July 24th, 2007

Link // 07.24.2007 // 1:45 PM // 1 CommentDjango Master Class

A killer tutorial done by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Jeremy Dunck, and Simon WIllison at OSCON yesterday. Tons of great “advanced” Django topics are covered, including middleware, signals, scaling, AJAX, and more. Great stuff. Visit site »

Link // 07.24.2007 // 1:30 PM // 0 CommentsBrian Fling at the Blue Flavor blog: Why we made Leaflets

Brian explains our thinking behind the decision to make Leaflets. And I say “we” as if I was there. I wasn’t, really. Most of Leaflets was already done before I started! But there is a lot more to come, and I’m excited to be part of it! Visit site »

Link // 07.24.2007 // 1:27 PM // 0 CommentsBasement.org: Flash Bumptop

This, my friends, is why I keep trying to tell you all not to ignore Flash as a deployment platform. Sure, it’s not for everything, but it’s obviously the best tool for this job. don’t think anyone would want to try to do this with JavaScript. :) Visit site »

Photo // 07.24.2007 // 7:19 AM // 9 Comments // Lawrence, KS
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Link // 07.24.2007 // 6:40 AM // 2 CommentsWeb 2.0 – the truth is somewhere out there

DesignInterviews.com talks to Rob Weychert, Andy Budd, Rob Morris, and myself about that dreaded buzzword: Web 2.0. Most of the stuff I wrote actually got left out of the edited piece — probably because it sounded negative and didn’t tell the story the writer wanted to tell. That’s especially true where it relates to visual design. When asked what I thought about Web 2.0 design, I said that Web 2.0, as a concept, didn’t have anything to do with visual design — a so-called Web 2.0 application can be built using tons of different design styles. Visit site »

Blog entry // 07.24.2007 // 1:07 AM // 31 CommentsTop five things I’ll miss about Lawrence
In which I outline the top five things I'll miss about Lawrence, KS -- and the top five things I'm excited for in Seattle, WA.