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After downloaded the latest version of Hibernate, Spring and Acegi Security, configuring the long list of XML configurations, just about to start working on the next enhancement for BookJetty; I decided to make a U-turn to re-code BookJetty from scratch again using Ruby On Rails (RoR).
I it is crazy, and it sounds like a lot more work, but my developer instinct assured me, …
The plan for the New BookJetty was to bring social elements to BookJetty and to build a platform for more book-related applications to be implemented in the future.It was a daunting task from the beginning, considering there were so many things to do with very limited resources. With myself taking all roles as the designer, ...
Can’t resist to participate in Designer Wallpaper, started by John Hicks.
It is hard to define definitive guidelines.
A bookmark design done recently for Indonesian Professional Association (IPA) speech club. The speech club is modelled after Toastermasters club, except that it is less formal and more fun.
The bookmarks are given as awards to encourage best speakers voted on each session. The design aims to represent the characteristics of the club, vibrant and fun. White background meant to …
I have long yearned for BookJetty to support rating and review features, and finally last night, after days of late-night sleeps, I finally got them out, and here are some highlights of BookJetty new features:AJAX-Based 5-star ratingI was considering between digg-style rating, 4-star rating and 5-star rating. But after weighing the pros and cons; for ...
I usually have a long list of books that I wanted to read, and I categorised them in different categories, such as technical, photography, design, fiction, and etc. And I also keep track of books that I have read so I will be able to know if I have read too many or too few books on some topics.
Currently I am maintaining the list in an excel sheet, and I find it pretty …
I have finally jumped into the bandwagon of Objective-C development with XCode, out of curiousity to develop an iPhone application. And the first thing that I usually did when playing with a new IDE or editor is to learn the shorcuts.And thanks to Colin Wheeler for the cheat-sheet:http://cocoasamurai.blogspot.com/2008/02/complete-xcode-keyboard-shortcut-list.htmlThe …
Since Prof. Schubert Foo mentioned about BookJetty in VALA conference, there have been quite a number of requests from BookJetty users and librarians to link up their libraries with BookJetty.And BookJetty welcomes the 10 most recent libraries that BookJetty links up with:AustraliaCity of Boroondara Library Corangamite Regional Library
My first encounter with Singapore National Stadium was about 4 years ago. I was there to visit the stadium’s gym, I heard it was cheap and good, $2.50 per entry. I had given up signing for gym membership, as I always ended up donating my membership fees after the third month.I had heard a lot about the stadium, read it on paper, seen it on TV, and I never missed …
Apple Worlwide Developers Conference 2007 has passed for almost two months by now, and all the huzz and buzz of iPhone has started to calm down.But, time-travelling to about a month ago, the day when I met Joe Goh, one of the very few Mac developers we have in Singapore. It was over a-cup-of-coffee talk, ...
There has been a lot of buzz about un-conferences lately with the events organised by Barcamp and Enterpreneur 27. But for this month, the event gets slightly bigger, it’s back to a conference style, called Nexus 2007, organised by Digital Movement. If you have heard of Barcamp and Entrepreneur 27, you probably should have heard about Digital Movement, if you are not, …
Hacheette Book Group is back with its free books giveaway on BookJetty. Halloween is around the corner, so it’s getting spooky this time with these collection of books.And all are yours for free you are a BookJetty member (sign up as one if you are not) and put at least one book on your bookshelf ...
Not long ago,I made a life changing decision, I stopped using Windows and got myself a Mac Book Pro.Since then life has never been the same again, soon everything else seem to look beautiful. And I’m with my Mac wherever I go. With Mac, it’s like eating vitamins, you get stronger each day, I find ...
Image rollover is the classic effect that we all have been playing for ages when designing a website. And we use it often to rollover image tabs or menus.It started with the traditional lengthy Javascript codes that preload the rollover images, and and setting the onmouseout and onmouseover events for each of the link involved. <script text="type/javascript"> // …
I have a very good client, about two weeks ago, he messaged me using MSN Messenger:[nickname]: http://www.jamboree-invite.com/[nickname]: time 2 get funding!When I received the first message, I thought he sent to the wrong person, first ‘Jamboree’, is the word that I last heard in my high school, it is some kind of gathering held once in a while for the scouts …
When I planned to migrate BookJetty from Java to Ruby On Rails (RoR), I looked around for a ruby library to access Amazon E-commerce services (ECS).
The first library I found was Ruby/Amaz …
A bookmark design I have just completed recently for Indonesian Professional Association (IPA) speech club. The speech club is modelled after Toastermasters club, except that it is less formal and more fun.
The bookmarks are given as awards to encourage best speakers voted on each session. The design aims to represent the characteristics of the club, vibrant and fun, after …
I love Ajax.InPlaceEditor, cause it allows me quickly edit a field by just clicking on the text value. If you have used Flickr, I am pretty sure you know what I meant.It is easy to create an an in-place-editor if you are using Ruby On Rails (RoR). # Controller class BlogController < ApplicationController in_place_edit_for :post, :title end # View <%= …
Two days ago, I was tagged by Design Sojourn with a meme, because he would like to dig out some my dark secrets I have in my life. And here you are eight things you probably don’t know about me:For once, when I was in high school, I thought I was going to die, I ...
Today, I have just completed my second Ruby On Rails project, after BookJetty, it was a proposal submission, review and project collaboration system, which behaves very much like Basecamp, focussing on simplicity and interface design user-friendliness.We thought of doing something different initially, a more conservative approach, but since I was using Basecamp to monitor the …
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