I’ve used Noel Jackson’s “Art Direction” Plugin for this type of per post styling. The plugin gives you a nice, clean interface for creating Global & Single Post CSS (and JS) using WP’s Custom Fields. Very elegant.

Example: [HTML used for this post's title]
Making Use <em class="emLarge">of</em> the <span class="postBlock">Art Direction</span> Plugin

Here’s a screenshot of the plugin in action:

"Your current feed reader is full of unread items. You’re hesitant to subscribe to any more feeds because you can’t keep up with your existing subs. Maybe you’ve even abandoned feeds altogether. Fever takes the temperature of your slice of the web and shows you what’s hot."

-excerpt from Shaun Inman’s FeedAFever.com site.

Fever is self hosted (meaning that you download the application and install it on your web server) and Shaun’s automated process for verifying your server’s compatibility is extremely well done. At first I was hesitant to get a web app that I had to host myself? Of course I realized that I already have my own cloud (this site)… why not expand my cloud, begin to rely less on the greater interweb. Not to mention eliminating additional recurring SaaS fees. Maybe soon I will host my own Harvestapp, Basecamp, etc… I’d gladly pay a one-time license fee to host my own application.

I used Fluid fluidapp.com to create a MenuExtra SSB for my easy access to Fever.

Bravo Shaun! I’ll actually be reading my feeds again.

Visit http://feedafever.com for more information.

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You MUST RSVP to this event to gain entry into the Comcast Center via Facebook -or- email via refresh at refreshphilly dot org

Visit us: Refresh Philly – http://refreshphilly.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/refreshphilly
January Event Livestream & chat via: http://www.mogulus.com/refreshphilly

SPEAKERS:
Tom Boutell
Symfony: a Rails-like, agile web development framework for PHP

Web site development takes time. Most developers have heard about the benefits of Ruby on Rails, a development framework famous for its ability to speed the completion of a web site by anticipating common needs and minimizing busywork. But since Rails is written in Ruby rather than a more common language like PHP, Rails requires special programming skills and a separate infrastructure. The Symfony framework offers similar benefits for developers who prefer the popular PHP programming language. This half-hour presentation will focus on the features and benefits of Symfony, including an examination of a web site of local interest developed within the Symfony framework.

Bio:
Tom Boutell is a web developer with P’unk Avenue, a Philly-based design firm with deep community roots. In years past he edited the original WWW FAQ, developed the 1.0 release of RealNetworks’ RealAudio system and coded the “gd” graphics library used to generate graphics on the fly in many web sites. Since joining P’unk he has become an advocate of Symfony, a web application framework for PHP developers that draws inspiration from Ruby on Rails.

Links:
www.symfony-project.org
www.salsadelphia.com
www.punkave.com
www.boutell.com
tom@punkave.com

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Phil Charron and Russ Starke
Experience Design Step 1: Starting on the Right Foot

Gathering all of these great minds to share knowledge and make our city better offers us an excellent opportunity do things the right way, from the beginning – but what does the beginning look like?

Phil and Russ will take you through the Experience Designer’s perspective on some hypothetical issues in our city. They will talk about how to define goals in a way that helps the team focus on solutions that are real and capitalize on the diverse talent and skills in the group.

Bios:
PHIL CHARRON
Phil Charron has been consulting with Fortune 1000 companies in Experience Design, Instructional Technology, Simulation Design, Non-linear Scriptwriting and Media Production since 1993.

Currently, Phil is an Experience Design Director for Think Brownstone and is also an Adjunct Faculty member for Philadelphia University’s Masters of Instructional Technology and Masters of Digital Design Programs.

His projects have won several awards, including the Brandon Hall Awards, New Media Invision Awards, the New York Festivals, HR Executive’s Top 10 Products, Dogfish Head Short Film Competition, and the 48-hour Film Festival.

Phil is also a regular contributor to the ThinkBlog and is one of the founding members of the Philadelphia-based Short Film Collective The After School Specialists.

RUSS STARKE
Russ Starke is an Experience Design Director at Think Brownstone. Originally from Long Island NY, his professional career began in 1997 when he moved to Philadelphia and began consulting in the fields of Instructional Technology, Information Architecture, Multimedia Production, and Project Management.

Russ is also an Adjunct Faculty member for Phladelphia University’s Masters of Instructional Technology Program (Design and Development of Computer Based Instruction I & II) and Masters of Digital Design Program (Digital Audio Production).

He is the audio engineer and on-air talent for the companion podcast to UsedWigs.com, a contributing writer on UsedWigs and on the ThinkBlog, one of the founding partners of the songwriting/music recording collective MATTOWAX, and is the resident composer and sound designer for the Philadelphia-based Short Film Collective The After School Specialists.

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Refresh (http://www.refreshingcities.org) is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.

The Refresh Manifesto:
* Let’s Gather Great Minds
* Let’s Share All Of Our Knowledge
* Let’s All Grow And Learn
* Let’s Promote Local Talent
* Let’s Be More Than We Think Can Be
* Let’s Make Our Cities Better

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I’m like, “touch this tall boy and things will get crazy!”
@barcampphilly is still rocking my socks off. Thx everyone especially @stellargirl and @jtoto. ]]> http://www.mandle.org/wordpress/2008/11/10/touch-my-apres-barcampphilly-pbr-tall-boy-and-you-shall-perish/feed/ 0 http://www.mandle.org/wordpress/2008/11/08/barcampphilly-is-rockin/ http://www.mandle.org/wordpress/2008/11/08/barcampphilly-is-rockin/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:55:29 +0000 Jeremy http://mandle.org/wordpress/?p=357 My sessions @ BarCamp Philly – http://s.barcampphilly.org/

10am – Building & Running www.comcast.net – 40million pageviews/day, CDN, Vendors, Java, AJAX, Python, Ruby, etc. Aaron Held – Comcast Interactive Media – Engineering Director

11am – Coding for the Mobile Web Reed Guston – Delta Angel Design

12pm – Web Standards Kimberly Blessing – http://www.kimberlyblessing.com
Agenda: – link to presentation http://presentations.lawver.net/standards/embrace_web_standards/
http://www.thecircleofstandards.com/about/
Environments education, government, big business, start-up, independent
Problems/Issues devices/browsers, accessibility, company culture, politics, teaching/upgrading   skills, enforcement, tools, testing, timelines, process, when to break values, bottom line,

LUNCH

2pm –   Innovation in Corporations Arpit (ideal) – Aaron H. (reality) both w/ Comcast

3pm – Red Stapler Round Table – An interactive discussion on being more productive and running your business more efficiently Gloria Bell

4pm – Enterprise Mashup Tools – Jackbe’s Presto XML, XPath, Etc. @ekivemark ROOM 1361

"Vibrant lighting communicates whats going on..." so if I'm playing some long Grateful Dead space jam off this external drive will the LED get all trippy?

FreeAgent|Go Is this supposed to look like a docked Apple product? Yes.