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Gallery Sites I've been thinking about things to do with OPML. I've been building Artist Portfolio sites for friends who need a way to show their work. I'm wondering if I could create these sites in OPML. The information is highly structured -- thumbnail image, large image, title, date, medium, etc. If I had a number of sites using an OPML format, I could mix and match pieces from the sites to create something new. Question: Including outlines in outlines. Does it have to be a whole outline, or can it be a section of an outline. Or should outlines be built in small sections and then included in larger outlines. Then the larger outline could be included in an even larger outline, or small outlines could be put together in different ways to create outline mixes. I've got to start playing with this -- and making some screencasts of the stuff that works. Pictures. Gotta Do Pictures So, I haven't really gone beyond text with this blog. I have say I'm getting into this outliner format for blog entries. I usually use Vi and text files -- but I could get used to this. So let's see a picture next to a blog entry. This a painting from my wife's Web site: xcariati.echovar.com. She paints in Gouache on paper, very fine, detailed work. Check out her site. OPML Editor on Mac Glad to hear that Dave bought a Mac. Must have been a weird experience for him. I understand why he has "feelings" about Apple. I think if I developed a scripting language that glued together Mac applications -- and then Apple came out with AppleScript, I'd be kinda annoyed. I guess I might even hold a grudge. I like it because it means that the OPML Editor will get better on the Mac. I use a Mac at home and a PC at work. I prefer Mac -- What I like is that I've got Unix and a Shell plus an nice user interface. Apple has made a living off of limiting the power of the user interface through excellent design. By imposing limitations, they've created an interface that's more usable by more people. But by building it on BSD/Darwin, they've created something that also works great for developers and geeks. So you don't like Safari or iTunes. You don't need to use them. Firefox is great. I listen to podcasts on my Palm T5 with a 1Gig SD card. I can plug it into a PC or a Mac and move podcasts on and off. I have a iPod, but I've been more interested in listening to IT Conversations -- and I tend to do that on my Palm. Once you get past the platform, it's really all about the Web anyway. Screen Movies and OPML Editor So I downloaded a copy of Snapz Pro. Apparently it does screen movies and can accept input from a microphone. Once I figure out how to use it, I'll start making some screencasts as I explore the OPML editor. I really think that screencasts are a great way to provide feedback to software application developers. What better way to document a bug? Show exactly what happened. Explain what you thought was going to happen, and then show what happened on your screen as it happens. Words and text are great, but there's nothing like a movie. I looked around for Mac OS X screen movie programs, but I was very disappointed. This is another area where Mac needs to take the initiative. Microsoft already provides Windows Media Encoder as a free download. Apple doesn't even realize there's such a thing as screencasts yet. |
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