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	<title>Boston Web and UI Designer - Ryan Coughlin</title>
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		<title>Joining MojoTech &#8211; Into Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2012/10/08/joining-mojotech-into-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a month ago, I went from contracting with MojoTech to a full-time position as a digital product designer. Nick Kishfy wanted me to answer some questions for an intro blog post to me joining their team. It was quite the array of questions, go and check them out. &#160;]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A little over a month ago, I went from contracting with <a href="http://www.mojotech.com" target="_blank">MojoTech</a> to a full-time position as a digital product designer. Nick Kishfy wanted me to answer some questions for an <a href="http://blog.mojotech.com/post/28576284582/welcoming-ryan-coughlin" target="_blank">intro blog post</a> to me joining their team. It was quite the array of questions, go and check them out.</p>
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		<title>stickyMojo by MojoTech</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2012/10/04/stickymojo-by-mojotech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[jQuery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 3 weeks ago a developer at makes it a breeze to create a jQuery sticky menu in moments. Get going with some simple code: $(document).ready(function(){ $(&#039;#sidebar&#039;).stickyMojo({footerID: &#039;#footer&#039;, contentID: &#039;#main&#039;}); }); &#160;]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About 3 weeks ago a developer at makes it a breeze to create a jQuery sticky menu in moments. Get going with some simple code:</p>
<pre class="brush: javascript; gutter: true">$(document).ready(function(){
    $(&#039;#sidebar&#039;).stickyMojo({footerID: &#039;#footer&#039;, contentID: &#039;#main&#039;});
  });</pre>
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		<title>Snowcast App</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2012/02/08/snowcast-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The past couple of months I have been working on an app called Snowcast. It will use HTML5 Geo to grab a users location and return resorts nearby. The UI is extremely simple and clean. That was the goal from day one. Yes, there are other snow conditions apps out there, but the sites are [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The past couple of months I have been working on an app called Snowcast. It will use HTML5 Geo to grab a users location and return resorts nearby. The UI is extremely simple and clean. That was the goal from day one. Yes, there are other snow conditions apps out there, but the sites are way to complicated and this focus on:</p>
<p>What is the information you want and need to see before you head out in the AM to the <a href="http://merzenich.positscience.com/">Viagra</a> mountains?</p>
<p>I am using large icons to showcase the pieces of information, so you can relate to which icon corresponds with what piece of data (New snow, open trails, open lifts). I will be posting some quick shots of it later this week. You can check out the landing page at <a href="http://www.snowcastapp.com" target="_blank">www.snowcastapp.com</a></p>
<p>I am also looking in to Backbone.js to rebuild the app upon instead of JS files and a HTML file. I feel it will allow for easier scalability.</p>
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		<title>Lets get back at it!</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2010/01/21/lets-get-back-at-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ranting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have found some free time this weekend to sit down and clean up the blog as well as write up some new posts to keep it going! I have been slacking the past couple of months and have Buy Cialis been really busy working at Commerce Generation in Burlington, VT. We recently finished up [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have found some free time this weekend to sit down and clean up the blog as well as write up some new posts to keep it going! I have been slacking the past couple of months and have <a href="http://greatlakesecho.org/about/">Buy Cialis</a> been really busy working at Commerce Generation in Burlington, VT. We recently finished up a large project with the websites going live. Along with that news, there are other coding tips and much more. Expect lots coming up.</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
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		<title>Internet Explorer 6 Still the Popular Browser?</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2009/11/05/internet-explorer-6-still-the-popular-browser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend who started Cat on The Couch Productions, tweeted me an article titled &#8220;Browser Version Market Share&#8221; and I found this extremely interesting, check out this clip that was taken from the website. Most of you are going to have the same feeling as me when you see what the first result is. This [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend who started <a href="http://www.catonthecouchproductions.com" target="_blank">Cat on The Couch Productions</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cotcp" target="_blank">tweeted</a> me an article titled &#8220;<a href="http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2" target="_blank">Browser Version Market Share</a>&#8221; and I found this extremely interesting, check out this clip that was taken from the website. Most of you are going to have the same feeling as me when you see what the first result is. <strong>This article was published along with the data presented in October, 2009</strong>. I am sure there might be other data that says otherwise, but I believe this is very creditable, this resource came originally from the CNET website.</p>
<div id="attachment_600" style="width: 537px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/browser-versions.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-600" title="browser-versions" src="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/browser-versions.jpg" alt="Browser Version Market Share" width="527" height="175" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Browser Version Market Share</p></div>
<p><strong>Find Internet Explorer 6 at the top using 23% &#8211; was a huge shock to me. Waiting til it dies out and Firefox, Safari, Chrome and others start to take the market share for browsers. </strong>Slowly but surely, that number will dwindle as new computers are coming with Internet Explorer 8 preloaded. As for Web Developers, you all know this still means we will be using CSS fixes to fix double float margin and many other issues that we deal with when testing a website on IE6.</p>
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		<title>Google Insights &#8211; An Aid to a Successful Blog Post</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2009/11/03/google-insights-an-aid-to-a-successful-blog-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last spring I came across Google Insights while I was working at EpikOne as a Web/Graphic Designer for the Spring semester. I used this for one of their projects to research currents trends that were developing among coffee, this was what the company was based around. I was using Google Insights to then gather information [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Screen-shot-2009-11-02-at-11.17.14-PM.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-589" title="Google Insights Logo" src="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Screen-shot-2009-11-02-at-11.17.14-PM-300x47.png" alt="Google Insights Logo" width="300" height="47" /></a></p>
<p>Last spring I came across <a href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/" target="_blank">Google Insights</a> while I was working at <a href="http://www.epikone.com" target="_blank">EpikOne</a> as a Web/Graphic Designer for the Spring semester. I used this for one of their projects to research currents trends that were developing among coffee, this was what the company was based around. I was using Google Insights to then gather information on current trends that were developing during a certain period of time and a set geography base for the search. After analyzing the data presented by Google Insights I took notes on the data given then worked that in to a new newsletter that was going to be sent out to a list of subscribers.</p>
<p><strong>Lets cut to the chase, Google Insights can help you create a successful blog post</strong> because if you have an idea for a post in mind, send some keywords/phrases to insight. The interface of Google Insights is very simple, the landing page looks as follows:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Screen-shot-2009-11-02-at-11.16.56-PM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-591" title="Google Insights - Interface" src="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Screen-shot-2009-11-02-at-11.16.56-PM-300x176.png" alt="Google Insights - Interface" width="300" height="176" /></a>Here are some basics steps that I take when I want to use Google Insights to writing a successful blog post:</p>
<ul>
<li>Think of a new blog post idea/thought to work with</li>
<li>Write down some keywords/phrases, that visitors might search for</li>
<li>Enter <a href="http://www.thyroidmanager.org/">Buy Cialis</a> them in to Google Insights &#8211; If you need to add any filters (Area, Timeline, Country, etc)</li>
<li>The results for your keywords/phrases will be graphed out for you and also a map overlay showing popularity, also showing a graph of <strong>Interest over Time</strong></li>
<li>See which keywords/phrases are doing the best, then work those around your up and coming blog post.</li>
</ul>
<p>The simple tips above can help your blog post become more successful by analyzing what the current trends are relating to that one topic. Lets say I wanted to write an article about <strong>jQuery</strong> and <strong>AJAX</strong>, lets plug these in to Google Insights and see what it returns, below is an image that shows us <strong>Top Searches</strong> and <strong>Rising Searches</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google-insights-searches1.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-595" title="google-insights-searches" src="http://www.ryancoughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google-insights-searches1.png" alt="google-insights-searches" width="600" height="241" /></a>Give this method a try out for yourself. Ponder up a new post idea, think of some keywords, plug them in to Google Insights, blow away, bring on the followers. This has become a common tool in my arsenal for blogging and designing. Great way to check if your blog post is running in to any current trends, that will lead in readers to your blog. Give this a try and see how it goes.</p>
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		<title>Launched Cat On The Couch Productions Site</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2009/10/21/launched-cat-on-the-couch-productions-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally..after months and months and still work to do. I was able to launch the Cat on the Couch Productions website. Which has a much cleaner appearance with new branding, that was a must to have. The old site was terrible and did nothing but turn potential clients away. I loaded up some jQuery on [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally..after months and months and still work to do. I was able to launch the <a href="http://www.catonthecouchproductions.com/" target="_blank">Cat on the Couch Productions</a> website. Which has a much cleaner appearance with new branding, that was a must to have.</p>
<p>The old site was terrible and did nothing but turn potential clients away. I loaded up some jQuery on the new website but am removing alot of the components to increase performance.</p>
<p>If you are using qTip, don&#8217;t. It is 44KB packed, which is still incredibly <a href="http://amahouston.net/page/2/">Buy Levitra</a> large. They have a lighter weight SimpleTip, that I am switching too, that is less than 10KB.</p>
<p>You can check out the website, but there are still numerous changes to be done, but my thoughts were that it was acceptable and working to launch for now. Then go back and tweak performance, gzip, compress, and CSS sprites.</p>
<p>Work and school studies have been picking and I have been slacking on the blog posts and jquery goods, but there will be more.</p>
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		<title>Reload CSS without a page refresh</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2009/10/07/reload-your-css-without-a-page-refresh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I was working this afternoon, Rogie King posted a tweet about a Bookmarklet that allows you to reload your CSS on your page without reloading the page. So far I have been loving this, it is the perfect tool for your workspace. I highly recommend this to others. Thanks to the creator Generic Levitra [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I was working this afternoon, <a href="http://www.komodomedia.com" target="_blank">Rogie King</a> posted a tweet about a Bookmarklet that allows you to reload your CSS on your page without reloading the page.</p>
<p>So far I have been loving this, it is the perfect tool for your workspace. I highly recommend this to others. Thanks to the creator <a href="http://www.prosubmitinc.com/">Generic Levitra</a> of this, can grab this <a href="http://david.dojotoolkit.org/recss.html" target="_blank">bookmarklet</a> and start using it.</p>
<ol>
<li>Drag it to your bookmark toolbar</li>
<li>Open a site your are designing</li>
<li>To view your new CSS changes, just click the bookmark in the toolbar, and wa la</li>
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<p>Quick and really easy. Thought i&#8217;d share this tool with everyone. Give it a try.</p>
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		<title>Minor changes &#8211; Syntax Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2009/10/07/minor-changes-syntax-plugin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am switching my syntax highlighting from WP-Syntax to Google Syntax Highlighter. It is installed and working, but for some reason it is parsing my PHP, which is not allowing me to post the code for readers can try out the articles. I have been doing some searching on Google with little results, but hopefully [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am switching my syntax highlighting from WP-Syntax to Google Syntax Highlighter. It is installed and working, but for some reason it is parsing my PHP, which is not allowing me to post the code for readers can try out the articles.</p>
<p>I have been doing some searching on Google with little results, but hopefully something will <a href="http://www.90210daily.com/">HGH</a> come up. </p>
<p>I recently started working at Commerce Generation in Burlington, VT so pardon for the delay in articles. I have several quick posts with some tips to publish in the next couple of days.</p>
<p>In the mean time sorry for the error in the syntax highlighting.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re in the Northeast, try to stay dry!</p>
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		<title>NextGEN Gallery not loading CSS/Javascript</title>
		<link>http://www.ryancoughlin.com/2009/10/01/nextgen-gallery-not-loading-cssjavascript/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Coughlin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is your NextGEN Gallery showing images? But not loading the CSS and Javascript? Find the solution below. I have been working on this project where the client wanted to be able to upload and install image galleries, so I have worked with this one and I love it: http://alexrabe.de/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/ All was smooth and working until, [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is your NextGEN Gallery showing images? But not loading the CSS and Javascript? Find the solution below.</p>
<p>I have been working on this project where the client wanted to be able to upload and install image galleries, so I have worked with this one and I love it: http://alexrabe.de/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/</p>
<p>All was smooth and working until, I removed this one line of code from my header.php in my WordPress theme directory.</p>
<pre class="brush: php; gutter: true">&lt;?php wp_head() ?&gt;</pre>
<p>Without this function <a href="http://photoshopturk.org/">semenax sperm volume pills</a> in your header.php the gallery does not know where to insert the CSS/JavaScript files to create a fully functioned gallery. <strong>Be sure that it is placed before your closing tag.</strong></p>
<p>To find out more information on the function check out <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_head" rel="external">this</a></p>
<p>All in all, be sure if you are running any type of plugin where they need to insert code upon plugin creation that you have that line within your head element of the page.</p>
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