An apology for my absence

I’ve been immersed in projects the past few months and unable to get anything really written for the site, I plan to return as soon as I can! In the meantime feel free to prompt me on the contact page with ideas of what you’d like to read about an I will be sure to get on that as soon as possible!
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Enjoy Low Carb Alpha PNG

ImageAlphaI got a tip from Noah Rosenberg at happyMedium on an app I’d been overlooking for quite some time. That app is imageAlpha and it’s a companion to the wonderful app imageOptim that I’ve used for the past few years.

So what’s so great about imageAlpha?
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Adobe CS6 Pricing Model Update

Adobe CloudAdobe CS6 and Creative Cloud has been announced, and I’m fairly excited. Adobe is getting ready to push out their latest and greatest Creative Suite and now there are options over the usual Arm and a Leg pricing tier. This can be a really good thing for freelancers and lean shops in the coming months!

The old model for freelancers and professionals alike was “Oh, yeah, it’s been 6 months so it’s time to shell out another $500+ for the new Creative Suite.” but it looks like Adobe is going to offer their products as a subscription.
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Using Data-Attributes in HTML5

HTML5Today we’re going to talk about HTML5 Data-Attributes and how you can leverage them with ease. I was working through an idea to help a friend do some sorting for some list items in a portfolio and I tried to attack it purely with css classes and remembered that there is great power in utilizing HTML5 to ease the burden.
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Rookie Flights: RC Tricopter

TricoptorsYesterday, I was invited out for a little afternoon flying, with my friend BJ Pennovich, who flies and builds remote controlled planes and copters.

I have been wanting to build and fly a tricopter for aerial shots with my GoPro, not to mention they just look fun. So what happens when you mount a GoPro to a tricopter?

Well that all depends on who’s holding the controls. More after the jump.
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