I am hoping to attend a developer’s conference this November for iOS platforms in Los Angeles. On of the funding sources I was counting on has denied my request. It is a disappointing turn of events and now I am not sure if I will still go or not. It is not an overly expensive conference and meals are included in the price, but I would also need to pay for airfare and hotel at 170 per night.
Posts from September 2010
Henge Dock – The Jury is Still Out
My computers these days are all Macs. That is a somewhat misleading statement because currently my work is Windows-based. Using a Mac doesn’t limit me to what operating system I can use. Don’t get me wrong – I love and prefer Mac OSX. I admit, though, that Microsoft Windows 7 has taken a “Titanic” operating system and righted the ship.
I Don’t Want to be that Guy..
Lately, I am working on a project and I spend a couple of evenings per week working outside of my main office (i.e. read: a room in my home with a desk, computers, storage, and an occasional mess…okay a frequent mess. I really love working in my own office because everything that I need is there and when I am productive, I can really fly in that space.
Squarespace and Video Helps and Tutorials
This is another post in a short series regarding my discovery using Squarespace as a writing platform. I currently use WordPress
as my blog’s platform hosted at GoDaddy. I am on a simple quest to simplify my blog platform and focus my efforts on creating
content.
First a rant – sort of: As a programmer and software designer, I am technical by training and career and I admit that I enjoy
opening the hood and seeing how the engine runs.
My Low-down on Markdown
If you write for any online presence – particularly blogs – and you are not a dedicated HTML junkie but still long to have more formatting control over your posts, Markdown written by John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame, may be the tool for you. Markdown is a recognized framework of web formatting tags that gives you control over things such as:
- Header size
- Type size
- Bold, italics, and underlining
- Quote blocks
- Ordered and unordered lists
- etc.
When “Mailing It In” is Not a Bad Thing
Squarespace offers it site owners another great option for posting content into their websites – Email posting. Through the tools in Squarespace, you can setup a special email address that allows you to write a post in your email and then send it. From there it will be posted as a journal entry (read:blog post). You can title your post using the Subject field and you can attach an image for it to be included in the post.
iPhone markdown sample
This is [another great website](http://quawkle.schlottman.com/) that I enjoy reading.
→ Read the rest If I want to create a blockquote:
I simple use the angle bracket
If I want to create a list:
* Item 1
* Item 2
And then I can type a regular paragraph.
Everything Old is New Again…
Quawkle.com is currently in a transition between the current site and a makeover involving either a switch to WordPress using the Genesis or Thesis, or a complete move to Squarespace.
Rather than continue with some of the many other observations I have made so far with Squarespace, I will save some of those thoughts for another post or two.