Articles
These cover a variety of topics. Some of them might software development, productivity, web tech, and popular culture. These are typically referred to as "blog posts", but the term blog has largely fallen out of favor. The term "posts" has largely been recast to refer to short content on social media sites like Facebook or Mastodon. Since my writings are usally longer, I prefer to my writings as articles.
Barcamp Seattle 2009 Schedule
Some of you may be wondering what the schedule is for Barcamp. Friday Night there is a kickoff party/book signing at office nomads . Tara Hunt (@missrogue) will be selling and signing copies of her book “The Whuffie Factor“. Saturday morning at 10am the doors open for Barcamp Seattle. People will mingle for a bit … Read more » Barcamp Seattle 2009 Schedule
Accessibility Affects Everyone
“An accessible web page makes all content available to any human user who wants it regardless of browsing technology.” — WebAxe In your browsing experience on the web, you may have heard the word ‘accessibility’ mentioned. If you did a quick web search, you saw that it was to help people who are disabled access … Read more » Accessibility Affects Everyone
Introducing Mastodon Labs
I’ve been in web development since 1999, when I started at Animated Designs as a contract Perl programmer. I spent 6 years there learning an array of web technologies in the areas of programming, databases, and Linux system administration. I left to seek out new adventures outside of California, which brought me to Seattle. Since … Read more » Introducing Mastodon Labs
Online News
The current state of the newspaper industry is in a difficult situation. That was true before the entire economy made a massive downturn. Traditional newspapers have high printing and distribution costs due to the cost of materials, and the distribution costs due to the weight of the publication. To offset these costs, newspapers sell advertisements. … Read more » Online News