“We’re a digital agency… and there's two Jakes…”
JP74 is looking for a full-time middle/senior weight back-end developer to work on a variety of exciting digital projects for clients willing to work with the latest technologies. You will be working as part of the back-end development team alongside front-end developers and the creative team to produce visually stunning, feature-rich solutions ranging from custom web applications, content management systems and e-commerce sites. Key Responsibilities Plan and development of new sites and applications Enhancements to existing applications and frameworks Database design and development Server setup and maintenance Keeping abreast of emerging technologies and introduction where appropriate Identification opportunities to improve internal process and procedures Essential Skills 2+ Years in ...
Last night, I spoke at the latest Opera back standards>next gig, hosted at MadLab in Manchester. Chris Mills put the call out months ago, asking if I'd like to take part, and could I herd up anyone else to speak. I recommended my fellow skating (albeit inline-blader!) and Fudge front-ender Mike Byrne as he's a lively character, and certainly knows his shit, and that made four. Chris kicked off, followed, by myself and Typography Online.
The new product from Google ‘instant’ has been hailed as ‘search at the speed of thought’ and is currently being rolled out across Europe this week. The new search function allows the search results to change and refresh instantly as you type your query. This is search at it’s fasted and is sure to be a defining moment in search as we know it. See the demo below. [youtube qcm0rG8EKXI] As an online marketing person, my initial reaction was awe, then, as it sank in what the update would mean, I began to think about the impact this would have on ...
The other day I heard somebody refer to the long forgotten and somewhat archaic phrase “web 2.0”. In my head the mere mention of this phrase transported me right back to 2007, when everybody who was anybody in the digital industry was wetting themselves over ‘2.0’. 2007 was a magical age in the internet industry where only a handful of people were aware of the existence of Twitter, and everybody thought that Facebook was just another Myspace, to be replaced by the next big player. Of course today, web 2.0 still exists, but we call it ‘social media’ now. I put ...
We're happy to say that Jake's first article on dev.opera.com has gone live. The article is a technical piece covering sIFR, a flash-based technology for swapping fonts in titles and headers for your own custom fonts that the end-user won't have installed on their machine. It makes good reading for anyone new to sIFR or struggling understanding the principles. Jake's no stranger to being published though, having had a regular column in .net magazine, and chapters in many Friends of ED books in the past. To be honest, he's the office spell-checker and grammar overlord. Visit dev.opera and read the article