Creativity is not being afraid to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep. -Scott Adams
Posts By: mattada
This is how to drive a rally car
Ken Block is impressive. What I really want to know: How much money did doing this cost, and how does DC shoes see this as a marketing win. Had to be pricey.
Shifting back into drive.
Recently I have grown increasingly frustrated with myself. I make year commitments to health, physical fitness, reading and so on, But at the end of the day I really can’t bring myself to do these things? Why? I make plans to finish a 100 push up program, its 3 days a week and takes… Read more »
bring back the blog
I think it’s time i use this thing. Renewed purpose. I want to intentionally blog about life, work, art and fun. Maybe it’s a sweet video, some rad art. Maybe its a personal project, or how i made something rock at work. Watch out for more posts. As always, i’ll probably have a new theme… Read more »
dude can dance
Make a flexible background with css
Ever want an image to flood the background of your site, and fill the screen at all times? If you are okay with the possible skew of being stretched too tall or too wide, i have a solution for you! Example: http://www.getcollegefunding.org/soon.html Now the code is super easy. Simply insert a img in your… Read more »
Why not use a grid template
It seems CSS grid templates are all the rage these days. 32 flavors and they all do the same thing for me. They remind me of tables. at factor1, we always design into a grid. Its a nice way to set balance, patterns and margins. We either use the 16 column (based on a 960… Read more »
Font sizes and retina displays
Recently working on a site with some big fonts. Im talking 5 or 6 em (100px). But on an iphone4 they looked tiny. Like so Thats not cool. Enter the text-size solition. -webkit-text-size-adjust:100% So in my CSSat the very bottom: @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio : 2), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio :… Read more »
Radio has to be dying
The state of over the air radio has to be dying. I personally hate listening to the radio. I share office space with an insurance agent and their staff. They have a little radio in the corner set to a popular valley station. I swear it only plays commercials. So informal study time. I noted on my… Read more »
test post
testing out the new blog, and feedburner sync