Archive for August, 2008
Komen 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer
My cousin sent me an email asking me to help with some fund raising she’s doing — it’s a walk for breast cancer. I am normally not one to give to random charities… we all get asked so much to give that I make a conscious decision to give to the causes that I care [...]
When it’s good to get a call at 4 AM
Last night at around 4 AM, while I was sleeping soundly, my phone rang. Since I use my iPhone as an alarm, I have the speaker volume turned all the way up at night. Usually if my phone rang at 4 AM, I’d be pretty upset. I might even say some pretty nasty things to [...]
New version of Foul (foul.js) coming soon?
If you don’t know about Foul, it is a javascript validation tool that is a very easy way to validate basic forms. It’s been around for ages, and it just works. We use it on a lot of different web-based forms when we want to validate email addresses, zip codes and other (non-critical) information.
Foul was [...]
Managing Online Forums by Patrick O’Keefe
If you’ve got a community on your website, then you need to read Patrick O’Keefe’s book, Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards. I have started a handful of (rather unsuccessful) communities in the last few years, and wish I’d had Patrick’s book then. Maybe I [...]
