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Footnotes plugin for WordPress released  

I just released a new plugin for WordPress for adding footnotes (well, endnotes really) to posts. You can check it out and download it from here: Footnotes Plugin. Also, I’ve written a couple of other plugins you may be interested in.

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About the Technical Reviewer  

Received my copy today of the Pro Web 2.0 Mashups book I did the technical review for. Always neat to see something you’ve worked on become real. Also, I hate writing bios like this.

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Pro Web 2.0 Mashups  

I just finished technical review on a new book due out next month from Apress called Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services. (A technical reviewer basically just makes sure all of the examples work and that the technical stuff the author writes is correct and provides evaluations of the text from a [...]

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Bye bye Script.aculo.us, hello MooTools  

I’ve just finished swapping out the Javascript library used on BigHugeLabs.com from Prototype/Script.aculo.us (P+S) to MooTools and I thought I’d share my reasons as well as my impressions for the benefit of any other developers thinking of following a similar path.

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Dear Rookie Web Developer  

Dear Rookie Web Developer,
I had the task recently of taking over a project from a group of developers (who shall remain nameless) who were unable to finish it. When I saw what they had written, I could see why. The project had clearly been assigned to inexperienced, junior-level developers who did not have the guidance [...]

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