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TWSS: The Web Slide Scroller

I've just finished making a test-able version of a web-based tool that allows you to manage the content for a use with the jQuery scrollable plugin.

Did that make sense? Check this out for an example:

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/njyoung-dev/dev/scrollable/

The tool allows you to upload thumbnails (the navigation bar), images for the actual slide, and manage the content as well (text, pub… Continue

I just got through the process of adding an exception for the invalid or untrusted certificate at the Open Source website for NCSU: https://opensource.ncsu.edu/FossFair2009

Go ahead...I'll wait while you see what i mean.

It made me remember that there's no reason for this to happen for an EDU domain, thanks to IPSCA (http://certs.ipsca.com). In my previous employmen… Continue

I just finished a Drupal webinar provided by O'Reilly media. It was a decent webinar, just to get some information 'from the horse's mouth,' but didnt really fill in any true gaps in my understanding of Drupal's inner workings and intentions. In any case, here's my notes that i jotted down during the hour.


* Basic introduction, describing what Drupal is generally about its history.

* "DeanSpace" website for Howard Dean's presidential bid in 2004 used Drupal, which seemed to start a little bit… Continue

I don't know why i expect there to be a suitable, effective free version of any software out there, but i do. With that in mind, i found this list through another blog that i follow (EduTechie).

http://lifehacker.com/5098944/free-software-were-most-thankful-for

Enjoy...i found a few very useful apps that im already using to replace old ones.

The main ones i found helpful were:

Digsby (centralize all your email a… Continue

In one discussion at UNCCause08, I began thinking about the process of how we make decisions that affect large numbers of people, whether it be students, faculty, staff or a combination of those groups.

An institution stated that they had based a decision to outsource student email mainly on the findings from a focus group of 21 students. The breakdown for that final feedback data set was:

6000 approximate students
116 individual invitations sent to request participation in the focus group
21… Continue