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Category Archives: Technology
Site Changes for 2010
With the long 4th of July Weekend, I thought it was time for my yearly site refresh. After upgrading to WordPress 3.0 (which has a number of advanced features like Custom Post Types and Multiple Sites installations), I decided to … finish reading Site Changes for 2010
Posted in General, Software, The Internet
Tagged ads, Advertising, Blogging, Google, Google Adsense, Wordpress
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My new job at Rubicon Project
If you haven’t heard the news yet, I am leaving my current job at the Los Angeles Urban League after a good three years with the company. At the league, I was at times a youth mentor, interview coach, webmaster, … finish reading My new job at Rubicon Project
Monetization Models for Video on the Internet
I had a brief discussion with a friend about making money with Internet video. We looked at a couple of business models for a nonprofit to make money online and realized there were a couple of ways anybody could make … finish reading Monetization Models for Video on the Internet
Posted in Business, Non-Profit, Technology, The Internet, Videos
Tagged Drupal, e-commerce, Magento, nptech, Ubercart
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How to automate FTP uploads from the Windows Command Line – This BAT script uses the FTP command in the command line and automating the actions into a script. The script can then be paired with other processes (like Scheduled … finish reading Automatic FTP uploads and downloads using BAT scripts
In a similar vain to the Job Board I built for the LA Urban League, I created an event board using WordPress. The main plugins I’ve used are the Event Calendar for the event information and the Geopress plugin for … finish reading Los Angeles Urban League Event Board
April 28, 2008
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Inspired by Recruitpress, a job board made with WordPress and a couple of packaged plugins, I’ve just deployed a job board for the Los Angeles Urban League. Basically, I’ve replaced the Secure Form Mailer Plugin For WordPress, used to apply … finish reading Los Angeles Urban League Job Board
If you have a First Name and Last Name in one column in Excel, here’s a tutorial on splitting them into two separate columns (without VB macros) from LauraJ’s blog. It involves using the Data to Text feature. Very handy.
February 7, 2008
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If you haven’t been able to install Adobe Flash Player on your Ubuntu 7.10 install, Jayson Joseph Chacko wrote an excellent post with a set of terminal commands to get Adobe Flash installed. Thanks Jayson.
January 30, 2008
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Check out GMU’s Center for History and New Media Web projects
George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media has been really putting out some great online academic tools. They’re the ones behind the Zotero research extension for Firefox. Now they are developing some software for web sites like Omeka, … finish reading Check out GMU’s Center for History and New Media Web projects
Posted in Software, Technology
Tagged Academic Tools, Firefox, George Mason University, Omeka, Scholarpress, schools, Wordpress, Zotero
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How many HTML tags can you name?
For me, not that many: 33 (via Kottke)
