Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Rules for Work and School
Posted Wednesday, May 19th, 2010.
Filed under General with the tags opinion
I thought I’d type up a quickie list of things I believe in, as it relates to my profession or my kids’ schooling; I’ll leave out politics, religion, the sad state of the music industry, Apple versus Adobe, and alien conspiracies.
TextAreaExpander Class for MooTools
Posted Friday, May 7th, 2010.
Filed under General with the tags How-to, HTML, JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies, MooTools, web design and development
It does exactly what is says: expand textareas. No more, no less.
Dear Apple and Adobe
Posted Thursday, April 22nd, 2010.
Filed under General with the tags Adobe, Adobe Flash, Apple, best practices, opinion, standards, technology
Neither of you are choir boys, and I’m fed up with your bickering.
Rule of Thirds tutorial
Posted Wednesday, March 17th, 2010.
Filed under General with the tags graphic design, How-to, tutorials
By popular demand, I’m re-posting the Rule of Thirds tutorial. Rule of Thirds is quick and fun tutorial explaining the concept of the rule of thirds as used in visual design. I created this tutorial for a graduate-level Macromedia Director course at San Francisco State University in 2004.
Viewing PDFs in a Browser on a Mac
Posted Saturday, February 20th, 2010.
Filed under General with the tags Adobe Reader, firefox, How-to, PDF, PDFObject, safari, web browsers, web design and development
As a Mac user, one of the more annoying issues I frequently encounter is funky PDF handling in Firefox and Safari. Here are some things you can do to get PDFs working in your browser(s).
Introducing LearnSWFObject.com
Posted Monday, February 15th, 2010.
Filed under General, JavaScript, web design and development with the tags Adobe Flash, JavaScript, learnswfobject.com, SWFObject, tutorials, web design and development
I’m happy to introduce you to my latest project, LearnSWFObject.com
Fear of sharing, fear of failing
Posted Tuesday, January 19th, 2010.
Filed under General, e-learning, web design and development with the tags craftsmanship, experience, helping others, opinion, personal growth
Setty’s line “Smart people want to give their best” seems to be something of a passing thought in his post. I’d like to give it more attention, because I believe conscientious experienced folks have a fear of giving bad advice.
DevLearn 2009 Recap
Posted Thursday, January 7th, 2010.
Filed under General, e-learning with the tags devlearn, dl09, e-learning, social media, twitter
(Okay, I admit it… this post is WAY overdue.)
Let me begin by saying this is not a rant, but rather an honest account of my impressions regarding this year’s DevLearn.
Nearly two months have passed, and when I think of DevLearn I think of two things: Social media gone wild, and hallway conversations.
Social Media Gone Wild
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Mac Mini Server
Posted Wednesday, January 6th, 2010.
Filed under General with the tags Apple Mac Mini Server, freedom, hosting service, How-to, Rave
In my last post, I explained my frustration with web hosting services and how this frustration led me to purchase my own server. In this post, I will briefly touch on some of the ups and downs I’ve experienced with the Mac Mini Server and its Snow Leopard Server software.
Master of My Own Domain
Posted Friday, December 18th, 2009.
Filed under General with the tags Apple Mac Mini Server, bad customer support, hosting service, Media Temple, Rant
Bye-bye Media Temple. You are not the hotness you think you are.