I usually set goals for myself at the beginning of the year, but they get lost in my brain or whatever non-official place I decide to put them in. I think by actually writing these down and making them public there is a much higher chance of me actually accomplishing them. Read more…
Presentation, progressive enhancement, and lack of posts
Well, it looks like I haven’t written since April 17th; completely unacceptable. I wanted to post some slides of my recent presentation, and get in writing what I would like to do with this blog in the near future. Read more…
Quick tip: Taking care of bookmarks you’d like to read later
I have been trying to come up with a tool to help me keep track of web pages that I would like to read at a later time. For instance, in my previous google reader post, I mentioned read it later, a firefox extension / iPhone app that allows you to save bookmarks for later reading. I have been somewhat satisfied with most, but I think I finally came up with a solution that works beautifully using delicious, google reader, and readability. Read more…
Using NextGEN gallery to bring an image gallery to your WordPress blog
Bringing a customized image gallery isn’t as easy as it should be. Many developers have tried to solve this problem, and in my opinion Alex Rabe has done an excellent job of doing so. He has developed a WordPress plugin called NextGEN Galllery which allows the author to easily update and manage photos, and (this is important) allow for almost complete customization on how the images are displayed. As a specific example on how to do this, I’m going to walk you through getting NextGen gallery and the awesome Galleria jQuery image gallery to get along. Read more…
A Newb HighEdWebber’s Perspective On HighEdWeb09
I had the opportunity to attend my first highedweb conference this past week. For those of you not there, it is a conference for professionals who create and manage creating things on the interwebs working in higher education. More info can be found on their website. Since one of the things I was reminded of at this conference is people have very short attention spans on the web, I’m going to keep my thoughts on this short and to the point. Read more…
About this site
Sure this may be the same as my content as my about page, but I’m way too excited to let this site wait any longer…
I have been a developer for about six years, but this happens to be my first personal site. But, based on the fact that I have two small children, a full time job, and side projects, I’m very happy this site made it live. This blog will take on the different interests I have, but I hope to mainly focus on web development. Read more…