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by Matthew Mombrea

  • Google launches Realtime API for Drive

    Posted Mar 20, 2013 - 03:41 pm

    Yesterday, Google announced its release of a Realtime API for Google Drive. If you’ve ever collaborated on a document using Google Drive, you know how cool this technology is. You can see the other users typing, their cursor position, their highlights, comments, and more.

  • How to Backup Files On Your Computer - Part 1: The Basics

    Posted Dec 05, 2012 - 12:02 pm

    Nobody enjoys backing up their computers, but imagine the pain of losing every picture of your children, every vacation, graduation, birthday, and wedding. It usually takes getting burned once to be prodded into a backup strategy. Being prepared before that first disaster is a much saner option.

  • How to build a drop down menu with CSS and HTML

    Posted Apr 26, 2013 - 08:00 am

    I’ve written recently about the common task of identifying the active menu item based on the current URL using jQuery and, in that same vein, I want to show how you can create a basic drop down menu using HTML and CSS.

  • How to remotely inspect the DOM on a mobile device

    Posted Mar 27, 2013 - 08:00 am

    How often have you as a mobile web developer struggled to diagnose a style or layout issue on a particular device through trial and error? Wouldn’t it be so much easier if you could just inspect the DOM on the mobile device as you would on the desktop through Chrome or Firebug? It turns out there is a tool for that.

  • How to stream your music library anywhere

    Posted Nov 30, 2012 - 09:00 am

    Music streaming services have been around for some time. With the arrival of Spotify and Google Play Music in the US, the average user is able to listen to a huge amount of music on the go. There is an overlooked segment of users that these services do not cater to however, those with vast music collections stored on their hard drives. True, Google Play Music allows you to upload your tunes to their servers for streaming purposes, but that is not the best option when you're dealing with 100GB+ of music.

  • Movable Type - Party in the U.S.A.

    Posted Oct 27, 2012 - 08:00 am

    Last week I was invited by Six Apart to attend a Movable Type conference in Manhattan. If you're not familiar with the software, Movable Type is a blogging platform turned CMS which was once a major player in the US market. After a lengthy toe-to-toe battle with Wordpress, a battle won by Wordpress, Movable Type slowly faded away.

  • Setting an active menu item based on the current URL with jQuery

    Posted Apr 05, 2013 - 08:00 am

    This problem pops up over and over again when building websites - how do I determine the user’s current location so I can highlight the active section in the navigation menu? It’s such a basic need but the solution seems to be reinvented on every new build.

  • The best home backup plan options - Part 5: A complete backup strategy

    Posted Dec 26, 2012 - 12:42 pm

    Using the 3 steps described in this post and the other posts in this series, you should be fully equipped to create a solid home backup plan for you and your family.

  • Why you should consider MS SQL Server for your GPS enabled mobile apps

    Posted Oct 06, 2012 - 10:19 am

    When it comes to working with spatial data in mobile software, the business needs can vary greatly. At a basic level, you're probably going to be working with latitude and longitude coordinates as a base for the complex math involved with route calculation, distance calculation, proximity and so forth. This is where Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and greater) can help you out.
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