PERSONAL WEBSITE OF DESIGNER + DEVELOPER STEVE MCDONALD
  • National Geographic HTML5 Test
  • National Geographic Flash Video Player
  • National Geographic HTML5 Recommendation By Apple
  • Apple HTML5 Recommendations
  • HTML5 Meetup
  • HTML5 First Draft
  • Android Second App
  • enginpost on Android
  • android development
  • my beard
  • Nerf bullets shot into Daniel
  • Daniel And Bobby Playing Wii
  • OGT Geekery
  • Spring morning workout with my Kindle
  • More Spring Flowers
  • Spring Flowers
  • Spring Tree Blooms
  • Electric Spider 3D Rendering
  • Local Tournament Illustration
  • Italian Eatery Illustration
  • Happy Illustration
  • Mikel letting us know
  • Dick and his wife Marcie
  • They all laugh
  • Jon and Mikel
  • Sue and her favorite gift
  • Demetrius gets the pineapple
  • Denise is offered the Pineapple
  • Susan gets her picture taken
  • Patty gets a gift
  • Kate gets a gift
  • Demetrius gets a gift
  • Excited about gifts
  • Christmas feast
  • Somber Josh
  • John and his wife Connie!!!
  • Party phone geeks
  • Melinda chatting at the party
  • Brian eating more food
  • Kate sparkeling for the cam
  • Sue singing and dancing
  • Mark having a convo
  • Jon hanging out
  • Will getting his groove back
  • Mikel and Thomas Eating
  • People on phones
  • Mikel and Thomas
  • Denise Lawson
  • Sue Struthers
  • Patty Myers
  • Kriza Jennings
  • Jon Melenson
  • Kate McLean
  • Josh Miller
  • Dick Williams
  • Mikel Wellington
  • Demitrius Smith
  • Susan Stiles
  • Will Nowell
  • Bobby Walker
  • Drupal NYC Meetup Badge
  • Waiting for sushi in SoHo
  • Streets of Manhattan
  • Crazy Penguins
  • Polar Bear Swimming
  • Zoe watching the tank
  • Ugly Monkeys
  • Bird at the zoo
  • Bird at the zoo
  • Walking in the park
  • Central Park art
  • Zoe and Jay hanging in Hoboken
  • What is another phrase for second place again?
  • Trophy for being on the winning team
  • Ducks on the golf course
  • Caroline selecting her path
  • Jim with the long put
  • Caroline going for it
  • Jeff takes a shot
  • NX Level mini-Golf Competition
  • The ever-important Starbucks around the corner
  • Front of Apartment Building
  • Entry lounge
  • Lobby
  • computer (pre-mac) and music
  • Kitchen
  • Livingroom
  • bedroom
  • Matt Richardson
  • Brian Carr
  • Daniel Hartanto
  • Thomas Davis
  • John Simon
  • Claudine
  • Mike
  • McDonald family flag
  • Braveheart
  • Baby Scott
  • Pipers
  • Parade Leader
  • Kilt
  • Drummers
  • Pipers
  • Parade Leader
  • Old car
  • Goldens
  • Great outfit
  • More Flags
  • Parade Leader
  • Pipers
  • Front Row Seat
  • People watching the parade
  • Cold Dog
  • Sleigh?
  • Alexandria police parade car
  • Flags
  • Flag bearers
  • Police Cycles
  • Police in the rain
  • To infinity!
  • Snoopy making a break for it
  • Micky flying above the street
  • Zoe and Jay sucked into the parade
  • Sponge Bob
  • Zoe watching the Parade
  • Yellow Parade Balloon
  • People watching the parade
  • Parade Balloon
  • Crowd Awaits The Parade
  • Jay and Zoe smiling in the subway
  • Jay and Zoe in the Subway
  • Scotty Dogs
  • Audio Image with a really long title
  • Bagpipes in the Snow
  • Scots with Swords
  • Scots from Wisconsin
  • Scottish Drummer

::Development BLOG

iPhone: Web Design For A Niche Market

Right now, while the browser wars are slowing to a faint rumble with the acceptance of standards-based XHTML, a new warfront is warming up on mobile devices.

Take the iPhone mobile Safari browser.  While Apple (I am a fan of their products, owning an iPhone, a macbook pro and an iMac) supports newer standards like the ever evolving (and pending) HTML 5 market recommendations, they have also seeded a number of unique non-standard techniques for ensuring a website works best within the paradigm of their proprietary device.

iPhone 4 Open Development

iPadToday I did a little reading about the new iPhone Operating System update coming out this summer (iPhone OS version 4.) Currently, Apple is releasing a software development kit preview for developers.  The idea here is that they want

There's (about to be) An App For That

first android appI have been considering getting into Android smart phone development for a while now.

Apple Steve Jobs Letter Rebuttal

As you may know by now, Steve Jobs wrote a letter about why Apple won't be including Flash in their mobile platform any time soon.  There is so much to say about the content of this letter, that it would take multiple blogs to say it all.

HTML5 Compliance

I recently watched a video where someone was demoing HTML5 websites on an iPad.  The video is an eye-opener.  Steve Jobs wrote a letter claiming that HTML5 is the future, but more importantly it is the answer today if you want to produce sites with the type of interactive content typically found in sites employing Flash.

Setup Eclipse for Android Development

If you are thinking about setting up Eclipse to build Android mobile apps, then check out these helpful links:

My Delicious.com Links For Eclipse Android Mobile Development

The major steps to keep in mind are:

Apple Mobile Shenanigans

If you are a "mac" then you more than likely know about the apple insider web site.  They often know what is a'buzz in the world of mac innovation.

The Future History of Open Source

Over the years one of the largest advocates of open source software sponsorship and advocacy has been Sun Microsystems.  Here is a short list of a few projects / products that many people will be familiar with that were driven (or at least significantly supported) by Sun:

Open Source ActionScript Tools

This a quick one!  if you've been developing in Adobe Flash for a while and have made the jump to ActionScript 3.0 then you might be familiar with the speed a capability of creating powerful flash solutions for rich internet applications.  But at the same time, you may also be aware of some of the flash class alternatives (like Tweener) that solve some very basic issues uncovered in AS3.

Drupal: Highly Scaleable Document Repository

As information slowly progresses down the road toward the inevitable goal of freedom the need to manage large repositories of quickly findable information will become increasingly important.  There is a growing solution for managing huge amounts of information in the form of documentation and it is called Mongo.