Adding Fun to Your User Interface

by Stephen on April 27th, 2009 4  

A List Apart had an interesting article recently that Defended the Case for Eye Candy. The article hit a key point that we’ve been practicing here at The Wojo Group on our various projects.
Things that are enjoyable will be easy to use and efficient.
The ALA article is defending the case that beautiful and aesthetically pleasing [...]

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Let’s Make a Deal – The Importance of Contracts

by Kyle on April 20th, 2009 2  

One of the first questions you must ask yourself if you are doing freelance work or running a small business is “will I use a contract?” Conventional wisdom indicates that you should always use a contract when entering into business with somebody else. Despite this advice, many freelancers or small business owners either do not [...]

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Twetris: twitter + tetris

by Brett Wejrowski on April 6th, 2009 1  

We developed a little creation called Twetris that uses the twitter timeline to create blocks for a tetris game. It’s a simple javascript/html/css creation thats great for wasting time. Check it out!

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April Fools ‘flip text’ Script

by Brett Wejrowski on April 1st, 2009 5  

Over breakfast this morning, I put together a little JS script that will flip all the text on a page. Just put this link AT THE BOTTOM of your page, and it should provide a little April Fools joke for some visitors.

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Developing vs Programming

by Brett Wejrowski on March 26th, 2009 5  

I’m a mediocre programmer, at best.

When I’m programming, I need 8 different tabs open with every reference site I can get for a particular language. I google function names constantly, most of my debugging time is spent with dumb syntax errors, and I’m never going to be able to use Regular Expressions off the top of my head.

So what can mediocre programmers like myself do? Develop. I’m going to go over a few tips for good application development, and how to use development methods that can improve your programming.

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