Legibility of Type
Arguments and disagreements abound on text legibility. Research in this area is often confusing and contradictory. This is not surprising given the increasing number of ways in which type is published. We have print, kiosks, desktop monitors, signs, and many mobile devices from phones to tablets. In this article, I
How to automatically send your content to social networks
A few months ago I was asked to help manage our company blog. As a busy drupal website developer, I had little time to post all of our new blog content on every social media site. So I decided to automate this so I could spend more time on client
Conference prep for Noobs
When our company is sponsoring a conference, it takes months of work to prepare in regards to finding swag to represent our company, and how we plan on representing ourselves from our conference space. Having a booth that represents the company is no simple task, as it is very important
Avoiding common mistakes – admin menu
The drupal admin menu module is something I use every day. Recently, I ran into a problem with it. I needed to give some users access to some specific menu items, however, no matter what I did, that particular user role could not see the menu items. It only displayed
A Quick Look Back at BADCamp 2014
This year, I was invited to attend BADCamp 2014. No, I know what you are thinking, but this is not a camp for bad web developers. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. BADCamp stands for Bay Area Drupal Camp. This is a four-day, annual event held in the San Francisco
Health & Happiness at Work
The importance of a great office environment is often overlooked. Company health starts with everyone on your team WANTING to come to work. It is ironic that to keep an employee productive and motivated, what they really need is some downtime to chill, relax, and spend a bit of time
