Category Archives: Development

More General Information about the OLPC

Posted on December 23, 2007 by John F Croston III

There are a few things that I have noticed over the course of the day using the OLPC, the XO Laptop, or the $100 Laptop. One of the big ones is that if you take it to a coffee shop … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Murky Coffee, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Reading | 4 Comments

Finally My Notes from An Event Apart Chicago 2007

Posted on November 24, 2007 by John F Croston III

Finally got around to finishing up my post about the actual two days at the An Event Apart conference in Chicago on August 27 – 28, 2007. I had  a great time both at the conferenc and at the different gatherings … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, AEA, AEA - Chicago, AEAChicago07, AnEventApart, Best Practices, Branding, Chicago, Content, CSS, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, DOM, DOM Scripting, FORMs, Helpful Tips, IA, Information Architecture, Information Design, Layout, Programming, Search, Search Analytics, UI, Use Error / Advisory Information, User Interface, Web Standards | 1 Comment

Hola Neighbor Makes Washington Post

Posted on November 5, 2007 by John F Croston III

Last weekend (10/26/ – 10/28) I participated with about 50+ other people to make a web application called Hola Neighbor. We came up with an idea on Friday night and worked on it until midnight Sunday into Monday. We had … Continue reading →

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp DC, DC Startup Weekend, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Development, Hola Neighbor, Refresh DC, Startup Weekend, Web Standards | Leave a comment

DC PHP Developers Meeting

Posted on October 11, 2007 by John F Croston III

Last evening I went to the DC PHP Developers meeting. I had originally gone to the DC Tech Events website which is run by Ross M Karchner to check what time Thursday night the The DC Technology Network book group … Continue reading →

Posted in BarCamp DC, DC PHP Developers, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Development, DOM, DOM Scripting, Green Peace, Helpful Tips, jQuery, PHP, Programming, Refresh DC | 1 Comment