http://hybridminded.com Technology and Creativity Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:43:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Magento officially announced the production release of Magento 1.0. A longtime osCommerce integrator, I have been waiting for this day for quite some time. I can’t wait to use Magento in production! Just a few features I am excited about: Manage multiple stores under one global installation Dataflow system for incoming/outgoing data ... http://hybridminded.com/2008/03/31/a-great-day-for-open-source-ecommerce/ I am always on the search for like-minded “Hybrid Minded” individuals. One such individual is John Maeda, an amazing designer/programmer with a focus on simplicity. This presentation is both informative and hilarious. John Maeda is a professor at MIT, read more about simplicity at his blog. http://hybridminded.com/2008/03/11/john-maeda-on-simplicity/ I am excited to announce the launch of my new personal website. I am unsure of why I decided to attack this project due to my current life load being so heavy; however, I have had this concept floating around in my head for some time and had to do ... http://hybridminded.com/2008/03/08/fresh-off-the-presses/ For the longest time I have searched for a suitable framework for rapid development that could scale easily. About 1.5 years ago I sat down and wrote my own. My goal was for it to have a small foot print, use MVC architecture, be module, allow for easy template management ... http://hybridminded.com/2008/02/29/five-days-of-code-igniting/ The mockup period during a project is very important. This is the time in which all of the ideas originally discussed during initial planning (which should have been turned into a brief) will be incorporated into either design or call to action documentation. During this time interaction design, usability and ... http://hybridminded.com/2007/11/08/planning-mockups-and-the-lack-thereof/ About three weeks ago I started work on a “pro bono” project for my Alma Mater. Once I produced the mockup I decided this would be a good opportunity to integrate with a different framework. To save time, money and provide a quality product I was on the hunt for ... http://hybridminded.com/2007/10/24/falling-in-love-with-drupal/ Most modern browsers support PNG transparency quite nicely (IE 7 still has problems). There has been a large migration to Internet Explorer 7; however, there is still a large amount of people using IE 6. I still get about 30% of IE 6 users. Depending on the purpose of the site, ... http://hybridminded.com/2007/10/12/dealing-with-ie-55-when-using-png-transparency/ No one enjoys software problems and there is an approach to computing that will significantly reduce problems or downright eliminate them. It revolves around a product by Faronics called Deep Freeze; however, the concept can hold true using other preservation software. There are several benefits to this approach: Your operating system, ... http://hybridminded.com/2007/09/27/productivity-through-software-preservation/ I am very excited about the Orlando technical community coming together for BarCamp on September 23, 2007. For people not familiar with BarCamp, check it out at www.barcamporlando.com. There are still seats available and it is free (bring some canned goods to support Second Harvest). I am looking forward to ... http://hybridminded.com/2007/09/21/pumped-up-for-barcamporlando/ Work started on this site sometime in November of 2006, lasted for a few hours and needless to say, nothing happened for sometime after that. About a month ago I decided to go ahead and finish what I had started. The purpose of this blog is to; perhaps, help others by ... http://hybridminded.com/2007/09/11/everything-has-a-purpose/