My Blog: Always Moving Forward

I ran a wordpress blog from 2008-2012, but have since moved those posts to Medium.

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Smashing jQuery

After running a successful blog for a number of years I was approached by Wiley Publishing. They asked if I wanted to write a book on jQuery, I was intrigued. The book took about 3 months to write, I ended up with 300+ pages. It was an amazing experience.

The book was sold through all the outlets (Amazon, Barnes and Noble), and I sent the book to a few of my Web Developers idols at the time inlcuding John Resig (founder of jQuery) and Addy Osmani (one of the contributors).

• Published: February 8, 2011
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
• Sales: Over 5k copies
• Buy @ Amazon

Web Designer Magazine

• Published: 2012
• Publisher: Imagine Publishing
• Issue: 199

I wrote an article on how to build a mobile site using Mobify and jQuery. It wasn't the cover story, but it was a small feature. Mobify was a sass based solution that allowed you to create a mobile compatible site by using their toolkit to rewrite the front-end. It was a great technology solution before Responsive design became popular. Mobify has since been purchased by SalesForce and rolled into their Digital Commerce offering.

Web Designer Magazine

• Published: 2012
• Publisher: Imagine Publishing
• Issue: 192

I wrote a segment on 20 tips using jQuery that was included in the Hot 100 Tips article, it was also featured on the cover.

Web Designer Magazine

• Published: 2012
• Publisher: Imagine Publishing
• Issue: 189

I wrote a jquery for designers article that was the featured cover story.