There are a lot of different reasons why you may want to start a poll (or survey) from the trivial (who is the best James Bond?) to serious (what are your experiences with your health insurer?). Want to collect data for your research? Engage members? Read on.
I recently signed up for a Twitter account. I’m a little skeptical about allowing yet more chatter to compete for my attention. I’ve been taking a very cautious approach to it by keeping “work” and “productivity” in mind when deciding who to follow or when to “tweet.” So far, I’m following various tech nerds, such [...]
Free online tool: Color Scheme Designer This is a great resource if you don’t even want to think about it, or when you just need a helping hand.
Tips for web writing “5 Writing Tips for Web Designers” has good advice for those of you who write for the web. Below is my summary and commentary. Also, see this related post. 1. Basically, it’s all about your customers’ needs for finding information, becoming a member, getting involved, donating, whatever. Everything – including links, [...]
This is a multi-chapter curriculum that offers tutorials on web design concepts, HTML basics, CSS basics, web accessibility, best practices and more. I haven’t yet delved into this in detail, but I’m really excited to. I think this might be a great supplement to the mighty W3 Schools.
There are many advantages to building a site on top of WordPress: automatic RSS feeds chronological blog posts event calendaring content updated by authors rather than by a webmaster A site can be built and handed over to a nonprofit organization to take ownership of. WordPress updates and upgrades are a breeze. As the future [...]
In an earlier post, I wrote about the joys of Linux, specifically Ubuntu. Linux users have the choice of a fantastic pdf reader, KPDF. When using KPDF’s “select” tool, you draw a rectangle to make a selection, then you are given some choices for copying: text: copy to clipboard image: copy to clipboard image: save [...]
You’re thinking about moving to Linux, or you recently have done so, and you’re wondering, “what is the Linux or open source alternative to xxx software I loved when I used Windows?” This has got to be one of the most common questions for Linux users. A lot of this software has dominated our ways [...]
While I was assisting a friend and client with the setup of his new email account, I was frustrated that I couldn’t simply access his computer remotely. “Whoa, hold on there”, he said. “Go to LogMeIn.com” I was skeptical because I was using a computer running Linux and sometimes weird web apps don’t play nicely [...]
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