September 26, 2006

Forum Interface Evolved: PHPBB + Yahoo! UI

I'm all excited this morning. I ran into Jack Slocum 's PHPBB+YUI project. You can see the default PHPBB install here and then check out the YUI version here . The readability improvements are absolutly astounding. I've

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September 22, 2006

Motorola Bluetooth Hat For Snowboarders

While reading Gizmodo , I ran into an odd product. The Motorola Bluetooth Hat lets you use your bluetooth devices (re: cell phone) hands free on the mountain. This reminds me of a rather annoying moment on my last...

iRide · Product Callouts · Snowboarding · Technology

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September 20, 2006

Site Update - Switching CMS

I used to run this site on a custom set of scripts. I hate to change the site as it was the 'first' thing I did to get back into web development after the bubble popped. However, it was dated and it was also clear...

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May 25, 2006

Circular Definitions: Blog & Forum

Blog : A public forum where only one user can create a thread. Forum : A community blog, or collection of blogs organized by subject, where any community member can create a thread.

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May 2, 2006

Could I run a company on open source?

Here's an overview of my evening. I booted my Inspiron 630m up in Ubuntu . I activated my bluetooth mouse and then connected my Z22 via USB and synched it with Evolution . I logged in to gAIM and started working on a...

Career · Open Source · Technology

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April 27, 2006

Citadel, MySpace, and BBS

So, I'm wanting to find out more about this projected called Citadel . It's a groupware package for lots of important stuff like calendars, email, and chat. I actually found it while looking for a good calendar...

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April 13, 2006

It's time to give Firefox an audio mixer.

The title says it all, it is time to give Firefox an audio mixer . The web is becoming increasingly more multimedia . While the bulk of web content is still text, and will likely remain text for a long time to come;...

Technology

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March 31, 2006

Why to NEVER spam! - A Lesson From a 2001 Startup

What We Did Near the end of the first bubble, I joined a cool idea for a startup company. We had a subscription based product to sell online and I was hired as the Director of Web Development. I was stoked; but it...

Career · Uncategorized · Technology

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March 22, 2006

Frappr - It's like Web 2.0 meets MySpace

I just found Frappr.com tonight. What a surprise! As this post's title suggests, the best way to sum the site up is as "a Web 2.0 version of MySpace ". It really is kinda nifty. From what I've found about the site...

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February 16, 2006

Building better communities by knowing your user.

I was reading Web Development 2.0 and found a lot of really interesting information. One bit relates well to virtual communities. One example: Flickr had a report of users with no contacts in the Flickr social...

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