April 2004
Last week was a bad week for me sales wise. Two prospects that I thought had a great chance of converting into actual clients turned me away. I didn GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_C");... Read More
I was working on a project the other day using the XMLConnector component to see how much time it would save me. It took about 60 seconds to pull the data from the schema, set up the bindings and get... Read More
There are several ways to backup MySQL data, however, automation certainly makes the process easier. Insuring your backed up data is stored remotely further supports your business continuity in the... Read More
It’s my intention this and next week to provide some help to those developers who want to use .NET but can’t afford or haven’t access to Visual Studio. It started in the last post... Read More
As it’s Friday, Resign Patterns: Ailments of Unsuitable Project-Disoriented Software (via Manageability). There’s something so much more optimistic about using a Chain of Possibilities... Read More
Inspired in part by the work of the Free Software Foundation, Lawrence Lessig co-founded Creative Commons and has delivered a whole new world of legal content distribution and sharing like none other... Read More
Just a quickie. http://www.webref.info/ is a great resource for getting the technical specs of many web technologies in one place. It includes sections for HTML, XML, DTD, CSS, Visual Filter,... Read More
I’ve mentioned SimpleXML before but it needs to be said that Sterling’s done an amazing job with it. If you find XML too hard, SimpleXML is the answer. Zend have a new article up here (by... Read More
A few links I’ve found interesting or useful over the last week: Inserting at the cursor using JavaScript This is a highly effective trick for enhancing the usability of forms, the topic of my... Read More
How can XML help you? Lachlan answers this question with a handy XML form validation script that's user-friendly, unobtrusive, and easy to change. This helpful addition to your toolbox might just... Read More
Well, it’s been several months since the latest version of Flash and its incremental upgrade and several incarnations of the Flash Player have been released. Where do we stand now?… There... Read More
Cy writes: In developing a small web design business, should I identify a target niche early or wait until my business has started growing? Also, is it advisable to target 2-3 niche markets, or just... Read More
Jeff (aka Selkirk), lead developer on WACT, has started his own blog: http://www.procata.com/blog/ GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_C"); GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_D");Read More
One of those nice features of Python, that marks it as a language designed for developers (as opposed to one designed for tool vendors) is the ability to conditionally run some logic if you’re... Read More
