Category: Web 2.0

• Checked into my hotel and ready for tomorrow – mostly. #NAGW2010 #
• Checking in to 4square now that I'm all registered! (@ NAGW 2010 – St. Louis) #
• Time for a nightcap or two (@ Martini's Lounge) http://4sq.com/co16rN #
• Chocolate kiss martini = 3 Olives chocolate, White Creme De Cocoa, Bailey's Irish Creme & a choc kiss. It's pretty yummy @Martinis #NAGW2010 #
• Drupal session going well, I think! #NAGW2010 #
• Drupal session was good, WJ Webinar was good – lots of good questions and discussion from both. Now I'm tired, though, and will nap. Hard. #
• CIMG0034 [pic] http://ff.im/qUVbw #
• getting ready to head down to breakfast before Jared Spool's keynote this morning!! #nagw2010 #
• Jarod Spool's hash tag for his keynote #jarodramblesonandonandonandon #
• That's Jared, not Jarod. Stupid iPad keyboard. #JaredRamblesOnAndOnAndOnAndOn #
• Gourmet experiences – 1) meticulous preparation #nagw2010 #JaredRambles… #
• Gourmet experiences – 2) Quality ingredients # nagw2010 #JaredRambles … #
• Microblogging nagw http://ff.im/qWRfY #
• We learned that terrorists can't operate ziplock bags (water boarding works?) #nagw2010 #jaredRambles… #
• @dullroar I still love it, I just get annoyed with it. Sort of like my child…. in reply to dullroar #
• Best teams have no real methodology or process – they concentrate on tricks and techniques. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles… #
• Jared showed Uni sites with girls under trees (lots of 'em) then showed a dog school with bitches under trees. Hysterical! #nagw2010 #
• No evidence that the deployment of templates produce quality designs because templates stop people from thinking #nagw2010 #JaredRambles… #
• No templates = people who can get from a design prob to a design solution by learning tricks & techniques #nagw2010 #JaredRambles… #
• Vision is a stake in a sand – too far for us to get to today, but everyone can see it and head toward it. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles… #
• Feedback – spend time *constantly* watching people use your or a competitor's site. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles… #
• Culture – have you rewarded a team member for a major design failure? So important to learn from failure! #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• "Risk averse organizations produce crap" #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Went through a 5 second test, learned lots about what design elements are featured, intentionally or not. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Paper prototyping (Carolyn Snyder) is another good testing method.#nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Inuksuk – statue Inuit put out in mid of nowhere, signs that someone else had gone this far, they had made it. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Found Inuksuk all over the web.#nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Question: why 5 years ahead for vision (experience of using site, not design – that should be doable) #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Question: how do you balance templates with tricks and techniques? Pick a pet project to push boundaries #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Question: biggest mistake made in Jared's career? Not realizing how important hiring staff is. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Interview question that tells you most – what is your accomplishment that you are most proud of? Drill down on that project for more. #nagw #
• Question: tips for usability when the audience is tiny? Buy users lunch and talk to them for a while, hang with them for a day. # nagw2010 #
• Question: usability studies on mobile apps? You can do anything, nobody knows what good mobile exp is yet. #nagw2010 #JaredRambles #
• Getting ready for CSS based tempting with 960 grid system with Jack Horner #nagw2010 #
• Slides up at aetheric.teleopticator.net. #nagw2010 #
• Overview of available frameworks, blueprint and Golden Grid were particularly good in Jack's opinion. #nagw2010 #
• Went with 960 because it has lotta of tools, fairly simple to learn, wide adoption with multiple CMSs. #nagw2010 #
• 960 is the usable width of a 1024×768 resolution. #nagw2010 #
• 960 has a lot of divisors, so there are lots of options for grid systems. #nagw2010 #
• Grid = block of content that can cross more than one column in a container. #nagw2010 #
• Span columns for content, everything floats to the left so that when you get bigger than 960, content drops below. #nagw2010 #
• Http://960.gs, base files are hosted at GitHub, includes design sheets with 12 or 16 grid for paper sketching, HTML layout generator #
• http://www.matsugov.us/myproperty – property lookup info all in grid, no tables. #nagw2010 #
• Prototyping the layout/skeleton of the site is superquick. Model it, get HTML and CSS immediately. Heavy code, but cleanable. #nagw2010 #
• 960ls.atomidata.com – prototyping site. #nagw2010 #
• For others to use, edit base CSS to provide selectors that users will understand. #nagw2010 #
• Alpha and Omega classes are useful for nested containers to avoid stair stepping margins. #nagw2010 #
• Showing how to add new class of nav to, for example, the 4 grid wide class, and it's understandable and memorable. #nagw2010 #
• Diva aren't really necessary – can assign selectors to elements and lighten HTML and combat div-itis. #nagw2010 #
• LOL at spell-check changing Divs to Diva. Seems so true… #nagw2010 #
• Excellent real- world example of the use of the system on a web page. Good question, good answer! #nagw2010 #
• Holier Grail has equal height columns, as does Typogridphy #nagw2010 #
• Dammit. FriendFeed is down. Now where am I supposed to announce that I'll be writing a chapter on GApps for a new book from LITA and N-S? #
• @baldgeekinmd *sigh*, but that's so very old-fashioned… 😉 in reply to baldgeekinmd #
• Irritated at sitting in my hotel room working instead of at the jQuery session. Thanks, @almusy, for tweeting the session!! #nagw2010 #
• @LibrarianE13 joking – sorry, a little humor from folks who really like FriendFeed…. 😉 in reply to LibrarianE13 #
• @swolak gotta do it in person! Hint: I'm presenting again at 4 today… in reply to swolak #
• @swolak won the prize, though I haven't delved it to her yet. Justin Imes came in second – he gets a consolation prize… #
• @swolak – I'll be hanging in the hall outside the conf rooms at 5:30 if you want to get your prize then! #
• @LibrarianE13 friendfeed has threaded posts (no losing comments) and LOTS of librarians – a thriving community! in reply to LibrarianE13 #
• @LibrarianE13 you do have to create an account, but you should be able to use Twitter creds to do it. in reply to LibrarianE13 #
• @LibrarianE13 yes, but you can read most folk's Twitter posts in FF, so you can usually just check FF and get most content there. in reply to LibrarianE13 #
• Listening to the CityLife folks talk about mobile apps for cities – gov't info on your iPhone! Cool stuff #nagw2010 #
• LOVE! The casino night dealers at #nagw2010 are giving out extra chips if you show them your library card! Sweet!! #
• Getting ready for @mollydotcom to do her keynote, Building the Matrix: The Emerging Open Web # nagw2010 #
• Flickr.com/groups/nagw2010 – flickr pics of the con. #
• Innovation is disruptive and means that you constantly live in a state of change #nagw2010 #
• Why HTML5? lots of reactions from Twitter show mixed feelings about the standard. #nagw2010 #
• Open Web = dedication to open standards; open talk encouraged; use of non-open tech should be unobtrusive; web as app platform #nagw2010 #
• Open web = browsers have baseline of standards; competition occurs on other layers #nagw2010 #
• Universality – not writing for desktops but for a wide range of devices #nagw2010 #
• Open source and open standards are complimentary, but not the same thing. #nagw2010 #
• Open web tech stack – similar to MVC concept – document, style, behavior and the media above that. #nagw2010 #
• Sum up – web masters are now software engineers; HTML5 is cornerstone of W3C lang for apps; pro skillset bar is being raised. #nagw2010 #
• Get involved, bring the change, force the hand of browser manufacturers – we as web workers have the power. #nagw2010 #
• My takeaway from this keynote? Shit. I have to bone up on HTML5. I've barely scratched the surface. #
• @booksheaf you are welcome! I'm glad they are useful for someone else!! in reply to booksheaf #
• @dullroar thanks! That helps!! in reply to dullroar #
• On I70 doing 0mph. Ugh. #
• Another 0mph stretch of I70. This one's near New Florence. Can't tell what the holdup is yet. #

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• @nengard FriendFeed in reply to nengard #
• I am a command line ninja! Successfully repaired the Drupal database without leaving my chair. Yeah for putty & command line skillz!! #
• I'm reading The Grand Design (Hawking) and quantum physics are blowing my mind. I start to understand why @zorpheous is so warped… 😉 #
• That's "I start to understand why @xorpheous is so warped". My bad… #
• @xorpheous so I'm learning… space-time is warped, why wouldn't you be??? in reply to xorpheous #
• Okay I'm totally dictating this tweet on my iPad using the free Dragon dictation program. This rocks. I am living in the future. #
• My to-do list is long and has already been derailed this morn by a MySQL issue. An hour into my day and I'm just now starting it… Boo! #

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• @PattersonPrints just gorgeous! Did you find the pot of gold? in reply to PattersonPrints #
• @miriella that is seriously cool!! in reply to miriella #
• @Cavebabble we're pulling for you, Eric! Get better soon!! in reply to Cavebabble #
• @joshuamneff I think it's one of those stabilizing rings of metal you sometimes see around the bottom of woks, yes? Should be, at least… in reply to joshuamneff #
• I feel productive! Firefox is open on my left monitor, chrome on my right – tweetdeck above it – and RTM is open on my iPad next to that… #
• What It Means: Google, Yahoo Come Together With OpenID http://ff.im/qruj8 #
• @xorpheous LOL – that's an excellent question, and one I'm not prepared to answer right now… 😉 in reply to xorpheous #
• Build Project Management Gantt Charts With Gantto http://ff.im/qrxC8 #
• Debate Around Password Security Overlooks Universal Logins http://ff.im/qrxCb #
• Heading to lunch, then to Linn to fix a problem with their Envisionware install. What an exciting life I lead!! #
• Before 8:15 I've downloaded a needed template, ordered 2 new switches for the library, cleared my physical inbox and skimmed through email! #

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• @dullroar Mine has been zero for almost 30m. Don't tell anyone, though, 'cause they'll just email me to irritate me… in reply to dullroar #
• Google doesn’t make you go to Google to Google. Google brings Google to you. http://bit.ly/aX0vLc Once I wrapped my head around that I <3 it #
• How To: Quickly Enable Social Logins with JanRain Engage http://ff.im/pZxOJ #
• Never Hand Out Your Password Again: Twitter Goes OAuth http://ff.im/pZxOL #
• Using Your iPad With Your Mac / PC – to Help You Focus | The Brooks Review http://ff.im/pZxOI #
• GR-TJ04-01 World Bank [pic] http://ff.im/q1ZGt #
• CIMG0020 [pic] http://ff.im/q4Ulj #
• Good morning, my social network friends! Today I'm wrestling with PowerPoint, working the desk and closing the library this evening. Fun!!! #

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• @cclibrarian Recipe and pattern storage – if you have the Evernote client on your phone/netbook, you have everything with you when u travel! in reply to cclibrarian #
• @wawoodworth Customer service. in reply to wawoodworth #
• Oops, I'll try again… Customer Service #andypoll What training would you want every staff member to have? Go. Answer & RT! #
• Alex and his band uniform [pic] http://ff.im/pFsyf #
• @dullroar It is utterly amazing what these kids can do while beating on a drum. Marching on a wall is child's play… 😉 in reply to dullroar #
• @mstabbycat Yes. Will I be able to? Probably not. Alex has a thing on Saturday in St. Louis that I should go to… in reply to mstabbycat #
• It is a gorgeous – truly gorgeous – day outside. Coolish, lovely breeze… you know what that means, right? Yep I'm off for the day!! #hooky #
• @lilaclee Notes – Soundpaper and SundryNotes, text/spreadsheet Office2 HD for docs in Google and Dropbox storage. RDP for remote PCs #iPad in reply to lilaclee #
• Q&A: Janrain's CEO Discusses OpenID in the Federal Government http://ff.im/pLaXv #
• Step-by-Step: Creating Your Blogging System http://ff.im/pP5RM #
• Lunch – especially when Mom pays – is always a good thing! (@ IHOP) http://4sq.com/3VZ8ds #
• A little wine, a little knitting & a little people watching. Little Hills Cobblestone White = yummy (@ Little Hills Winery) #

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• @AgriBlogger LOL – I've almost done that! I'm sure I will actually finish the transaction someday and then wonder where my file is… 😉 in reply to AgriBlogger #
• DON'T GET Plants vs. Zombies for the iPad!! I would have wasted my whole weekend playing, but my son kept stealing it to play it himself! #
• FF is down. I came here and had a moment of panic when I thought Twitter was down. I was shaking, but now I can tweet and I'm all better. #
• Whew. There for a minute, I thought I'd actually have to do my homework! #
• @lilaclee Yeah!!! – yours came really fast, didn't it? #iPad in reply to lilaclee #
• @lilaclee I got my accessories first, too. I thought that was just mean, personally. That keyboard dock staring at me, but no #iPad .. #
• How People Are Signing In Across the Web [STATS] http://ff.im/praXb #

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• @sirexkat I've never noticed my Kindle flashing, and there is a little (not much, tho) ghosting on the screen after 2 yrs. in reply to sirexkat #
• @WeatherZach Hah! Marching band has been practicing at 7am for 2 weeks now. Who's the most dedicated? (son in drum line, can you tell?) in reply to WeatherZach #
• @sirexkat I've never noticed it flashing (and I spend *hours* staring at it…) Now that you mention it, though, I may just be used to it… in reply to sirexkat #
• Reading http://bit.ly/9Ir526 – Twitter followers without the "hassle" of Twitter accounts. Interesting stuff – and useful, too! #
• My iPad is in the FedEx facility in Hong Kong. I'm not sure how I feel about it being better traveled than I am… #waitingimpatiently #
• I paid for the full version of @activeinbox last night and WOW. Gmail is supercharged this morning! #gtd #
• Social Media Meetup! Come to MRRL on 8/26/2010 from 6-8pm. Cookies and soda will be served. http://bit.ly/cNKYF7 #
• @lilaclee I will be sure to post how it works for me! in reply to lilaclee #
• My iPad just left Alaska – it's in the states now!!! #
• My iPad is in Missouri!!! I may have it for the weekend!! Squee!!! #iPad #impatientlywaiting #refreshingFedExTrackingPageLikeAnIdiot #
• @lilaclee 32G Wi-Fi+3G It's going to be one more silly monthly payment to get the 3G service, but spotty wi-fi coverage in MO means 3G too! #
• My iPad's in Jefferson City! It could be delivered today!! I forsee nothing much getting done today… #
• Also, if the AARP doesn't stop emailing me, I'm gonna get a complex. I'm 37, far too young to be dealing with this stuff, right? #oldfart #
• The #iPad is on the truck for delivery. I have turned into a F5 pressing machine. I'll have to take a break to fix wireless in Linn, tho. #
• I have it – it's charging up as I type!! #iPad #
• @bohyunkim Thanks! I feel so silly being so excited about a device, but it's amazing how the process of waiting sharpened that excitement… in reply to bohyunkim #
• @sglassmeyer I've seen that before, but I can't figure out a use, either. in reply to sglassmeyer #
• @lilaclee it came fully charged, but took a while to sync to iTunes, very easy to setup, WAY FUN, very easy to get apps – and LOTS to get!! in reply to lilaclee #
• @DonovanLambrigh We're in the same process – I'm just glad I don't have to make all those decisions, just help implement them! #mrrl in reply to DonovanLambrigh #
• I showed the boss RDP on the iPad and he called it my new "tooloy" – more useful than a toy, but more fun than a tool… #
• @lilaclee Both – cover that props up and the keyboard dock. I got the extra warranty, too, but that was it. in reply to lilaclee #
• LOL – my left forearm and bicep are starting to ache a bit from the way I hold the iPad. I need to switch hands or I'll be uneven… #
• @dullroar Will do! in reply to dullroar #
• @brayb You'd think, wouldn't you. Of course, that would just add more weight, probably. #

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• @msauers Say Hi! to them for me!! in reply to msauers #
• I'd like to take the Antivir virus out behind the woodshed and kick it's ass. The IE Proxy that it sets screws us up every time!! #
• @kapgar LMAO!!! You just made my wednesday with that RT… in reply to kapgar #
• Reading: No e-books in coffee shops? http://nyti.ms/be1A0w #
• RT @sglassmeyer: I blame Shark Week. /Always, Sarah, always… #
• @mstabbycat Awesome! I hope you enjoyed it!! in reply to mstabbycat #
• @rmazar LOL – that's a great idea, but I generally manage to make a mistake or two without planning it. I guess I'm just good that way 😉 in reply to rmazar #
• Heading home so that I can be all sick in my own bed. Hopefully my tummy will stop hating me soon… #
• My tummy stopped hating me, so I'm off to a fish fry at my parent's house – they are frying fish my son caught!! Yum!! #

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