Author: jmswtlk24

Earlier posts dealt with technical issues (configuration vs content) and general matters (content vs its management). These are not the same. Now, we are venturing into operational issues that stump the practitioner. Yet, many have worked out their process (see Hereditary Society membership, 2nd bullet). For the most part, these age-old techniques have ended up…

Let’s see, research and organization can make progress: marriage record of Thomas and Margaret. And, various attributes, and necessities, come to mind: consistency, persistence, … Persistence? Yes, media wax and wane. How ought we handle this? Earlier notes on content kicked the issues down the road, as we wrestled with technique (continual set of issues)….

Again. McLuhan’s little ditty can apply here: The medium is the message. Except, now, one might claim this: The configuration is the content. Not! Configuration has been of focus, of late. There are many things pending, like user rights. Too, though, we will get into the philosophy of genealogy, methods, pedigrees, and a lot more….

I’ll use this post to keep a running summary. The background can be found in the prior post: Alpha/beta site (todo list at the bottom of the post; will be moved to this post). Essentially, these entries deal with changing the website  using HTML/CSS, for now. There is one bit of javascript (more of this later,…

Earlier, we talked about content management. Essentially, there are a couple (for now) sides of computing that are like a car user and its mechanic. The users go places with the car, show it off, and other things. Some users look under the hood. But, it’s the car guy/gal who looks under the hood.  Please note…

Thoughts on the eve of the Fourth of July. The recent revelation that Facebook (FB), and its educational cohorts, experimented with the on-line experience of FB users raises a whole lot of issues. Here is one WSJ take: Few limits. What are the issues? Some mention “big brother” and such, out of fiction. I would…

Google is sponsoring a site that is interesting: Made w/ Code Google. So, go over there, to that Google site, and read some important messages. See the FAQ about their use of Blockly (a web-based, graphical programming editor) which is a nice touch. I often wonder what happened to things like Live Model (one of…

We hear a lot about the cloud? What exactly is that? Opaque sink for data which can be used by whomever can obtain access (even if they have no right to the data)? A way for management to get something for nothing (their main objective, it seems) while impairing safety? That topic will continue to…

Well, I have already mentioned Codecademy’s approach and will get back to this. Disclosure: I have been using their site to look at their lessons for 97 days, now. There are other sites of this type, but their setup  is nice to use to twiddle with a little code each day. But, I have a…

There was a flurry of activity related to updating the button handling for awhile. Mostly, the time was spent getting up to speed. After that little bit of effort, and then making a decision about the approach, it was a matter of doing the work, testing, and then distributing the changes throughout the pages, as necessary…