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Archive for February, 2006

Making (working) vacation plans

February 23rd, 2006

I am making plans to take a two-to-three-week vacation to England in June. One of the motivating factors to taking the vacation then is the opportunity to attend the @media 2006 conference in London on the 14th-17th. That and I hear that June is the best possible time, weather-wise, to visit England. This week’s milestone [...]

February sets webcasting record

February 23rd, 2006

I produced four webcasts during the month of February, with five days left to go as I write this. Three of the four were produced with almost no notice. The three guest speakers, I feel, were great examples of why this College is as good as it is and has the reputation it has.

More Textpattern love

February 17th, 2006

After the success with Newszine and College News, I started transitioning Webcasts from being static pages to being Textpattern driven.
This week, after getting a submission for College News that wasn’t suitable for there, but would be suitable for a “News for Students” page if we had one. Thanks to Textpattern’s concept of “sections,” we now [...]

College News moved to Textpattern

February 1st, 2006

Yes, I just rebuilt the darn thing in WordPress. However, my experience setting up Textpattern for the content management of Newszine showed me that it was the better tool for the job. And what better time to do it than when you only have four posts in the system?
Also, I should use it myself for [...]