5 Aug
I’ve said au voir to Wordpress for now. I’ve been so obsessed with creating a theme for my blog and tweaking every setting that I forgot about what blogging is really about:
CONTENT
I think that I should now focus on creating not designs, but content that engages people. I want to create content that I am proud of.
I want to express me.
Channeleaton.com now redirects to blog.channeleaton.com which points to Tumblr. Here it shall remain until I feel that I have created consistent, quality content. Here is the real test.
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31 Jan
This is my favorite lesson so far. You will learn out to make images fade in and out when the mouse hovers over them using the .hover and .animate commands.
Check out the amazing example page here.
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30 Jan
This was a great lesson. You will learn how to use the .toggle and .toggleClass commands. Extremely useful.
The example page can be seen here.
Thanks to all those who are checking these lessons out!
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27 Jan
Today's lesson was very useful. I learned how to dynamically create and remove web elements. The example is pretty straightforward using unordered list items.
Take a look at the example page I created here.
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26 Jan
In this 4th installment of the jQuery crash course you learn how to use jQuery to select specific list items within an unordered list. I'm sure that it can work with many other HTML tags. There may not be any cool animations in this lesson but it's extremely useful for simplifying your CSS among other things.
Check out the crazy awesome sample page here. It's bound to blow your mind!
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25 Jan
I apologize for taking so long to get this lesson up. A lot of interesting, scary, exciting, and weird things are happening right now so I've been a little preoccupied.
This lesson teaches how to use the ".animate" command. It allows you to make a page element move around the page. By using other attributes you could probably do many other things with it.
Check out my sample page here.
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15 Jan
In today's lesson we went over some more commands like .show .hide .fadeIn etc. I'm very excited to think of all the uses I have for jQuery and this is only my second lesson!
You can check out the lesson results here.
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14 Jan
I watched the first jQuery lesson from NETTUTS today. It was only about 5 minutes but it was great for someone like me who didn't know much about JavaScript, much less jQuery.
You can take a look at what the lesson had me create here.
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13 Jan
In the process of creating the new site I came across an amazing feature for the front page. I want to create a "slider" that would showcase featured blog posts and portfolio items. It can be a great way for visitors to see what I have created recently and hopefully create business leads.
First problem: I had no clue how to make it happen!
After a little research I learned that I can make my vision a reality with jQuery.
Second problem: I had no clue how to use jQuery!
I did a little more scrounging around the interwebs and foud a great 16 part crash-course on jQuery that started from the absolute basics to building a CSS style-switcher. The tutorial series can be found on NETTUTS.
http://nettuts.com/articles/web-roundups/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-video-series/
So, I will be completing one part of the series each weeknight over the next 3 weeks. I figure that this will be a great investment of my time so that I can better serve my future clients.
Tell you what. After going through each day's tutorial, I will post a demo of what I learned to the website. Keep on the lookout for links to the demos.
Don't know about jQuery either? Check out the site: http://jquery.com/
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8 Jan
I have never been one for New Year's resolutions. I always thought they were cheesy and the consistent failure rate kept me from ever making one. That was until this year.
Until this year I was a full-time student. I didn't feel that resolutions needed to be made because I knew I would develop into someone better as the year went on. After graduation in August I took a job that posessed every indication of a sad career position: long commute, low pay, and worst of all, uninspiring duties. I could say that I hate the company and the people I work with, but that's not true. I could say I wasn't learning anything of value, but that's not true either. I do feel unhappy, however, because I don't see myself advancing within the company any time soon. That is why I am breaking my own tradition this year and am making a resolution.
This year I resolve to make at least $500 in web-related freelancing.
Why freelancing?
If there is one thing I'm grateful for in my current job, it would be my exposure to almost 100 entrepreneurs on a regular basis. In my conversations with them I have realized that the only real way to control my career is to become my own boss. They have inspired me through their stories of how they took the reigns of their life and never looked back. I want that feeling of total control. Freelancing would be that first step.
Why web related work?
The only serious progress that has been made with my job was my assignment to the website redesign project. Web design has always been a hobby of mine, but I've never taken the jump to make any money off of it. Anyways, something changed that week. I started coming into work on time or even early. I didn't mind staying a little late to finish up a task. I actively participated in meetings. I was a brand new Aaron! If web work made me get out of bed in the morning, why not do more of it?
Why $500?
I want to make my first goal attainable and concrete. $500 may be small in the grand scheme of things, but for someone stepping into freelancing for the first time, I would feel like I accomplished something; like I took the first step to truly controlling my career. If I can hit the $500 mark early on, just image how great of a year it will be!
Never have I felt more energized to set a single goal. I hope that you will follow me on this journey and will be inspired to find what you love and work to achieve your goals.
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