Last week, I was really trying to dig into modular JavaScript application architecture and development using RequireJS . In that exploration, I had an application that had Views and Controllers, but no real sense of a Model. To continue the exploration of JavaScript modularity, I wanted to play around with something that included a Model - one ... ead More raquo; When developing web applications for the iPhone, one of the cool things that you can do is save your web application to the "home screen" of your phone. This creates a shortcut to your web application which will launch the site in "standalone mode" or "app mode". When your web application is being viewed in standalone mode, anchor tags (ie. links) open up in the mobile Safari browser which jumps you out of your standalone application. I thought this was just an irritating fact of life. But th ... ead More raquo; 
InVision is a user experience (UX) prototyping tool and collaboration platform that's working to change the way that the web thinks about software design. In the few short months since our launch we've seen over 15K sign-ups , copious amounts of great press, and an almost non-stop flow of ... ead More raquo; I love JavaScript! I love it. Only, my understanding of JavaScript architecture is a bit old-school. For the last few months, I've been trying hard to wrap my head around taking that understanding into the modern era with modular, decoupled, asynchronously loaded code. Since I've discovered RequireJS , I've been trying hard to think about deco ... ead More raquo; Over the weekend, I spent a few hours trying to wrap my head around some modular JavaScript application development. In order to keep my modules decoupled from one another, I tried to make appropriate use of the publish / subscribe method of communication. One problem that I ran into, however, was that I was using jQuery's proxy() method to bind callbacks to contexts . ... ead More raquo; 
, , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground about All about me portfolio Some of my work hire me For freelance work ask me A question on formspring contact Send me an email Hide Menu 19 D E C 2011 Microsoft brings Bing to the XBOX 360 Posted By Shaun McCran Related Categories : XBox360 Microsoft recently rolled out the newest iteration of the Xbox 360's Dashboard software . platform There are a slew of design tweaks and additional functionality , but the new addition I'm discussing here is Bing , Microsoft's answer to . Google The new Bing search on the far left of the Home hub allows users to search for anything : music , tv shows , movies , games . The results are aggregated from across LIVE services , including Netflix , Hulu , and the Zune Marketplace . Obviously these are dependant on Last week, I started looking at the Email Yak API for creating bidirectional email communication between your web application and your users . In such a workflow, your users communicate with Email Yak using their native email client (GMail, Hotmail, Apple Mail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook, etc.); your web application communicates with Email Yak usin ... ead More raquo; Yesterday, I started looking at the Email Yak SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for creating bidirectional email communication in web applications . I was really excited by the way email complexities were nicely abstracted behind a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) API which allowed for seamless communication between a user's email client ... ead More raquo;