Yahoo! Developer Network - PHP Developer Center - I've been poking through more and more of Yahoo's API, the more I see the more impressed I am with them. I'm just wondering, is this all to undercut Google and MSN? And are folks working out commercial deals with Yahoo to use their data?
A step-by-step guide to CSS. (Something I really want to get better at.)
Being in the IT industry, folks ask me a whole lot of computer questions, the most famous being "How do I get a website?", that question was asked most recently by a friend of Christine's sister. I liked the answer I gave so here it is: I'm a huge believer in blogging now, it's a great way to interject your opinions, build a base, and throw your stuff at them (comics you write, pictures you take, etc, etc). I've noticed that they (blogs) seem to generate a whole lot more traffic that a normal website if you know what your doing. That being in mind, let's go down the blogging route. If your friend is relatively computer illiterate, he or she can visit Blogger or LiveJournal and setup an account. A URL is given to the user and they can begin blogging automagically. I believe you can even tweak the blog a bit to colors/themes etc. Does the person have pictures? For God sake have them use Flickr, you can blog the pictures directly from Flickr quite easily (every picture has an option to "Blog This"). Now let's say your friend is computer literate, then there's a whole world of possibility (sticking with the blogging theme), they can use/install Movable Type, which is the software I use to blog on Monkey King's Domain. Or they can use Wordpress, the software I use for the Rose from the Ashes blog. Both of these are tremendously easy to install (trust me if I can figure it out most people can do it too). Or if that person is REALLY REALLY computer literate they can write their own blogging software (sort of), like what I did for Comic Book Review Machine. Now I won't mention the fact that all of the computer literate options will involve getting hosting somewhere, with PHP/CGI/MySQL access because a computer literate person should either A) know this or B) can figure it out when they can't install the software on their toaster. This should get the person down the right path, but there's still a huge realm of possiblities for what can be done with/to their blog.
"A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece."
Happy Mothers Day! I love you mom!
Updated the Comic Book Review Machine with review listings for Blue Spring and Or Else #2. If you're a comic book reviewer and would like your reviews added to our database (for free!), just email brian.kirsten.bss@gmail.com with your information.
Doing the Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (near Jacksonville) art festival this weekend showing off (and selling) Christine's photography. We've been up way too long this morning setting up.
True Story, Swear to God: This One Goes to Eleven Preview torrent (PDF format) More information on True Story, Swear to God: This One Goes to Eleven here.
Some more PDF torrents (Previews) Last of the Independents More information about Last of the Independents here. Switchblade Honey More information about Switchblade Honey here.
Brian Kirsten is an entrepreneur, software engineer, writer and publisher. He currently owns Brain Scan Studios, a digital media company focused on publishing comic books and graphic novels. He’s recently launched FictFact with his wife, Christine Kirsten.
