from a talented roving designer) developed both iPhone and Android apps that interact with a central WordPress website. I’ll put it up somewhere stable so people can play with it when I recover.

But right now, man, I feel like I stayed up all night drinking and brawling! I unfortunately flubbed our final app presentation and left feeling disappointed at that. An hour of sleep has only amplified my discomforts. I’m going to try my best not to think about computers for a while. I kind of know I’ll get better because if I tease myself for having sour grapes it makes me laugh. With that I’m off to read a book and sleep it off!

Mon, 22 Aug 2011

urb.is – experiences from Reykjavík, Iceland

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 05:35 pm

This is a Geo Mashup site focused on Iceland’s capital city. I implemented a custom info window with the nice touch of a colored border to match the color of the clicked marker. This is a great example of a site that uses Geo Mashup well with just a touch of customization to make it distinctive.

Fri, 12 Aug 2011

Congressional Hunger Center – DataTables!

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 03:27 pm

I did a lot of custom WordPress development for this site, but the highlight is the browsing interface for their large library of publications. Publications are presented in a table using the great open source DataTables jQuery plugin. We needed even more filtering abilities to refine the table contents, so I wrote an add on for DataTables to allow filtering the table based on unique values in the table columns. You have to play with it to get how cool this is! Geo Mashup is also featured in the global map of partner sites.

Thu, 21 Jul 2011

World Listening Network Ushahidi Site

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 04:59 pm

This is my first project using the Ushahidi mapping platform. There are a few theme customizations, but most of the effort went towards customizing File Uploads to host uploaded sound recordings on a separate content server. Anyone can upload a recording and put it on the map, try it out!

Client: Dr. Sorin Matei.

Mon, 18 Jul 2011

Walk Philly “Near Me” for Mobile

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 11:43 am

This creative catalog of Philadelphia walking tours accomplished most of their features with Geo Mashup and Geo Mashup Search, hiring me only to provide some icing on the cake with a “Walks Near Me” map.

Tue, 12 Jul 2011

The Fine Watch Review “Near Me”

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 07:23 pm

This fine watch retailer directory was nearly finished and already used Geo Mashup, but wanted a feature to list nearby boutiques that carry a particular brand. If there are no nearby boutiques or the user doesn’t want to divulge their location, a random list of boutiques is generated.

Algae Systems Slideshow

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 06:41 pm

I coded the slideshow on the homepage for this green energy company.

The site was designed by Free Range Studios and produced by Vernal Creative.

Thu, 09 Jun 2011

Calendar of Antiques

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 01:09 pm

This site maps antiques events using Geo Mashup and The Events Calendar. I integrated the two so that only upcoming events are displayed.