Fun with JavaScript from the Dojo.js folks
Tuesday 19 May 2009 - Filed under Open Sourciness + Product Development
http://demos.dojotoolkit.org/demos/cropper/
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Critical Concepts for "Information Technology"
Tuesday 19 May 2009 - Filed under Nonlinear Growth + Sales and Marketing
Wikipedia now has a great article on Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations
If technology touches your career, this research provides some excellent perspectives and tools. It has been used by some of the giants of high technology, and notably Geoffry Moore used it to develop his book series “Crossing the Chasm”.
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Compiling a list of the top online learning resources for kids 10 and under
Saturday 16 May 2009 - Filed under Creativity + Learning
For an upcoming article, I am assembling a list of the top online learning Web sites for kids under 10. Care to submit one? or a few?
I am including Web sites that nurture creativity in some way as well.
Here is what I need:
Name
URL
If you can, it would be great to know the following
Free or paid
How your child or acquaintance used it
The benefit you perceive he/she received.
Thanks!!!!
EXAMPLES OF THE INPUT I AM SEEKING
Pbskids.org
Has many educational games based around their educational programs. Navigable (for the most part) by a five year old. My oldest began visiting the site when he still pronounced “PBSKids-dot-gord” and learned a host of basic concepts (matching, sequence) and importantly, the basics of interacting with a browser and keyboard…
Toonlet.com
A more complex site that lets anyone build comics and characters. Not a kids site but for the older child (8yo and up maybe), challenges their mind (have to figure out the platform) and encourages creativity. Kids may need some help getting started
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Facebook pages useful for events
Wednesday 13 May 2009 - Filed under Emerging Technology + Sales and Marketing
Yesterday there was a 100% spike in new visitors for Lakewoodstock.com…topping out above 100 for the day.
53% of the day’s traffic was from Facebook, the majority of the rest came from people who saw fliers.
For the last week or so, Facebook has driven around 38% of our new visits. The event currently has about 120 fans on Facebook and we have used it to solicit volunteers and blogs.
Early numbers suggest the Web site has helped increase sponsorships by 20% or more, and volunteers by a similar amount. The numbers needs some scrutiny, nevertheless my take-away is that the combination of a central Web site, a facebook page, and Twitter (for reasons/numbers not documented in this article) are worthwhile for community events.
So there…if you were wondering.
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Follow Will as he becomes a Dojo.js Sensei
Thursday 7 May 2009 - Filed under Open Sourciness + Product Development
Will, in classic Will-fashion, has been methodically developing deep knowledge and expertise in the Dojo.js. O’Reilly books purchased and read, flashcards created in YoYoBrain, Dojo implemented in YoYoBrain and in fact has replaced a great many of our Scriptaculous based UI elements. Now we are spec’ing a very cool Dojo.js based widget. Similar to techniques we use for Javascript snippits on WebSnippit.com.
If you want to read Will’s impressions and navigation of Dojo.js snafu’s, click here.
All in all, Dojo.js seems one of the best, most comprehensive and well thought out JavaScript libraries available. In the coming weeks I’ll be looking more into modifying its formatting via CSS…stay tuned.
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Posterus gives you the easiest route to blogging.
Monday 4 May 2009 - Filed under Emerging Technology + Product Development
Just launched my personal Posterous blog for hobbies and kid-related stuff. Crazy how easy it is to get started. Worth examining their process just to see a state of the art sign up process and UI.
You can check me out here scottilevy.posterous.com .
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Constant Contact Releasing API for Partners.
Thursday 30 April 2009 - Filed under Product Development + Sales and Marketing
Looks very promising. I’ll post reviews as we play with integrating it into our clients management systems.
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Emerging Tech FAQ’s launched
Thursday 23 April 2009 - Filed under Emerging Technology
This section is for FAQ’s I get from friends, clients and collegues about emerging technologies.
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Call for contributors interested in improving command of Latin root words
Thursday 23 April 2009 - Filed under Learning
Call for like- minded learners:
I started building a flashcard set of basic Latin vocabulary to help with my overall English vocabulary.
I got through ‘A’s’ before other things demanded attention.
If you are interested in helping me build out this flashcard set respond to this post and I will give you access. I found an old public domain Latin textbook online as the source…but…have to dig it up.
Also just saw after doing a search on YoYoBrain that several others have started card sets…maybe we’ll reach out to them as well. Getting great benefit from the Latin I have learned thus far. Language is fun.
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Free Ruby on Rails Learning Resources
Thursday 23 April 2009 - Filed under Customer Development + Learning + Nonlinear Growth + Open Sourciness + Product Development
You can use the same flashcards we used to gain deep knowledge ASAP of Ruby on Rails syntax and inner workings.
Check out our Rails Subject and Flashcards
Just click on the “study materials” tab and choose a set of flashcards.
Here is a link directly to a memorization drill:
A set of Ruby on Rails flashcards courtesy Will.
Click on the memorization drill button to get after it. note I recommend you take 10-30 cards per day instead of cramming. If you register for YoYoBrain the site will schedule those cards automatically based on your goals.
You will be wowed at how your productivity and knowledge spike with only 20-30 minutes today of YoYoBrain’s learning tools. Also strongly recommend the Ruby flashcards. Ruby knowledge has been a goldmine for us in terms of solving complex problems.
I know people fear memorizing syntax as though it destroys brain cells….. Nevertheless, it accelerates your learning and productivity massively. Try it for a week and see if you are not blown away. If you are a competitor of ours, you are right, you shouldn’t try to memorize this information, its terrible.
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