John Maitz

Web vs. Email Development

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:52:34 +0000

Blog post for work. As I mentioned, not a deep dive or a guide. More like a once over.-)

Email Design Tip of the Week: Web vs. Email Development

A Possible PNG Fix For Outlook

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:08:54 +0000

Reading the Campaign Monitor blog I found an interesting comment that said mentioned something about a png fix for pre Outlook 2007 clients.

_filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’path/file.png’,sizingMethod=’scale’); _background:none;

I knew of the alphaImageLoader fix but didnt know you could use it with emails too. Neat!

Tomato?

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:26:53 +0000

While playing around with the AMP Script data function, I discovered that January can indeed be tomato.

The Holiday Spirit

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:09:05 +0000

With the holidays over I thought I would point out which holiday “re-skin” stood out the most.

Thank-you php.net

InnoDb vs. MyISAM

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:34:35 +0000

So, for an up and coming project I am stuck choosing which storage engine to go with, MyISAM or InnoDb . Perhaps this article may offer incite to this debate…

Let it go Microsoft

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:47:22 +0000

One of the most annoying things a web developer has to deal with is designing/building solutions targeting dated technology. My rant is specifically targeting IE as the standard de-facto browser for most Microsoft web applications. I understand the need for brand loyalty. If I made a browser and a web application, yes I would want that application to be run exclusively from my browser. And, as always, kudos to Microsoft for doing this! You have totally locked out a primary user-base to maintain browser loyalty?

Come on Kanye…

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:52:17 +0000

While in enjoy my fare share hip-hop/rap one of the few artists that seem to get played over and over in my playlist seems to be Kanye West. But with controversy after controversy it is becoming harder to take the side of his perceived “bad-boy” image. I mean, I know he’s a rapper but seriously.

That is until now. Kanye, you have gone too far -

Thanks Kanye…

New Job!

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:48:42 +0000

With the current state of the economy it is very common for a company to downsize its workforce. This is the reality of doing business in this day and age. Unfortunately, this happened to me a few days before my daughter was born so I felt extra special. However, behind every rain cloud there is a rainbow… At least I would be able to spend more time with my new daughter. That was huge a plus!

To my surprise it did not take long for companies to ask me in for interviews. So with that, I am glad to say I found a new job.

Visual Data modeling tool for OS X

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:02:49 +0000

Found this nifty little visual data modeling tool for OS X that seems to show some promise. Best of all its free.

Link

Finish My Website Part 2

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:26:39 +0000

After a few weeks of bouncing ideas around in photoshop I think I came up with something I like. Originally, I was going for a minimalist site, white background with black text. Something about a clean layout, allowing the user to find the information they are looking for, appealed to me. But, seeing as how just about every minimalist portfolio site round up has at least 3 sites just like this I figured I would experiment with some color and try to mix it up a bit. Perhaps black background with white text?