From william at knowmad.com Tue Dec 5 11:33:39 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 14:33:39 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] [JOB] Fwd: Web Developer - LAMP - Charlotte, NC Message-ID: <20061205193338.GL14929@knowmad.com> Job offer. ----- Forwarded message from Michelle Coviello ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: Michelle Coviello > Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:58:51 -0500 > Subject: Web Developer - LAMP - Charlotte, NC > Organization: HireNetworks, Inc. > > HELLO! > > I am currently looking for several Web Developers for a growing client in > the South Charlotte area. Are you or anyone you know interested in hearing > more about this position? They are looking for recent experience with PHP, > Perl, and mySQL. If so, please forward me your updated resume in Word and > let me know when you are available to talk. 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If anybody is interested, the job description is here: http://jobs.perl.org/job/5023 Dan Koch -- Daniel Koch dkoch at mm.st From william at knowmad.com Mon Dec 11 17:57:16 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:57:16 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 11 Message-ID: <20061212015715.GA24748@knowmad.com> ----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon ----- > From: Marsee Henon > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:09:39 -0800 > Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 11 > > Hi-- > > Have a great holiday season. Make sure you get your book requests in early > since I'll be out of the office from December 21-January 1-- > returning on January 2. > > If you're going to Macworld make sure you stop by our booth and say hi on > Tuesday, January 9. 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The i18nlog project offers an > annotations-based way to simplify your internationalization tasks and > even allow you to internationalize your logging. John Mazzitelli > explains why this is a good idea. > > > > ***Java Generics and Collections: Evolution, Not Revolution, Part 1 > In this excerpt from "Java Generics and Collections," authors Maurice > Naftalin and Philip Wadler show how to make the switch to Java 5.0 > generics, not by expecting you to flip a switch across your whole code > base, but by having you gradually work generics into your code while > maintaining compatibility. > > > Part 2: > > > --------------------- > Podcasts > --------------------- > ***Web 2.0 Summit Conversations > Audio and video Podcasts from some of the internet industry's leading > thinkers and innovators on the future of Web 2.0. > > > > ***Distributing the Future: Latest Show: Finding Your Voice > We have three pieces this week that hover around the theme of finding > your voice. Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks to John Battelle about the > corporate voice that Google has taken on. Moshe Cohen is a clown who > performs using his voice but no words. In many of his missions, > including Clowns Without Borders USA, he cheers people up but also > leaves them with a deeper lesson. I've also remixed a piece by David > Battino from the Digital Media Insider that looks at how much computer > voices have improved. This is the last episode for 2006. (DTF > 11-27-2006: 25 minutes, 55 seconds) > > > --------------------- > Web > --------------------- > ***Information Architecture 3.0 > At a recent gathering of CIOs, Peter Morville was introduced, not as an > information architect, interaction designer, or librarian, but as a > futurist and so he's decided to make a prediction. > > > > ***Avoiding the 5 Most Common SEO Mistakes > Are your SEO efforts hampered by any of the 5 most common SEO mistakes? > They're not difficult to rectify...once you know what they are. > Johnathon explains them clearly, and shows you how to correct them, in > this hands-on tutorial. > > > > ***Usability for Developers > Old school vs. New School web usability testing. > > > > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee Henon > > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ > ================================================================ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Knowmad Technologies http://www.knowmad.com