DevFund site up

Just wanted to let everyone know that the site for DevFund is now up and running.

There isn't much there yet, as we are still getting the infrastructure up and running, but there is a place to read more about the mission of the site, and a place to sign up for updates. More to come.

Wikipedia

Hey look at that, I am listed as "further reading" on the Wikipedia entry for CSS. Makes me all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

Summer of Collaboration

Although we didn't make it into Google's Summer of Code this year (although we were told we made the short list), that doesn't mean that we have abandoned the idea of mentoring young coders.

The Habari Community has announced our Summer of Collaboration 2008. We might not have any money to give you, but we do have one of the most inviting communities you are likely to find on the internets.

If you have a desire to push the boundaries of todays web technology, and work in an environment where each person's vision is given equal weight, then I look forward to working with you this summer.

I had a blast

One of the things I really miss is being able to teach. In my current position I don't have a lot of opportunity to operate in the role of teacher. I was a guest speaker/lecturer today in a Journalism design class and man, it felt so good to be teaching again, if only for an hour.

The problem of free iPhone apps

So I have been thinking about the changing landscape of iPhone development lately. Everyone was all excited when Apple announced the SDK, and said that they wouldn't be charging any fees for free apps to be distributed through the store.

While that is great and all, the fact remains at this time, all developers who wish to distribute apps, whether free or pay, must pony up 99.99 for the privilege. This might not be too much of an obstacle for some individuals, but I am pretty sure that this is going to kill some of the apps that we all love.

I am encouraging the makers of such great free iPhone/iTouch apps as Books, Terminal and Services to set up a paypal account, if you don't already have one, and let us start donating money to get you the developer license fee.

I for one would love to kick a little green to the developers of these apps. And I am betting that there are more than 99 other people who would too.

What we really need is a simple solution for users to get their cash to developers. We need a developer fund website... maybe DevFund? Yeah, look for this new project to launch in the next couple of weeks.

Like I didn't have enough to do.

Get a clue people

One of my new vices is watching the home improvement shows on HGTV. Heather and I are working out the home improvements/renovations we want to get done this year, and the shows we have been watching have been pretty helpful with that.

So lets break down the scenario. I am watching Color Splash this afternoon and decide that I really dig the technique of attaching translucent colored plastic to cabinetry. We want to do something to freshen up our kitchen and that would be a great, inexpensive way to do it.

What's the first thing I do? I go to the page for said show on HGTV to find out the name, and hopefully the website of the product they used. Seems simple, no? Thankfully for this show, yes it is simple. There are links to the websites for the products used in the show.

However while watching Divine Design, the worst named show ever, I saw something I would like to have in our house. So I jumped on the website, to get a listing of materials used. Nowhere on the blasted site is there a materials list, or links to the sites of the products used in the current episode.

Do we really need to still explain to people in corporate america what the web is actually useful for? Are they not teaching consistency to people anymore?

Bah.

I'm an iPhone Developer!

At least that is what the email from Apple, Inc. said. Very funny. I am hoping to create an APP powered blogging app for Habari to begin with. Should be fun.

Another day

Another conference.

The Asbury web team, along with some other Asbury folk are at EKU today attending an accessibility conference. Should be fun. Anyone I know at EKU?