Sidewalk Advocate
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Saturday, 29 December 2007
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Coworking
Monday, 10 December 2007
A while ago, I had the idea of starting a business where you could rent a "day-office" to get your work done if you get tired of working from home or from a coffee shop. People are evidently already doing it.

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Make your Joomla! site accessible, profitable, and unstoppable
Friday, 07 December 2007
Three new books on Joomla! have been recently released by Packt. Joomla! Accessibility by Joshue O Connor will guide you through concepts and practical considerations when designing an accessible website in Joomla!. Tom Canavan (of JoomlaJabber fame) and Brandon Dawson join forces in Joomla! Cash, a book showing how to generate revenue through your Joomla! site. Finally, James Kennard has released the long awaited Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development. This volume contains a comprehensive reference of the Joomla! 1.5 framework. If you enjoyed my extension development book and want to learn even more, this new book is for you!

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Joomla! GHOP and Bug Squashing
Thursday, 29 November 2007
In case you didn't hear elsewhere, Joomla! is having a "Pizza, Bugs, and Fun" (PBF) event sponsored by PICNet and Google. Sign up now! If the NYC, DC, and SF Bay areas are not convenient for you, you'll still be able to join in on the IRC channel.

Also, Joomla! recently announced their entry into the brand-new Google Highly Open Participation Contest. Tasks are open to all high school aged students who want to contribute to the Joomla! project. I was asked to be a mentor on this project and gladly accepted :) See you on the forums...

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So glad I moved away from Maryland!
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
To the delight of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland decided to tax computer services. Thank you Maryland! We will enjoy the wave of talent you are pushing to our side of the river.

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Congestion is good
Friday, 16 November 2007
According to the Sydney Morning Herald. Why?
Cities, unlike hearts, are not improved by zero congestion. Pretty much the whole of Australia has zero congestion (unless you count the flies). Cities are designed to concentrate - or congest - human energy. They are less about moving through than being there; they thrive on bustle, busy-ness and friction, creative and otherwise.
The article also recognizes the "walkers vs. drivers" false dichotomy:
Think, for example, of the proposal to retime street crossings to give priority to pedestrians. Such ideas have been discussed and squabbled over in Sydney for decades. The killer is that every second given to the pedestrian is a second taken from traffic and, much as we might wish to see "cars" as the opposite of "people", any slowing of traffic will be bemoaned as a worsening of already intolerable "congestion".


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What stairways and sidewalks have in common
Saturday, 10 November 2007
The DC PHP Conference was held this past week at George Washington University, specifically in this building. Our main conference room was on the third floor, but our breakout rooms were split between the first and fourth floors for the first day. While I was walking up to the fourth floor, it suddenly dawned on me that this was a perfect example of what I'm talking about when I say I'm a "sidewalk advocate."

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Sample chapter of Learning Joomla! Extension Development
Tuesday, 06 November 2007
Still debating about buying my book? Try a sample chapter first!

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Joomla! 1.5 components on hold
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
In light of this announcement, I'm going to hold off on doing any more development work on 1.5 versions of my Joomla! extensions. I will look at them again after 1.5 is out of Release Candidate.

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Places people are walking to:

"A bus stop, a ton of restaurants, CVS (though that's a close call), a bar, a computer store, Starbucks, a couple of ethnic grocery stores (Brazilian, Lebanese), maybe a synagogue (though that's probably more like 15), a library (though no sidewalk so its a borderline call), KMart, one used bookstore. The bad news: I have to cross an 8 lane street to get to half this stuff. "

"An all-but-abandoned Verizon office complex. An elementary school. A recreational park. A highway interchange (with two more on the way). If I'm feeling adventurous, a bus stop on the other side of that highway, where I can actually go someplace worth walking to (if, of course, it was close enough)."

"Murky Coffee, several bars, Sliver Diner, a Metro stop, 7-11, post office, sushi, sandwich shops, mattress store, storage, sign shop, falafel shop, thai restaurant, CVS, fire station, car dealers, tanning salon, offices."

"The ocean, a skateboard park, baseball fields, several high schools, restaurants (chinese, japanese, indian, korean, german, greek, polish, italian, russian, deli, vegan), deli stores (italian, polish, russian), bakeries, hairdressers, attorneys, accountants, the best lebanese pastries you've ever eaten outside Lebanon, grocery stores, doughnuts, dollar discount stores, homes, mosques, churches, police stations, fire stations, basketball courts... Of course if I only walked to my skateboard, then we'd have a MUCH longer list."

"grocery store, college, 2 gas stations, Blockbusters, ThatzaPizza, dollar store, a deli,hospital, library"

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A crunchy conservative computer programmer (open-source and paid) facinated by traditional neighborhood design (sidewalks are good, but cars are not bad). Homeschooled all the way through high school, yet decidedly in support of public education. Enjoys cooking at home and eating in unpretentious restaurants. Loves not only having his cake, but also eating it à la mode.
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