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August 2010

Development

X-Cart Announces Facebook Tab

Something in the latest X-Cart community newsletter caught my eye, and I'm not just talking about the questionable grammar. They were happy to announce launching a service to bring Products from an X-Cart store in to a Facebook tab. The service isn't free, but (if it is easy to manage,) the benefit of being able to market products to all 500 million+ Facebook users, and link out to your eCommerce site, should more than pay for itsef.
August 31, 2010
Development

Hello World!

Hello world, my name is Ian (pronounced "eye-yen"). I am a busy guy 'round these parts at Ninthlink. But I wanted to give a quick intro on who I am and what you can expect from me. I am a big Chargers fan. I am still hurting after that loss to the Jests, I mean Jets. 13-3 season and seriously, how did that happen? Last year I made the switch from PC -> Mac You would be calling me a…
August 30, 2010
Design

Dream Big: Then Plan Small

Sure, it crashed in the end, but that's just a case of needing better steering (maintenance!). What's important is that passion led to a vision and a goal, which led to careful planning, convertible into attainable, measurable assignments (wheels, a large deck, etc.). It wasn't about the money, it was about the joy and success. Who wouldn't want to be a part of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1qSSZDPws
August 30, 2010
Development

What the heck is PHP?

I've encountered a lot of challenging situations as a PHP programmer, from the big things (creating and optimizing complex applications that access millions of rows of data) to the smaller things (figuring out where to put more reminders after I've run out of room for post-its on my monitors). One of the problems I face most often is trying to explain to people what I do for a living. Generally, I just answer with "I'm a programmer" and people drop…
August 30, 2010
Design

Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee

I have a new hero in architecture. Samuel Mockbee created a philosophy for not only teaching architecture but showing his students how to build and how to make a difference in the community you live in. He Created a school call "The Rural Architecture." There is a great documentary on his life and the amazing effect he left on the world.
August 30, 2010