False Positives http://www.falsepositives.com Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:38:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 10 years of False Positiveshttp://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/04/01/10-years-of-false-positives/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/04/01/10-years-of-false-positives/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:41:56 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3387 Oh My!

This marks the 10th Anniversary of False Positives. first post on April 1st back in 2003 on BlogSpot (before moving to Wordpress in August of 2005 )

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10 years of False Positives

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/04/01/10-years-of-false-positives/feed/ 0 The developer stack in 2013: Git, Version Control for the world as it is.http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/03/31/the-developer-stack-in-2013-git-version-control-for-the-world-as-it-is/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/03/31/the-developer-stack-in-2013-git-version-control-for-the-world-as-it-is/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:09:02 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3370 Git is an important part of the modern developers toolkit, It's part of how things get done in 2013. Git is a Distributed Version Code System (DVCS) Continue reading →

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The developer stack in 2013: Git, Version Control for the world as it is.

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/03/31/the-developer-stack-in-2013-git-version-control-for-the-world-as-it-is/feed/ 0 A 2013 Trip to Japanhttp://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/03/22/a-2013-trip-to-japan/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2013/03/22/a-2013-trip-to-japan/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:50:16 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3336 Continue reading →

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A 2013 Trip to Japan

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Twitter Tends for Korea now on Twendr, Gangnam Style!!

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/11/07/twitter-tends-for-korea-now-on-twendr/feed/ 0 Building the mobile app : web or nativehttp://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/11/01/building-the-mobile-app-web-or-native/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/11/01/building-the-mobile-app-web-or-native/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:48:58 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3302 Continue reading →

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Building the mobile app : web or native

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/11/01/building-the-mobile-app-web-or-native/feed/ 0 CSS corrections to Catch Themes Catch Box, a feature and a not bug.http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/10/24/css-corrections-to-catch-themes-catch-box-a-feature-and-a-bug/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/10/24/css-corrections-to-catch-themes-catch-box-a-feature-and-a-bug/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:46:25 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3208 Catch Box is a simple, lightweight and box shaped responsive WordPress theme. But it did fall short in 2 places, one a feature and one a bug. Continue reading →

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CSS corrections to Catch Themes Catch Box, a feature and a not bug.

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/10/24/css-corrections-to-catch-themes-catch-box-a-feature-and-a-bug/feed/ 3 Why Mobile First for Responsive Web Designhttp://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/10/12/why-mobile-first-for-responsive-web-design/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/10/12/why-mobile-first-for-responsive-web-design/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:21:53 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3182 TL;DR : not because this is easy but because it is less hard than the other way; 3rd order content is dealt with Glengarry Glen Ross style; “Mobile First” Design is “Good Design”. Continue reading →

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Why Mobile First for Responsive Web Design

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/10/12/why-mobile-first-for-responsive-web-design/feed/ 0 Unobtrusive CSS becomes practical and Neat.http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/09/12/unobtrusive-css-becomes-practical-and-neat/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/09/12/unobtrusive-css-becomes-practical-and-neat/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:52:11 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3141 TL;DR Current CSS Grid frameworks lead to HTML Class Vomit. Using SASS Mixin blocks Bourbon Neat fixes that, and allows practical Unobtrusive CSS, for clear(er) markup. Continue reading →

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Unobtrusive CSS becomes practical and Neat.

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/09/12/unobtrusive-css-becomes-practical-and-neat/feed/ 3 A short and personal history of building web pages.http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/09/08/a-short-history-of-building-web-pages-with-css-up-to-2012/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/09/08/a-short-history-of-building-web-pages-with-css-up-to-2012/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:00:44 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3107 TL;DR This is my journey, shared so you can learn from the mistakes I've made, from HTML vomit to clean(er) responsive and progressive web pages, built on frameworks of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript5. Done in the hope that you aren't making then same mistakes. Continue reading →

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A short and personal history of building web pages.

]]> http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/09/08/a-short-history-of-building-web-pages-with-css-up-to-2012/feed/ 0 Kwai Lan Tam, 1916 – 2012http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/04/25/kwai-lan-tam-1916-2012/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2012/04/25/kwai-lan-tam-1916-2012/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:35:50 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=3068 Mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Kwai Lan Tam passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 24th 2012 at the venerable age of 96. I have been greatly honoured to have her as my Mother-in-Law. Continue reading →

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Kwai Lan Tam, 1916 – 2012

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