I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.
Although my feed reader has multiple feeds in it, only a few priority reads every day:
A List Apart helps me learn about and keep pace with web standards.
Blue Flavor’s blog is where I observe the trail blazers.
Lifehack.org- Adrian Savage’s reminders that society needs to slow down is refreshing.
Lifehacker has excellent tech-related info.
Steve Olson offers [...]
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It’s my observation that PCs are great for business types. Windows and Microsoft Office have really dominated the office productivity area and done it well. There is a set formula and structure behind the Windows and its office software- something an analytical mind can appreciate. Macs are great for the creative types. It can keep [...]
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Today’s theme is a Drupal crash course.
First, demo Drupal. It has a lot of possibilities, and the scalability is impressive.
The multisite functionality looks tempting. Here are a few links I found helpful, before trying to install and configure Drupal:
Linux Command Line - Learning to write shell scripts
A More Secure Drupal [multisite] Install - You did [...]
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I’m working with Drupal right now. I am taking Drupal 6.1 out for a test drive. So far it looks pretty good. Skinning 6.1 looks like it will be easier than 5.5.
Since Monday, I have had a crash course in:
PHP5 and why it’s better than PHP4;
Reading PHP and knowing what the functions do
mySQL5 and [...]
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While talking to the Interactive Digital Media Senior Seminar class, I saw an unusual phenomenon. Most of the IDM students were choosing the New Media concentration. If I had been asked to predict the trends of the IDM major just before graduating two years ago, I would have said I expected the students would diffuse [...]
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