Entries from November 2011

9 Awesome HTML5 Audio and Video Tutorials

November 26th, 2011 by Patrick Cox | 1 Comment

Teen Gazing Through Mirror

Trying to learn HTML5? Wanna embed your videos and audio using HTML5? Check out these great tutorials on how to use HTML5 to embed your videos. Each tutorial goes through the simple HTML5 code necessary and how to create fall backs for older browsers that don’t use HTML5. Happy embedding.

1 – Using HTML5 Video and Audio in Modern Browsers

http://www.sitepoint.com/using-html5-video-and-audio-in-modern-browsers/

2- How to Make Your Own Video Player On HTML5 Video

http://www.splashnology.com/article/how-to-make-your-own-video-player-on-html5-video/2654/

3 – HTML5 Audio and Video: What you Must Know

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/html5-audio-and-video-what-you-must-know/

4 – Embed Audio and Video in HTML 5 Pages

http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/embed_audio_and_video_in_html_5_pages/

5 – HTML5 – Audio & Video

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/html5/html5_audio_video.htm

6 – Comprehensive video tutorial on HTML5

http://www.html5trends.com/tutorials/comprehensive-video-tutorial-on-html5/

7 – Degradable HTML5 audio and video Plugin

http://soukie.net/degradable-html5-audio-and-video-plugin/

8 – How to incorporate video with HTML5

http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/990-how-to-incorporate-video-with-html5/

9 -Tutorial: Serving HTML5 Video Cross Browser (including iPad)

http://www.robwalshonline.com/posts/tutorial-serving-html5-video-cross-browser-including-ipad/


Be More Creative through Design Constraints

November 1st, 2011 by Patrick Cox | No Comments

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My article last week featured in the mighty Codrops.com was all about design constraints and how they truly allow us to be more creative — they aren’t nearly as restrictive as we think.

Freedom in design is a great thing, it allows us to explore new ideas and to test uncharted waters. However, when you explore too much you tend to get lost. Constraints give you direction, they are essentially your compass through the design process. We put fences around cow pastures so that the cows don’t wander off onto a busy highway and get hit by a car.

I the article I really wanted to explore why design constraints push us to be more creative because they challenge us and knock us out of our comfort zones. Also, I wrote about how its important to challenge ourselves every once in why by imposing restrictions or challenges on ourselves.

To read the full article, navigate over to codrops.com