A simple require.js setup (with canvas and Hammer.js)
I have been reading a few tutorials on HTML5's canvas tag, and decided to give it a whirl. Rather than bunch everything together in a huge javascript file, like most of the examples I read, I wanted to...
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Starting a blog is not difficult. Any Joe Schmoe can start plopping ideas into the public realm with just a few mouse clicks. There are many, many tools available to get a blog rolling: Wordpress has...
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View ArticleRun from Zombies, Earn Cash With RunKeeper, GymPact and Zombies, Run!
This is no joke. I just made about $1.50 running from Zombies - and more is on the way (both cash and zombies). Ok, the zombies are not real, but the money is. Thanks to three simple mobile apps, every...
View ArticleHTML5 Games Presentation for MemTech Super User Group
Slideshow | Code Memphis flies under the radar as a technology hub, but there's still a pretty active community of developers and other technologists that like to meet up and do stuff. I occasionally...
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View ArticleMemphis Web Workers Presentation Notes for Dec 10, 2013
Presentation Codepen: http://codepen.io/ericterpstra/pen/DHbaK Original Codepen by Lucas Bebber: http://codepen.io/lbebber/pen/xrwja [CodePen height=300 show=result href=DHbaK user=ericterpstra ]...
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View ArticleHACKmemphis 2014
This year I attended HACKmemphis for the first time, and it did not dissappoint. Several of my coworkers were on the planning committe with Svpernova09 leading the charge. They did an amazing job...
View ArticleTechCamp Memphis 2014
A first-person view of my TechCamp 2014 experience. For a more comprehensive look at the day, check out the #TechCampMemphis tag on Twitter and the official TechCamp website. Breakfast This was my...
View ArticleNodevember 2014
In November of 2014 I was lucky enough to speak at the inaugural Nodevember conference in Nashville, TN. The conferenced focused on Javascript and Node.js development, and I gave a 45 minute...
View ArticlePhaser Starter Project for WebStorm and Chrome: Modular TypeScript, Code...
DEMO | CODE Getting started with TypeScript and Phaser on OSX and Ubuntu has been a tricky proposition. My requirements for a development environment were as follows: Use TypeScript as the primary...
View ArticleRun from Zombies, Earn Cash With RunKeeper, GymPact and Zombies, Run!
This is no joke. I just made about $1.50 running from Zombies – and more is on the way (both cash and zombies). Ok, the zombies are not real, but the money is. Thanks to three simple mobile apps, every...
View ArticleHTML5 Games Presentation for MemTech Super User Group
Slideshow | Code Memphis flies under the radar as a technology hub, but there’s still a pretty active community of developers and other technologists that like to meet up and do stuff. I occasionally...
View ArticleGhost Presentation from Memphis Tech Camp 2013
Intro – Just a Blogging Platform Ghost is a new platform just for blogging. Think WordPress, but simpler and without the expectation that you can use it for a website, ecommerce, photo gallery, or...
View ArticleHTML Game: Are You Smarter Than Jen & Ian
Play Game | View Code In July of 2013, my sister-in-law, Jen, got married. To celebrate the occasion, I thought it best to create another family oriented game to commemorate the occasion. Jen and her...
View ArticleMemphis Web Workers Presentation Notes for Dec 10, 2013
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View ArticleJavaScript Powered Stuff
CODE | SLIDES What Did I Just Watch in That Video? That video was the culmination of me experimenting with a Spark Core device, the Johnny Five library, a Sphero toy, and the Cylon.js library (along...
View ArticleHACKmemphis 2014
This year I attended HACKmemphis for the first time, and it did not dissappoint. Several of my coworkers were on the planning committe with Svpernova09 leading the charge. They did an amazing job...
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