Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Another weekend just flew by! While I was working on the classroom site this weekend I found a few resources that I thought you might find useful:
Active Meter – tracks web site visitor statistics. There is a free, invisible version of this statistical service and you can track multiple sites. This service is very similar to [...]

As I’ve mentioned in class, I’m working on recruiting more students for the program. I’ve posted ads at Craigslist, Contra Costa Times Online, Backpage, SF Guardian, Bay Area Classifieds, and SFGate. I have not received the overwhelming response that I had hoped for, but it’s still early in the game.
I got to thinking about Google Maps and the [...]

Yesterday I mentioned that Rachel Andrew has a new book available at SitePoint titled Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8. I just wanted to let you all know that you can download a sample chapter of this book at SitePoint, it’s 130+ pages. Please don’t print this in class; if you [...]

A List Apart (ALA) has a new article, CSS Swag: Multi-Column Lists, that discusses how to create multiple column ordered and unordered lists. A List Apart also has another new article, Introducing the CSS3 Multi-Column Module. I would recommend this article to students who have experimented with CSS columns and who are interested in what future [...]

The Essential Web-Dev-Bookmarks have been updated. This is a terrific resource for everyone!
If you are using Firefox a lot, you may find this list of Firefox shortcut keys useful.
Ever feel overwhelmed by email? Michael Angier’s article Top Ten Ways to Handle Email Overload may help.
How Google Works – an easy to understand overview of how [...]

Ok, the potluck food was scrumptious! I hope that you all will post your recipes in the comments below and I will add them to the recipe blog so that we can all enjoy the wonderful dishes at home. The recipe blog is here http://www.tinkertech.net/recipes/.
Not to be outdone by Google, Yahoo launches Instant Search which [...]

ResumeWiki – Post your resume for peer review and editing. What a terrific idea!
Practical PHP Programming – This is a free online PHP book. It looks great, but you will need to read it online since there is now download/print version of the book.
StealDeals – Technology deals on the Internet.
CSS Hacks @ CSS Discuss – “CSS [...]

Remember, no class on Friday, 09/09/05. Enjoy the long weekend! It might be a perfect day to get out and do some photography or play some golf.
Lifehacker has an article on setting up your own home web server. I haven’t tried this out yet, but it looks easy to follow.
Seth Godin is offering a free [...]

Rob and I are feeling settled in our new home, but we’re exhausted. We still have a few things to finish up at the old house (yard work, etc.) and I have some boxes in this gargare to empty, but otherwise we’re done. Eventually, we want to do some painting and I will put up some photos/artwork on [...]

How To Be Productive Working From Home – great tips to be more productive when you’re working from home. About Going Solo is also important to read if you plan to start your own web business.
Google Maps EZ – would you like to add Google Maps to your site, but you don’t know how? Try Google [...]