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Favorites

These are the posts and tutorials I enjoyed writing the most. I think and hope you would enjoy them.

  • How to make a bookmarklet and be cool

    What is a bookmarklet? You know how when you’re browsing the Web and you want to save links for reading later, you’ll “favorite” them or “bookmark” them? The bookmark you are saving contains the title of the page and the URL of it. For example, you can save a bookmark of “Facebook” with “http://facebook.com” as [...]

  • Sexism in technology and dish detergent

    In which I discuss my former-stay-at-home father, dish detergent, and how being respectful should be the default strategy in preventing sexism in the field of tech.

  • SimpleSlides

    This week I gave a presentation to students on advising and other info. During my lunch hour the day before (the only time I’ve had to breathe all week since we have faculty candidate interviews for what seems like forever) I built a simple HTML/CSS/jQuery slideshow framework. I mean, I guess you can call it [...]

  • The only thing “easy” about online classes is that you can wear pajamas

    Who am I kidding, people wear pajamas to face-to-face classes all the time. Online courses are becoming increasingly common at regular state and private institutions. The point of them is the provide flexibility to those who work and/or parent, and to allow enrollment of students in more diverse geographical regions without the need to commute [...]

  • Advice for college students

    I’ve made tons of mistakes (and hit just as many obstacles) in the process of getting from high school to where I’m at now. Granted, I only graduated high school eight years ago, but it was a long and difficult journey. Fortunately, I jumped right into it with a thick skin, a chip on my [...]

  • SEO on my mind

    Matt Gemmell’s post, SEO for Non-dicks, ended up on Hacker News the other day. Normally, I get douche chills when reading posts about SEO. I think this one is important to read, though – including the comments. I’m asked sometimes for advice on building an internet presence, and I usually have to fumble for an answer – because I haven’t pursued [...]

  • Adjusting to "real world" work from "at home" work

    I started a new full-time job at Montclair State University on July 1st. I had been a part-time adjunct and rest-of-the-time freelance web developer up until that point – now I’m full-time Department Administrator and rest-of-the-little-time freelance web developer. Full-time work is an adjustment for the freelancer, and I was initially afraid that accepting this [...]

  • Grades Hinder Innovation and Creativity in STEM

    The opening line of this clip from CNN’s Don’t Fail Me: Education in America piece says it well: “Innovations and creativity in science, technology, engineering, and math will be the drivers of tomorrow’s economy…and if you are not a participant on that frontier, you will trail behind it and possibly get left behind entirely.” -Neil [...]

  • Featured Comment Widget

    Featured Comment Widget is a WordPress widget that allows you to showcase any comment that has been published on your site. Here is how the widget looks in the Dashboard, and on a site using the default Twenty Ten theme: Installing this plugin adds the Featured Comment Widget to your list of available widgets in [...]

  • More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Cubic Bézier Curves and Their Use In CSS3 Transitions

    CSS3 introduces the transition property, which adds some new behaviors that we used to only be able to do with JavaScript or Flash. I’ve been using transitions on this site for a long time, to add a cool fading color-change when you hover over any links. You can find tons of resources on the Web [...]