Dallas Ray Smetter, M.Ed.

I found this slick code on Adobe Labs… http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/utils/query2xml.html

I’m no designer, I am a coder.

We rely on guys like Matthew James Taylor (http://matthewjamestaylor.com/) to build the kinds of layouts that he does.

Please know that I base my web-based software on his “Holy Grail” system which can be perused at http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/ultimate-2-column-left-menu-pixels.htm

I salute you Matthew!

• http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/08/emerging-mobile-technologies-for-k-12.html
• http://richard.milewski.org/archives/275
• http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2009/06/29/04neccmobile.h02.html
• http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2009/01/09/04mobile.h02.html

Denver is mighty cold.

Time and time again, I find myself in a situation where a client gives me a spreadsheet and wants that data to become part of their MySQL-based app. Well here’s a sweet suite that does just that. Tough to find but extremely useful.

http://www.sqldbu.com/eng/sections/tips/mysqlimport.html

Apparently the default boot camp install doesn’t supply drivers for Windows 7. Anyone know where to get them?

During the initial build of “InsMat Tracker” I quickly realized that to compete we must offer barcode scanning capabilities (this app is a K-12 Textbook and Instructional Materials Tracker). I don’t mind using either an open-source project or a commerical library… just so long as it is lean and simple. Doing a quick Goog, I found two that I will be testing shortly. If you know of others, please send them my way.

• http://www.ashberg.de/php-barcode/
• http://www.barcodephp.com/

My friend just left our house, and while he was here he turned me on to the development of a new app. We will start planning an iPhone app that allows high school football scouts to track everything they see from competitors. Stay tuned.

Thanks for visiting my blog. I plan to make frequent posts about projects I am working on and sharing links to my favorite programming sites. Let’s get started by checking out this fantastic framework for developing web apps for the glorious iPhone. It’s called iWebKit and I have been using it for a couple of months now with great success.