Loading images as they become available

Currently working on a project that required me to create an image upload and processing factory. Basically, it allows you to upload media (photos and video) and then processes media, encodes video, resize images etc.

The problem: After uploading a batch of images, the user is brought to a page where they may name each photo they just uploaded and add descriptions. However, since we allow them to upload many photos at once, the images are not available right away. So they will see a default placeholder image until the new one  is availble. When the new image is loaded, we use javascript to change the image on the page, without reloading.

The solution: a little javascript, a little jQuery. Read the rest of this entry »

Smurf You! launches to brighten up the week.

Been a long couple weeks for me and several others as we are dealing with some malicious site activity at work. However, Smurf You! is now live and I am very happy with the results.

Smurf You! is a micro blogging application that allows you to post your status to Twitter through SMS and all kinds of cool gadgets, some still in development. Using the open source micro-blogging service, SatusNet, and a javascript written by Adrian Speyer, you can send status updates to your friends and family and translate those into smurf-talk using the translate function.

Just having a bit of fun with it, but eventually I can step through my experience using statusnet and implementing it in a blog series to come.

Enjoy. Now smurf off! http://www.smurfyou.com/

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