Boxy, but good
Today I was introduced to an incredibly handy plugin for jQuery called Boxy. You know those Facebook-type modal dialogues that pop up on a web page and grey-out everything else? Well, Boxy lets you do...
View ArticleSubversion vs. Git: Choosing the Right Open Source Version Control System
Over at Manning Press, we are building a system that relies heavily on the Subversion version control system, but more and more authors are coming in and saying that they are using Git instead. Git is...
View ArticleGood resources for learning jQuery
As you may have noticed, I’ve got a poll over there on the left that lists some topics I might write tutorials about. I’ve been doing a ton of jQuery work lately, so I thought I might put that on the...
View ArticleEmbarking on “The Year Of Living Socially”
OK, I’ll start off with a confession: I’m not a very social person. Oh, not that I’m not friendly; I am, if you believe my wife, a very nice guy. It’s just that while I started blogging probably 10...
View ArticleFeatures of the YOLS application (whatever we decide to call it) [UPDATE:...
Until I find somewhere better, I’ll be keeping the application description complete in a Google Document for the YOLS application, but here’s what I have right now: The application we’re building in...
View ArticleLaying the groundwork: what we need to do
The day before yesterday I announced the Year of Living Socially, a year in which I’m going to complete a project that’s been in the works for years — right here in public, while I get my social media...
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Using Akismet to stop or slow comment and trackback spam in WordPress
As part of cleaning up the blog for the Year Of Living Socially, I really want to clear up the amount of spam I have to deal with. Once I installed the blog as it’s current address, I immediately...
View ArticleYou’re smarter than you think
I majored in physics in college, not software engineering. For that reason, I felt kind of intimidated by formally-trained programmers for a long time. Even though I was working as a professional...
View ArticleA Case Study In Social Media Customer Service Done Right: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
It’s nice to hear about social media case studies, but maybe it’s even better to experience one first-hand. This past Saturday, on the freeway about an hour from home, my transmission quit. After...
View ArticleIt’s good to be old
There was a time — not that long ago, really — when I was the up-and-coming kid in the office. I was young, I was hip, I was on top of everything new. I was the one who, in 1995, went to the people...
View ArticleWhat Nick’s learning today: Install Kubernetes with Minikube
TL;DR> How to install Kubernetes using Minikube. After reading this article you will be able to: Download and install Minikube Download and install the Kuberrnetes client, kubectl Create a new...
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