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Nice, can you add your own workout or only use the predefined ones?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't the Cavs threatened to revoke your tickets if they catch you selling on a different site?

Also, hello fellow Clevelander :)

Searching for "parallax scrolling" should get you were you need to go. Here's a jquery plugin you can use, one of many:

http://ianlunn.co.uk/plugins/jquery-parallax/

Every 'who's hiring' thread I cmd + f Cleveland, finally a hit (not for me but good luck)!

"Use of curtains or blinds on windows could be used by pedophiles to hide their activities from their neighbors and police", says a high ranking law enforcement official who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity

"Lumia 920 looks good on paper"

The "underwhelming" iPhone 5 is actually running a functioning OS. You can create all the feature matrixes you want, doesn't change the fact that one was in peoples' hands today, and the other has to simulate it's features because it's software doesn't work yet

Heard good things about the Build Responsively workshops, I'll be at the Cleveland one in August http://buildresponsively.com/

I'm on a Mac, almost always Photoshop but I recently bought Pixelmator. Not sure if I can use it for production work yet but I wanted to support their effort if nothing else.

PNGpong widget to compress PNGs Illustrator for vector stuff

The first Weapons of Mass Creation in Cleveland was community funded on Kickstarter 2 years ago, and keeps getting bigger.

It can be done, best of luck to you

EDIT: link (http://wmcfest.com/)

Some friends of mine (I actually did a very very little bit of work on the front end myself) built something similar called http://dreamkumo.com

Not sure where it's at now but sounds similar to what you're doing.

Nice work!

Off topic, but what platform is Scribophile built on, or is it all custom?

Clause in the contract, but remember it cuts both ways.

I was recently creative director of a small software company that let their design team go. When I started the owner changed my employee contract from 14 to 28 days with the assumption that since I was in a management position with 5 reports, were I to leave the transition would have been hard to squeeze in to the standard 2 week period.

When he announced he was letting everyone go with 2 weeks severance, he was not too happy when I reminded him my contracted stipulated 28 days (he did honor it though).

BG!

Shoot me an email. I don't have anything currently, but I know quite a few people over here in Cleveland and stuff seems to be popping up all over right now

Find meetups or user groups near you, whereabouts in CO? Local IxDA chapter might be good.

I ended up at my current job by being found on Sortfolio, might be worth a look there as well.

Certainly! I find myself shilling this book all the time. It's a great starting point for people dipping their toes in the design pool because it tells you just enough to improve simple stuff without being preachy or over-complicating things.

Good luck!

"The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice"

By Robin Williams (not that Robin Williams)

Quick, easy read geared towards non-designers (it's in the title!) that explains the basics of C.R.A.P. (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity), 4 things that will change the way you look at things and stop centering everything :D

edit: formatting

I left the print design world many moons ago, but here are a few that may or may not be what you're looking for:

http://designobserver.com/ http://www.drawar.com/ http://www.undrln.com/

Web Designer/Front End Developer here in Cleveland, local or remote.

Also willing to relocate, if you can believe someone would want to leave this place behind :D

Where are you located? Is remote a possibility?

We have one in Cleveland, sort of :)

LeanDog has a pretty kick ass office on an old boat anchored in Lake Erie, which used to be a restaurant. They host all sorts of meetups & such (including Cleveland Startup Weekend), they're incredibly active & helpful in the community here.

And no, I don't work there (unfortunately)

http://www.leandog.com/float.html

No, just didn't want to post gofuckyourself.com here, but others already did so why not :D

But speaking of secret handshakes, don't suppose anyone here remembers CFUS by any chance?

I've had mixed reactions when I mention it, but back then (2002ish) they paid my broke college-self infinitely better, and were doing stuff that was so far ahead of the "mainstream" clients wanting $200 all-flash sites.

I really regret not keeping in touch with those guys, aside from being able to show my mom what I work on now :D

Probably should create a throwaway for this :) but way back in college I did a bit of contract front-end web work for some guys in that area, email me (in profile) and I can send you the URL of the message board they were all on.

Hiya, fellow front-ender here. I'm guessing you're going for a junior position? Agency or in-house?

I've found that if the person interviewing you knows what they're talking about, you'll spend most of the interview discussing you're overall philosophy, future goals, and how you'll fit in with the company because they've already reviewed you code and determined you have the skills they need (that's why they brought you in).

If they're not sure on what exactly it is you do, prepared to discuss hows & whys of things you've done, and brush up on your buzzwords and industry lingo.

Overall, prepare to discuss your process (how you approach, plan and execute a project).

How do you handle a very aggressive deadline? Do you push for a more realistic timeframe or cut corners to get it out the door and go back and fix it (no right answer here, btw :)).

Are you comfortable working with someone else's code/framework? When should you write your own javascript, and when should you use a framework? Why JQuery instead of Prototype (or vice versa)?

Be able to defend your decisions (without getting defensive,that's a big red flag) and articulate your position. Don't wear a suit (unless it's a law firm or somewhere where everyone wears suits). Bring a few copies of your resume. Above all, relax. If you got in the door, chances are it's your job to lose :)

Just wanted to chime in that Dune & Foundation are excellent (and my personal favorite) sci-fi series.

I really enjoyed Ringworld by Larry Niven as well.And of course, the Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy in 5 parts :)

I put up a pligg site for tech news in Cleveland. Not much, but it's one of many domains I've been sitting on for a few years now.

http://clevelandtechnews.com

Normally, I'd completely tear apart the default theme, rebuild it with my own design and by the time I had that about wrapped up I'd start on something else and never launch.

Like I said not much, but it's out there and not sitting on my dev server like all my other half finished projects. It's a start I guess :)

I'm pretty sure EasyBatchPhoto let's you do batch watermarking: http://www.yellowmug.com/easybatchphoto/

The Interaction Design Association has a pretty active community: http://www.ixda.org/

Ask for $55, then agree to meet in the middle at your current $45 if they balk.

Unless you're set on getting $55 out of them :)

Being a front-ender myself (don't think I'm at 'hero' status yet though ;)), these questions look the same to me as a job listing requiring I have 'expert level' experience with a kitchen sink list of front & back end web acronyms.

You should be able to get a pretty good idea on my capabilities by looking at my code/projects and how I handled the challenges of building them, not how well I can answer whether to use CSS hacks or conditional stylesheets (because there's not one correct answer anyways).