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On IBM Developerworks: Better Django Models
The first of two articles I wrote about the Python web framework Django has been published by IBM Developerworks: Better Django Models. Neither one is publishing-specific, but Django (like Rails and...
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On IBM Developerworks: Doing More with the Django Admin
The second of two articles I wrote for IBM Developerworks: Doing More with the Django Admin (the first was Better Django Models). The “Admin” is the administrative console that’s built into the Django...
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[Guest post by game designer and author Emily Short: see bio] Authors and publishers alike are beginning to think more about the interactive possibilities of fiction. The good news is that it’s not...
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Tutorial on building ePubs now freely available
My tutorial Build a digital book with EPUB, posted on IBM DeveloperWorks, has been out for some time (November 2008!) but it has recently been updated with some minor corrections. It also no longer...
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On digital distractions: quote in New York Times blog
Only indirectly related to ebooks, but a familiar problem for those who now juggle multiple ereaders and mobile devices: I’ve got a quote further down the page: Read the complete quote and also try...
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Data-driven interactive applications with HTML5 and Ajax
IBM DeveloperWorks has published Data-driven interactive applications with HTML5 and Ajax, my short tutorial on writing offline-capable webapps for mobile devices. Many of these techniques were used...
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What We Can Do with ‘Books’– from Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto
I was thrilled to be able to contribute a chapter to Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto, a compilation of essays edited by Hugh McGuire and Brian O’Leary. (Incidently, it was great to see how much the text...
View ArticlejiscPUB report: Digital publishing landscape, exemplars and recommendations
I was quite pleased to be asked to write a technical report for JISC. The paper provides background on the state of ebook publishing today, and concludes with a set of recommended projects that aim to...
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Safari Supports Cyber Security Awareness Month via DoD Service Member Access...
October, 2014 marks the 11th Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Alliance and the...
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On Recruiting, Inclusiveness, and Crafting Better Job Descriptions
How many of you have written a web dev job description with a requirement like, “Must have a Comp. Sci degree or equivalent”? How many times did you hire somebody who had the skills, but didn’t have...
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