Jason Hobbs thecodezombie Pro

Developer
Leeds
Invited by Max Luzuriaga

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http://thecodezombie.co.uk
@thecodezombie

About Me

Web Developer at Teabag Studios; a small web & 3D agency in Leeds (UK).

I work with HTML(5), CSS(3), JavaScript / jQuery and PHP on a daily basis; building sites in WordPress.

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I got so sick and tired of seeing designer and developers getting mixed up between adaptive and resp...

Adaptive ≠ Responsive

I like the idea of style tiles, but as an early deliverable for a website, I'm not sold on the end-p...

styleSRC

After running a RWD Workshop for New Media at The University of Leeds with Mixd, it felt necessary t...

A Crash Course in RWD

Seeing people using dated social icons bugs me...it's silly, I know, but it does. To me it just fee...

Dated Social Branding / Icons

After using SASS for a good 10 or so weeks, I wanted to write a post quickly pointing out some of th...

A Review of CSS Preprocessors

I've decided to start writing bi-annual articles to predict what will happen in the web industry in ...

Predictions for 2012 (June - November)

I've always been curious as to when freelancers / companies adopted responsive web design (RWD). Bas...

Responsive Web Design Questionnaire

Here's a write-up of a little technique I've been using to help keep on top of my cross-browser supp...

CSS Flags for Cross Browser Testing

I've just written a little something about my experiences in 2011's CSSOff. I'd be interested to he...

A reflection of CSSOff 2011

Some of you might've seen the recent controversy surrounding AllThis's shady practices, but anyway.....

What's your take on the AllThis controversy?

This is some MAJOR news for all of us...in particular the Front-End Developers out there. XP: upda...

Microsoft to Auto-Update Internet Explorer Users

As a Front-End Dev who does a lot of "in browser" design, I just can't see them as useful. UI's are...

What use are UI freebies when they're just PSDs?

In some instances I've seen / been asked to code inputs that are using the placeholders in what can ...

HTML5 Placeholder Conundrum

There's loads of web conferences in the UK. So, as someone who works as Front-End & WordPress D...

UK Web Conferences. Where and How?

As you may (or may not) be aware, Google have announced and started notifying webmasters that are ru...

WordPress, what version is deemed secure? (related to Google Notification)

I'm thinking of ideas to grid list my portfolio...to help you visualise what I've been considering, ...

Good Teaser Techniques?

This is my third (probably last) iteration of my logo. After a long absence - due to designer's blo...

thecodezombie logo - v3

I'm designing my portfolio, and I've hit a bit of a brick wall. My site is in WordPress, but I didn...

Content Area - How wide is too wide?

I'm using the Members plug-in to change WordPress' default Roles / Permissions. I want to give Edit...

WordPress Help - Editor can add/edit users, but not promote above Editor

Are any Forrsters out there aware of a plug-in that does this? I'm needing to track changes in pric...

WordPress - store post / cf data into new table?

Does anyone know of a good online tool where I can quickly calculate proportionate scaling? Either a...