Weeknotes 26:33
I had several adventures this week–traveling and in Chattanooga. I read a lot of AI focused articles this week that I resonated with. The post Weeknotes 26:33 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
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Weeknotes 26:32
Around the workshop Trucks, planes, and goodbyes On Friday, I traveled from Chattanooga to West Lafayette, Indiana to help my son move. He is joining his fiancée, who will start graduate school at Purdue. My son has moved out of our house and is starting a new chapter of his life. I am glad that [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:32 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
This goodbye is different
I said goodbye to him a couple of hours ago. I have said goodbye to him a lot over the past four years. I said goodbye each year after I helped him move into his dorm at Murray State. I said goodbye the numerous times that I visited him in Murray. I said goodbye after [ ] The post This goodbye is different appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:31
I attended Front End Study Hall on Thursday. I discovered a new interface when I opened up Instapaper this week and I am not a big fan. The post Weeknotes 26:31 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:30
I was excited to find out that flex-wrap: balance dropped in Chrome last month. I added it to several layouts on the Revive Our Hearts site. The post Weeknotes 26:30 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:29
I didn't have much to share from work this week. I read several articles and have been reading the book, Enshittification. The post Weeknotes 26:29 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:28
I took advantage of a slower time at work to apply what I had learned from Chris Coyier about animating dialogs by refactoring some recent projects. The post Weeknotes 26:28 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:27
This week saw the launch of several projects I worked on in June. I started working on a major project that will launch in January. The post Weeknotes 26:27 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Flexbox Borders revisited (gap decorations)
I revisited a solution from three years ago where I used pseudo elements to add borders to a Flexbox layout. Now I can do it with gap decorations. The post Flexbox Borders revisited (gap decorations) appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:26
It was a slower week. I enjoyed catching up with new CSS features through reading articles, watching videos, and working through a tutorial. The post Weeknotes 26:26 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Redecoration and un-Sassing my site
Over two months ago, I launched an update to my site. I would feel uncomfortable using the word redesign. Most of the work was behind the scenes. The post Redecoration and un-Sassing my site appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:25
I revisited a problem I tried to solve the previous week and came up with a solution by approaching it differently. The post Weeknotes 26:25 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
YouTube updated UI and rethinking using embeds for various video solutions
I noticed some recent changes to the YouTube player UI that affects using their embeds for solutions like video backgrounds. The post YouTube updated UI and rethinking using embeds for various video solutions appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:24
I enjoyed working on a new project but was frustrated by an allusive solution to one of my ideas. The post Weeknotes 26:24 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:23
I took a road trip this week with my wife and youngest to attend her orientation at ETSU. We had a couple of adventures on Friday, one planned and one that was not. The post Weeknotes 26:23 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:22
Week of adjustment It was a week of adjustment at work as I took on some new responsibilities after the departure of our team leader. I had more meetings than usual as I needed to communicate with some different people regarding some different projects. We also have a lot of moving pieces with a lot [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:22 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
WordPress 7.0 changed editor defaults
Last weekend, I logged into the WordPress to add some posts to my memory keeper personal project. When the editor came up, I noticed that the button and link colors were a much brighter blue color. At that point, I remembered an email I received earlier in the day notifying me that my WordPress install [ ] The post WordPress 7.0 changed editor defaults appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:21
Kevin Powell wrote about the lack of motivation and passion in the Web industry. I have felt that I read different people s posts on social media over the past month. I have felt less excitement and enthusiasm about the work and less inclined to write recently. It is a challenging time. I confess it has [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:21 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:20
Virtual Retreat The ministry I work for, Revive Our Hearts, had a three-day virtual retreat this week. I had taken off Monday after a long graduation weekend and it was nice to be able to catch my breathe before the Staff Summit. We met each day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings on Zoom. Each [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:20 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:19
Graduation, Part 2 My son and his fiancé graduated from Murray State University on Saturday. We traveled up on Thursday so that we could help him move out on Friday. After the hard work on Friday, we were able to enjoy the day on Saturday with the ceremony in the morning and a late lunch [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:19 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:18
Graduation, Part 1 My youngest graduated Summa Cum Laude from Chattanooga State Community College on Friday night. I am very proud of all she achieved in the past two years. She performed in four different shows, with the lead role in final one. She also was an assistant stage director for a show in the [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:18 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:17
It was a short work week as I took off Thursday and Friday to travel up to Kentucky. I continued to work on a lot of smaller tasks. One of the bigger tasks I worked on was to bring consistency in both structure and style to several confirmation pages (store purchases, donations, event registration, giveaways). [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:17 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:16
The Layout Maestro endorsement Ahmad Shadeed had reached out to see if I would be willing to write a testimonial for The Layout Maestro course. He had seen that I had posted about it last week in my weeknote. I was glad to recommend the course. The Layout Maestro is unique among the current courses [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:16 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:15
Once again, I worked on a lot of smaller tasks this week in my day job. One of the tasks I addressed was font declarations in our stylesheet. I believe someone in the past had set up Sass variables for the serif and sans-serif fonts but that somewhere along the line. Those were no longer [ ] The post Weeknotes 26:15 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .
Weeknotes 26:14
Articles I read What I watched Books I am reading Walking What I played The post Weeknotes 26:14 appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth .