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With the release of the iPad and its lack of support for flash, it has stirred up a lot of debates regarding the future of flash. With this in mind, I believe it is wise to build simple widgets like the image slider using HTML/CSS/Javascript, and leave more interactive applications for flash if needed.

For those who were interested, I would like to recap on my recent vacation to Cebu City, Philippines. As mentioned before, my wife is originally from there, and this was my first time visiting and meeting her relatives and friends.

Starting from the Los Angeles airport we flew to Seoul Korea (13 hours + 5 hour layover), then to Cebu Philippines (5 hours), pretty much the entire day of traveling.

As you may have noticed I have been MIA for the past month on my blog and also been hiding out on the social media tip. I would like to update you guys with some news on what I have been doing and whats coming up next.

Soh Went Missin. WTH happened?

I’ve been battling “Burnout” for a while, and it finally caught up to me around December.

This is Part 2 of the Facebook Style Footer Admin Panel, if you haven’t checked out Part 1 this is the perfect time to check it out.

Step 2. Styling the Chat Panel & Alert Panel – HTML & CSS

Just like developing a drop-down menu, have a nested sub-panel within the list item. Look at the image below to get an overview of how this is layed out.

The popularity of social media has been booming in the past few years and Facebook definitely has climbed high to the top of the social network rankings. Facebook has many Ajax driven features and applications that are very impressive, and one of the things I particularly like is the footer admin panel, where it neatly organizes frequently used links and applications.

This is my second article/tutorial for Smashing Magazine.

Instead of writing a tutorial for CSS beginners, this time Vitaly Friedman (editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine) asked various questions regarding intermediate/advanced techniques found throughout the web, and how each of these methods were achieved.

While in the process of redesigning 4wheelparts.com, I decided to explore new methods of working with our huge number of inventory and categories. I did some research and noticed a new trend for ecommerce sites in having what they call “mega drop down menus”.

According to usability expert Jakob Nielson, mega drop down menus tested to be more efficient for large scale websites.