Author: fioritto

ZenTrack project management software. [1].

ZenTrack project management software.. Scottish lass seeks… Zen and the art of Project Management. Just installed the ZenTrack PHP Project Management software for Quine development. I liked the sound of the Perl Request Tracker package but I don’t have a mod_perl set up to try it.    Always looking for useful PM tools, especially software PM tools. Does ZenTrack produce RSS feeds…

Book Excerpt: Professional PHP4 XML…

Book Excerpt: Professional PHP4 XML. Join us for a cappuccino on the corner of PHP and XML, the intersection for two of the busiest streets in the Web developer community. We begin with PHP4 transformation techniques using XSLT or SAX–or, “How to make your XML look the way you want it to.” From Wrox Press. 0812 [XML News by CodingTheWeb.com]

Semantic CMS [1]. Victor Lombardi,…

Semantic CMS. Victor Lombardi, of Noise Between Stations fame, give us Smarter Content Publishing: Building a semantic website to increase the efficiency and usability of publishing systems in this month’s IA-themed Digital Web Magazine. [ia/ – news for information architects]

Tufte Envisions Projects. [1].

Tufte Envisions Projects.. Is the generic GANTT chart useful? Edward Tufte explores visualization of the project diagram. One challenge is the medium. Computer screens don’t have the resolution to see both the macro and the micro.  Printers spread the project over dozens or hundreds of pages. HP DesignJet plotters are in my project toolbox, they work. In the comment thread, Robert…

myOnlineLife [1].

myOnlineLife. Wow – while I was on vacation, I missed the release of myRadio. “This Tool extends the Radio Userland aggregator from rss to any networked data (xml, html, soap, personalized services, etc), and any layout. It is exceedingly simple for developers to add functionality to the framework. The GUI (screenshot) is reminiscent of My Yahoo! and other server based…