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I work in the child care industry. and we did a newsletter with Comic Sans body text for several years, it was a very friendly font to use, also quite readable. Our clients liked i…

The ones I've found that are good starting points: Stylin' with CSS by Charles Wyke-Smith - its mainly a (good) CSS book but gives enough hints at good design so you don't go overb…

I find dokuwiki to be a great wiki - does not need a database if you don't want one. Stores data as text files and images, so easy to look at source data. The access system is nice…

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Yeah I looked, and they even have versions for Windows Mac and Linux. Once they add in mobile support they have it pretty well covered for all platforms. I don't think facebook/sky…

Could do lookup tables like the old CADET system did. http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/IBM+16... In some situations you may be data rich but function poor. Lik…

Programming PHP - O'Rielly its not the cutting edge book (2006), but it is by PHP founders and a good ground-start to get a feel for the language and what the commands can do. I le…

In case its a case of not 'getting' bitmap editing... You might consider a vector editor - like Illustrator or Inkscape. Works more like a programmer's mind; where you need to twea…

Think of errors I had probably missed before I started compilation. Just about any long process I think of the stuff I forgot to check before I initiated it. :-D Other than that I …

Go to just about any programming language tutorial site, you will most likely see bad code.

Here are some nerdy ones: "BBS: The Documentary" and "Get Lamp" by Jason Scott are a couple great hacker docs, about BBSs and Interactive Fiction Games (though I would have to say …

From my perspective it seems like Apple dropped FCP and is using the iMovie codebase. I don't think it is a matter of dropping Ancient technology more one of cutting production cos…

Here are a few glimpses from my perspective of a long-time techie at an NPO. Many NPOs can't afford having their staff "surf the net all the time." Those that have the most opportu…

Yep, on the California Tax form - called the Use Tax. I go through my eBay/Amazon/etc stuff and work up a total. I like having stuff like libraries and roads without potholes.

I think a lot of it is short development times and/or lack of code maintenance.

Programming is people coding upon the shoulders of others... or once the magician does his trick the trick changes from "impossible" to "there's a way to do it". Also some language…

17? Take it from us old fogies - the older you get the more responsibilities you will have. You won't have the freedom to go to school and mingle as you do now. I'm not going to sa…

Ticket Sales - http://www.eventbrite.com is doing similar, might want to see how they stack up to your ideas before going that route.

Definitely wasn't a laptop - back then the big thing was "Portable", no one considered doing stuff on the go. Once we got to the TRS-80 Model 100 (and its relatives) a couple years…

Learn what you need to get stuff done. Depending on what you are planning to develop and how you wish to approach it is how you choose the language(s).

ohhh, I just looked up the font, that is a challenge... Don't call it a design issue, call it a technical or usability issue, show "technically" this font would not be good, see ho…

ohhh, I just looked up the font, that is a challenge... Don't call it a design issue, call it a technical or usability issue, show "technically" this font would not be good, see ho…

Nice try. The hardware and software is largely pain free. You install it it works, you upgrade it it works, you do work, it works. Though as a techie supporting Macs at work for ov…

If you know what languages/skills you are looking for... http://www.amazon.com read the reviews. Second only to an actual bookstore where I can flip through the books and see if th…

Code like a programmer, design like someone who will use it. The best approach is if you can get some test data, in order to directly experience using the system. If the user enter…