Author Archives: Adam Laughlin
A Spine.js with Handlebars.js JavaScript Tutorial
A couple of the JavaScript MVC frameworks I’ve been playing with lately are Spine.js and Backbone.js. While they share many similarities, one area they differ in is the number of tutorials. Backbone has many working native JavaScript tutorials. Spine’s are … Continue reading
Fisheye Grids – A User Interface Design Pattern
While perusing the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab site, I ran into an interesting interface named Datelens. It improves mobile calendar usability, especially on complex tasks like date comparisons. While Datelens is tied to Outlook/calendars, the fisheye grid UI … Continue reading
Visualizing Cambridge Chicago’s Data with jQuery and Google Maps + Charts + Refine + Fusion Tables
“What story do I want to tell?” That question lies at the heart of every visualization. After two things were stolen in my first two weeks in Cambridge, I got curious about thefts trends. Questions help me clarify stories. In … Continue reading
Staging Server – Fast and Free
Staging environments can be expensive in time and materials. Turns out there's a way to bypass all of that for testing JavaScript. It's also easy to learn, quick to implement, works across platforms and browsers, and best of all, free. … Continue reading