Re: [WebDNA] [OT] hello
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2012
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 108960
interpreted = N
texte = On 2012-04-20, at 11:33 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > The list is quiet so I thought I'd inquire what everyone is doing on = this Friday. >=20 > I am (finally) updating my WebDNA forum (MVC-like-stuff, this decade = CSS/js (responsive web design), etc.) >=20 > I am at a coffee shop surrounded by a freakishly huge number of > middle-aged women which kind of resemble the sounds of a gaggle of = geese. ;-) >=20 > Oh, I'm also ignoring my clients... this is "me time". >=20 > What are you doing? >=20 > Donovan debating to go with my wife and her friend (who shares the same love the = mediation we do) out for a walk and shopping (and to get a break from = work) ... or ... to be responsible and stay focused on the huge code = base I was supposed to have done literally months ago. I bit off more = than I realized when I took the job.. but am so glad because I learned = so much. @Terry Nair, I am such a (what Dan Strong) named "do-it-your-selfer" = that I could not sleep at night knowing so that so much of the code = which I was responsible for was written by someone else's bloat to the = point that I might never know how all it worked... let alone be able to = hack when needed.. to use Joomla. (but don't quote me.. one never = knows ;-) if you have to go PHP, I would use Code Igniter which lays = a solid foundation, but is lean and hackable.. and leaves you with = plenty of elbow room so you can efficiently get in and create just what = you need. Not as fast as a Joomla/WP/Drupal install, no doubt, but = again, I like be up my neck in the code myself. @Terry Wilson, we live in a studio! .. and me all day sitting here on = this computer ;-) It works pretty well.. unless my wife gets on the = phone. She is Russian Jewish and they literally yell at each other just = over idle chat.. let alone any emotional content. I think 15% of the = square footage in this one room is devoted to our 22 house plants. :-) = That is my doing... I would live in the forest if we could afford to = schlepp our parents to come with us. @Donovan, reminded me - just as I was translating a few key templates in = the CMS for the current main client to be responsive, their point person = told me they actually specifically *don't* want the pages to be "mobile = friendly" (they prefer the bird's eye view and zooming, while on = mobile). I asked several other people since then, and I now gather that = sentiment is more popular than all the frenzy to 'keep up' would have us = believe. And thanks @D for the refreshing post :-) Everyone please get some sun = and air and spring. We spent all last sunday in central park (NYC).. = ahhhh my goodness did that feel good. Wife and her friend just left. Before I hunker back down into code, I = think I'll sneak out and buy my favorite local pastry and save it for = dinner... (already had fruit & veggies for the day ;-) . -Govinda
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On 2012-04-20, at 11:33 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > The list is quiet so I thought I'd inquire what everyone is doing on = this Friday. >=20 > I am (finally) updating my WebDNA forum (MVC-like-stuff, this decade = CSS/js (responsive web design), etc.) >=20 > I am at a coffee shop surrounded by a freakishly huge number of > middle-aged women which kind of resemble the sounds of a gaggle of = geese. ;-) >=20 > Oh, I'm also ignoring my clients... this is "me time". >=20 > What are you doing? >=20 > Donovan debating to go with my wife and her friend (who shares the same love the = mediation we do) out for a walk and shopping (and to get a break from = work) ... or ... to be responsible and stay focused on the huge code = base I was supposed to have done literally months ago. I bit off more = than I realized when I took the job.. but am so glad because I learned = so much. @Terry Nair, I am such a (what Dan Strong) named "do-it-your-selfer" = that I could not sleep at night knowing so that so much of the code = which I was responsible for was written by someone else's bloat to the = point that I might never know how all it worked... let alone be able to = hack when needed.. to use Joomla. (but don't quote me.. one never = knows ;-) if you have to go PHP, I would use Code Igniter which lays = a solid foundation, but is lean and hackable.. and leaves you with = plenty of elbow room so you can efficiently get in and create just what = you need. Not as fast as a Joomla/WP/Drupal install, no doubt, but = again, I like be up my neck in the code myself. @Terry Wilson, we live in a studio! .. and me all day sitting here on = this computer ;-) It works pretty well.. unless my wife gets on the = phone. She is Russian Jewish and they literally yell at each other just = over idle chat.. let alone any emotional content. I think 15% of the = square footage in this one room is devoted to our 22 house plants. :-) = That is my doing... I would live in the forest if we could afford to = schlepp our parents to come with us. @Donovan, reminded me - just as I was translating a few key templates in = the CMS for the current main client to be responsive, their point person = told me they actually specifically *don't* want the pages to be "mobile = friendly" (they prefer the bird's eye view and zooming, while on = mobile). I asked several other people since then, and I now gather that = sentiment is more popular than all the frenzy to 'keep up' would have us = believe. And thanks @D for the refreshing post :-) Everyone please get some sun = and air and spring. We spent all last sunday in central park (NYC).. = ahhhh my goodness did that feel good. Wife and her friend just left. Before I hunker back down into code, I = think I'll sneak out and buy my favorite local pastry and save it for = dinner... (already had fruit & veggies for the day ;-) . -Govinda
Govinda
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