When I started using WordPress about two years ago, I was interested in the platform specifically for the utility I saw in it. At the time I didn’t have the slightest idea about how to construct a system for managing content. I had begun to play with PHP includes, but that only gave me a [...]
This post revolves around Huntington University’s theme for the 2007–08 academic year. For information regarding it see: their theme website, coverage on a United Brethren news site (hideous site by the way), and, for more discussion, the Assistant Director of Campus Ministries’ blog. For those on Facebook and/or at Huntington, this post was duplicated for [...]
I recently reviewed a great book in PDF form from a blogging friend of mine, Michael Martine.
Cascading style sheets are an essential component of the web. I remember back when they weren’t, or more accurately back when they weren’t as popular (about the time they were only being used to set font colors). Let’s just say I’m very happy that the web is moving toward the separation of content, style, and [...]
Ashley pointed me to an interesting article in the USA Today this morning that discusses different stances and approaches to telling Biblical stories in the form of children’s books. The article was pretty well balanced (surprisingly) and I thought I would distill what was said and offer a view that wasn’t presented, that is, not [...]
Defining and categorizing has always seemed to be at once the simplest and most difficult thing imaginable. I especially enjoy Socrates discuss the topic in his dialogs. It’s interesting to see some (what seem to me to be) silly options tossed out to describe the way to think of a definition, and know that even [...]
Knowing what an acronym is—the what, the why, the true purpose of it in practice as well as conversation—is important. Knowing what the acronym stands for is only for geeks.
A post at Daring Fireball directed me to an interesting forum called Seeed, specifically for those developing web applications. Thought I can’t claim to have built any web applications (yet) I do enjoy the discussion there. Already I’ve found a couple of interesting sites, both for me to use and for me to link to.
I spent a great night in Indianapolis last Friday night in order to attend Rob Bell’s close-to-final-stop on his speaking tour, The Gods Aren’t Angry.
Thought this post was an interesting look at good and bad design decisions. Turns out it originated (sort of) at Brand New.
Maybe I’m being a bit too picky, but styling images with inline code doesn’t (always) seem like the best option. To me, it isn’t even a question of utility, such as whether inline or imported styles are the most effective and easiest to use. No, it seems to be more of an issue of what [...]
Let’s say I just went through the purchasing process, and wasn’t too happy with the end result. The retailer in question is a very popular one, but pointing out who won’t strengthen my point any. At the end of the process, after completely checking out and giving them my money, I was bombarded by affiliate [...]
My name is Ryan, and I am a freelance web developer. Turns out I also enjoy blogging. Read more.
