Today I have been working with Pixelframe on a site for one of their clients.
The client has requested that their site be converted from it’s current static incarnation to “one that we can change ourselves” ie content managed.
They want to do this using Mambo (or Joomla which I haven’t used yet and would like to try).
Lo and behold, the company that hosts their website has recently undergone a “server upgrade” and now a whole bunch of scripts don’t work, including Mambo/Joomla.
These scripts make use of the /tmp directory, however after the “server upgrade” this directory is no longer accessable.
What kind of “upgrade” actually limits the usefulness of something?
I started to mess around with the design of this site today.
I have altered very slightly the default CSS that comes with Textpattern but it is still very early days.
When I use the term ‘incremental design’, I am really referring to my compulsion to tinker with the design without any plan or forethought. Incremental design makes it sound like a ‘legit’ process :)
Thanks to Jaymis and his amazing inbuilt Opera RSS reader, I also have all of my old site content backed up and I will upload it all if I can ever be stuffed.
Google now ranks me number one for the search term OK Sushi which is where I should be, I reckon.
Google AdSense will be added over time.
Agile Development With Rails is a completely awesome book (if you want to learn how to program using Ruby on Rails)
I have only just now had the chance to start sinking my teeth into it after hours. Better than watching TV.
I seem to have forgone all of my content. My old employer has decided to change my passwords and remove my sites from the company servers. Fair enough, I guess. Would have been nice to get a backup, though.
So, once again I have a fresh install of Textpattern and I am going to try my best to pimp it out. Working with Textpattern last time was a breeze – hopefully now I have some TXP hours under my belt it will be even easier.
I am going to try to write more frequently, and about more diverse topics. I also will try to strategically place some Google ads around so I can pay some bills now that I am no longer a knowledge worker :)
When it comes to personal organisation, it can not be said that there are a lack of tools on the market.
There are also a lot of toys.
One thing this wholw personal organisation thing has taught me is that being organised should not take you a lot of time. I could spend days inputting all my information into Mozilla Sunbird. Or I could spend days drafting detailed Next Action lists, project folders and other such GTD candy.
I have installed so many apps on my computer that all claim to do the same thing – keep me organised.
Common sense, of course, says that you are only as organised as your next action list, waiting for list and project list. And your diary.
So my tools now are these:
Thats it. No more fancy tools, no more wasting time.
One thing about having your Next Actions on paper is that it forces you to rewrite your tasks on a daily (or more frequent) basis which is a great way of refocussing your mind on the important tasks.
Get real – keep focussed – ditch the bells and whistles.