I liked a post on Robert O’Toole’s blog: The Ikea effect – why we should build a flat–pack V[R]LE He’s talking about a V[R]LE which I’m assuming is much like a VLE. But I thought the aspects on how people like to build their own things, especially when it’s made easy, related well to our CMS project. …
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Sun's MySQL Enterprise Database Helps University Ensure Reliability of Mission-Critical Systems
It’s 29/4/09, but I’m pre-dating this post so that it appears when the article I’m referencing was published… I was interviewed by Sun/MySQL for some info on how we use MySQL. I (nearly) said: “Sun’s MySQL database is the de facto standard of databases. Our staff knows it, and developers with MySQL skills are very…
Seth's Blog: What do you do when your systems break?
Another inspiring blog from Seth Godin. Seth’s Blog: What do you do when your systems break? As someone who is vaguely involved in building systems, I really like the idea that we should be designing BROKEN buttons. It’s not going to be easy though. Systems are designed because A has to happen before B…
What is a VRE?
Have been looking into what a Virtual Research Environment is. JISC has a programme which aims to: building and deploying VREs based on currently available tools and frameworks assessing their benefits and shortcomings in supporting the research process improving and extending them to meet the future needs of UK research developing or integrating new tools…
My Sharepoint site templates are missing content in the wiki
(About time I started this again… beware though, you may notice a sharepoint theme developing.) SharePoint allows you to create a site template by simply saving a site as a template. This is fine, but buggy and I’ve come across some holes recently. The latest problem for me is that the site template I’m trying…
Transport Direct web snippet form
From: Transport Direct – tips and tools This should get you directions to the Canterbury campus of U.o.K. Get directions by public transport and car with Transport Direct. Enter your postcode
How to get thumbnails of webpages automatically
This is a great little utility/tool/hack called SimpleAPI. It takes a snap of a webpage, creates a thumbnail and lets you embed it on your page. They provide all the html code so all you have to do is copy and paste it into your page/blog. Why is this important? Because a blog entry without…
Header design with options
I like The Man in Blue’s header. A ‘Page Options’ tab elegantly opens to reveal some style sheet options. These look like accessibility-driven options but it got me thinking that this type of design could be used for other options:
RSS in your email
To quote them…. What is Squeet? Squeet.com allows users to subscribe to RSS feeds which are delivered by the Squeet service via email to your existing email account. Does Squeet Cost Anything? No! Squeet is absolutely FREE for everyone. Whether you are a content provider or a Squeet user, Squeet is free. Will there be…