It sounds like Microsoft is continuing to head down the path to standards compliancy… http://blogs.computerworld.com/web_standards_in_ie_8 and a quick overview of some of the new features on the way (webslices looks amazingly like snapshots, which provides a little rollover live popup of a page as used on this website…. hmmmm…) http://blogs.computerworld.com/five_things_youll_love_or_hate_about_ie8 I won’t be testing IE8 as I gave up on IE around 5. Thank goodness ...
Author Archives: robinna
Catalog paired with a website (Drupal and III)
Here is a prototype of a library catalog (III’s Millenium) wrapped on the library website with Drupal (a MOSTLY opensource website content management system — mostly because a commercial version of Drupal is now under development). The Drupal module for integrating the library catalog includes modules like ratings (Fivestar), Faceted Search, and Similar by Terms. Drupal is built with modules which can work together (like ...
Software usability IS important
Like | robinna | Mar 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
Of course, if the functionality isn’t there, I think people wouldn’t buy it to begin with (I wouldn’t!) but as anyone who has tried to learn to use a new software that comes with a booksized manual can attest…. usability does matter. ———————————– …But when it comes to realizing the value of a deployment, a new study finds software functionality barely matters. Instead, a user ...
All quiet on this front
Like | robinna | Mar 4, 2008 | publishing
I feel an apology is in order. I’ve slipped off of the blogsphere for a while, mostly because I’ve just had so much project work going on. I’ve been busy tidying up my metadata for a project and I’m getting ready to teach a little workshop on advanced powerpoint (online materials forthcoming). I’ve had a couple of high priority-time sensitive projects drop in my lap, ...
How to add a comments list in blogger
Like | robinna | Feb 12, 2008 | my projects, tools/tips
So, one little nifty (?) blogger trick is to include a quick way to see comments without logging in. Of course, this means everyone can see them, too. 😉 I had to search around a bit to find the feed for the comments, so I thought I’d post it a hopefully easy place: All comments:http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default Per post comments:http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/IDOFPOST/default Okay, so let’s do the ‘all comments’. ...
google eyes the grocery aisle?
Like | robinna | Feb 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting article about the science between text recognition in images:http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=205208105
latest issue of moonshine arts magazine is up
Like | robinna | Feb 8, 2008 | media, my projects, publishing
One upgrade, some code tweaking, and voila…. the latest issue of moonshine arts magazine is live. podcasts, video, writings & art… @ http://www.moonshine.southerncreativity.com
convert your life: handy online tools
Like | robinna | Jan 31, 2008 | life 2.0+, productivity, tools/tips
Convert: your calendar: If you are exporting a cvs file and need to change it to ical your files (need a different file format?) to pdf html to php your numbers, measurements, & more favorite image to an icon hex to rgb > rgb to hex (colors!) just a few useful things….
LCSH, Faceting, searching and more
Like | robinna | Jan 25, 2008 | Design, metadata
I finally got around to reading the first issue of the Code4Lib journal. Of interest to those interested in library catalogs, metadata, etc. is the article, Facet-Based Search and Navigation With LCSH: Problems and Opportunities As a person who uses LCSH, I completely understand some of the frustrations in wrangling with it. Although LCSH is dynamic with revisions and updates, in all honesty, I think ...