JasonThings

My Work

I do a lot of web design and development work, and pictures alone just don't explain what I do. Here's a list of posts that attempt to explain that better. Feel free to email me at hello@jasonthings.com if you have more questions.

BaltimoreTech.net

December 28th, 2010 ∞ Permalink

Mike Brenner and Myke Nahorniak built this new directory for Baltimore tech folks. Mike asked me to help build a WordPress plugin to connect people to meetups and startups and vice versa.

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CMA Stories

December 27th, 2010 ∞ Permalink

This network of church missionary blogs is built using WordPress 3.0′s Multisite functionality, as well as a custom-built YouTube manager plugin that allows users to upload and manage their videos from within the WordPress admin. It’s also a partially responsive design.

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Habitat For Humanity

December 27th, 2010 ∞ Permalink

I originally designed this site for Habitat for Humanity to be built in a custom PHP content management system. After building the custom CMS and turning it over, WordPress 3.0 launched. It was the perfect long-term solution for them so I am moving their site into WordPress 3 now.

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95 Scenes of Gilman Hall

December 26th, 2010 ∞ Permalink

Gilman Hall, an iconic building on the JHU Homewood campus, reopened this fall. Our team came up with a concept for telling the story of Gilman Hall in 95 scenes. I built a responsive, flexible grid of images and videos to showcase the 95 scenes in a unique, user-friendly way.

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JSONThings

You see what I did there? These JSON feeds pull in my content from other sites, accounts, etc.

Favorite Tweets

The GitHub Styleguide t.co/E15mGUPl
8 hours ago by @newsycombinator
@timoreilly nawww, it's not the distance per se, it's the thinking you're closer than anyone else. truth is highly overrated.
2 days ago by @GeePawHill
The @rubyrogues podcast is great for any developer, not just Ruby developers. Smart people talking about interesting stuff.
6 days ago by @jergason
I didn't buy a lottery ticket, because I'm good at math. Deal with it.
6 days ago by @Otto42
Just noticed this in an old Campfire log: user_property.eligible_to_work_on_any_project?(vendor) In Soviet Russia, API queries you!
7 days ago by @geeksam

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Dribbble Shots

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Required Reading

Wordpress Headline Split Tester
Really interesting A/B headline testing WP plugin that came out of the Baltimore Hackathon, but I'm interested in how it deals with the URL slug.
Finding Your Way with Static Maps
Drew McClellan kicks off this year's 24ways advent calendar with advice for including maps in your sites, the right way.
CSS Style Guide from dropshado.ws
Great beginnings to a style guide for CSS. Something I'd like to add to.
The Unsocial Network
Amazing behind the scenes write-up of the Conan-Leno wars by Bill Carter in Vanity Fair. Excerpt is from Carter's forthcoming book, "The War for Late Night".
Responsive Web Design
Ethan Marcotte shows how to leverage fluid grids and @media queries to begin building responsive layouts.
Avoiding the FOUC
Paul Irish explains how to get rid of the nasty "flash of unstyled content" using CSS, JavaScript, and graceful degradation.
WordPress Custom Post Types
New in WordPress 3.0, bringing WordPress that much closer to a full-fledged CMS solution.