I recently posted an image of some shelves I built on instagram, and there was enough interest I though I would post a how to and the files in case anyone wants to make their own. These shelves require only a short screw or two into the bottom of your cabinet where it will not show, […]
My families ask for a gift list each year and this year especially I’m having a hard time coming up with things. So I wrote this, and we’ll see how it goes. I’m posting here as a possible model for others who really aren’t into receiving gifts. In the past I’ve met resistance because “there will […]
I couldn’t find an easy explanation for exporting Evernote notes (not attachments) into Google Drive, so I’m writing up the process I used. This is pretty quick and dirty and isn’t perfect, but worked for what I needed. 1: export evernote files You need the desktop app for this. I went notebook by notebook (I […]
(If this looks familiar, it’s because I posted a similar post the last time we hired) I head up the tech team at the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, and we are hiring a full time programmer. This programmer will work on a bunch of exciting projects like the ones listed on our […]
Geoff and I attended the #MakerMonday event, part of Lincoln Startup Week. It was a great event, with talks by Marc Kornbluh, Lincoln Hot Glass Studios & High Volume Oxygen; Vishal Sing, Quantified Ag; Jennifer Rosenblatt, Argyle Octopus & MusicSpoke; and Chris Hughes, Artifact Bag Co. The day started with self guided tours of Nebraska Innovation Studio. One statement […]
As you may have gathered from my so called “brief notes” on the Artifact Conference there was a lot to take in. This was my first conference entirely devoted to front end web design, here are my thoughts on the experience on the whole. The conference was a pretty good value overall. I got the […]
Below are my sketchy notes of things I wanted to remember from Artifact Conference, which I just attended in Austin Texas. Beware: these are barely proofread and are mostly for myself. Welcome to Artifact Jennifer Robbins Then and now: silos -> integrated teams wireframes -> early prototypes collection of pages -> system of components photoshop […]
I wasn’t going to write about this because, honestly, I don’t want to get in the middle of a flame war but I do think it is important so here I go anyway. Recently I was contacted by a reporter for the Omaha World Herald for an article about the lack of women presenters at […]
At work we have recently been researching various web frameworks to replace our aging cocoon/SOLR solution for the majority of our websites. Cocoon has served us well for our TEI based websites, but it is getting in the way of implementing newer features. I’ll have more on the research part of this later, but in […]
There has been a lot of discussion lately about women in tech groups. To start with, a quick roundup: Rebecca Stavick’s Post Ladies only? No thanks and the follow-up OMG. Someone read my blog. Coral Sheldon-Hess’s followup In defense of Women in Tech (WiT) groups which was then cross posted on geekfeminism.org. This post links to […]