Mon, 06 Jun 2011

Reno WordCamp 2011

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This was the first WordCamp that coincided with my current location, so I jumped in. Total fun to go a little WP crazy with like-minded lunatics. I was hoping for at least one talk that would hit a bull’s-eye for me, and core developer Daryl Koopersmith‘s “JavaScript in WordPress” did that – validating some best practices for me and introducing a few new ones to adopt. People were excited about the talks on topics less familiar to me (Sara Cannon’s Typography on the Web) and topics near and dear to me (Mitcho’s “Consider the Content Life Cycle: WordPress CMS Strategies and Code”).

Hacking a little with the core team was fun too, but keep a whiteboard handy if the debates get too heated – here Nacin and Pete Mall take a time out ;)

WordCamp Dev Day

Thu, 28 Apr 2011

Natural Lands Trust Geo Search

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Natural Lands Trust, a collection of conservation areas in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, hired me to customize their Geo Mashup implementation with a Google-like lettered marker display of geo search results, and some improved handling of the KML-based boundary maps for individual preserves like the Glades Wildlife Refuge.

I think it really brings the reality of these preserves home to see where they are, down to their boundaries and trails (though I didn’t work on the trail maps), and I hope it helps promote awareness and support of Natural Lands Trust. I love to imagine a map of preserves like these dotting the whole globe…

Sun, 24 Apr 2011

Note to subscribers

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I’m removing my freelance project updates from my personal blog feed. If you’re interested in my projects, please subscribe to my project feed or like my facebook page. Thanks!

Tue, 15 Mar 2011

RSF Social Finance Impact Map Enhancements

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We’ve updated this map of RSF Social Finance projects with a larger map pane, extra zoom control, smaller controls in general, full post display below the map, and a tabbed alternate list view. Next up is an interface for users to submit their projects using a customized gravity form to make the map as social as the finance.

My role: software developer for Vernal Creative

Tue, 15 Feb 2011

Typekit + Geo Mashup @ Have Camera Will Travel

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Photographer David Coleman uses Typekit for the fonts on his website, and naturally wants the fonts in his map info bubbles to match their surroundings. This was my first experience with typekit, but I with a little customiztion I’d say it suits Geo Mashup nicely.

Thu, 10 Feb 2011

Author Markers at Alex Asigno’s Travel Blog

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Alex hired me to help him color his travel map markers by author instead of category. A Geo Mashup customization did the trick, and an administration page for assigning colors to authors lets him do the same trick on other blogs. Happy travels, Alex!

Fri, 14 Jan 2011

Fair Trade Towns USA

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This is one of my larger projects: a nation-wide site for communities that promote fair trade practices. My part of the project demanded a lot from WordPress and Geo Mashup – here are a few standouts:

  • Many custom content types: towns, organizers, retailers, community organizations, and more.
  • Front end forms for users to create content for their town.
  • Replacement for standard map info windows.
  • Lots more: form validation, some Flickr integration, tracking completed “steps” for each town, wufoo form integration, etc…

Clients: teamed with Vernal Creative and Free Range Studios serving several fair trade organizations.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010

urbancapture.com – custom Geo Mashup info windows

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 09:46 am
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This urban-themed photography site uses Geo Mashup to locate images around the world. I replaced the Google info windows with customized info boxes using jQuery, along with a few other little interface enhancements, like highlighting the map marker for the featured home page image.

Sat, 13 Nov 2010

Zinn Education Project

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I’ve done some quick enhancements to this great resource for educational materials à la Howard Zinn. The front page slideshow, done with jQuery, is the most prominent, with other improvements including integration of the expanded WordPress user registration with wufoo forms and cool fun scrolly links. Great work as always with Vernal Creative.

Tue, 05 Oct 2010

Netherlands Green Taxis Tally Graph

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I did a quick improvement to my little Tally Graph WordPress plugin for www.groenetaxi.nl, a site for “green taxis” in the Netherlands. Tally Graph is front and center with a graph of the number of trees saved per month by their green transportation initiative.


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