Category Archives: Technology

Site Changes for 2010

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Allen Lew

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

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My new job at Rubicon Project

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Allen Lew

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

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Monetization Models for Video on the Internet

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Allen Lew

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

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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

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Allen Lew | 1 Comment

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

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

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

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Allen Lew | 2 Comments

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.

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

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.

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

Check out GMU’s Center for History and New Media Web projects

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Allen Lew

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

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How many HTML tags can you name?

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Allen Lew

For me, not that many: 33 (via Kottke)

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