Fox Valley Computing Professionals

Kurt Cagle posted a great entry on his blog on O'Reilly titled "Getting Started With Drupal". I've not read the entire thing yet, but it looks to be incredibly comprehensive and his advice seems to be in line with some of the stuff Bob has presented in his previous Drupal presentations.

Just some bits and pieces I've come across this week.

Twuffer

Twuffer is a Twitter buffer. Say that 5 times fast! Twuffer allows the Twitter user to compose a list of future tweets, and schedule their release. Good for post dated scheduled content.

http://twuffer.com/

Hey everybody,

Great night last night...thanks!

Here is that CURL code I talked about:

Just about done...still fixing a few things but for the most part looking pretty good.

One issue we were working on was the cafepress images. You have to go to the cafepress site, copy the images and bring them to your site.

What a pain.

I was talking with some people at the PHP meetup and mentioned using a 3rd party zip code locator and zip code database. for a freelance project some time ago.

Typically on Fridays, when I have time, I try to do a bit of online research and perusal to see what's new out there in Web/PHP land. I discovered two new (well, to me anyhow) items that I found interesting.

Last night (June 14th) we had a great turnout at meet-up. with 14 signed up and 13 people showed.

Kathleen Coughlin, a recruiter from Lyons Consulting, joined us to tell us about their operation and talk about what they are seeing as trends in the marketplace.

Ron Pringle, webmaster from the City of Aurora, and Tom Rogers from Northwestern University College of Anesthesiology teamed up for a presentation on SimpleXML and the potential of how XML can be used in critical systems. The results of their XML Show demonstrates the value of professionals getting together to learn from one another. As Tom put it... Ron's excellent presentation of SimpleXML provided just the right catalyst to get him started in developing some very valuable applications for Northwestern Hospital.

Very Impressive!! Please leave your comments and any Ideas for Future Meetings!

Over a number of years, the clinical systems group at Northwestern University, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology has developed a unique home-grown PHP development framework for their custom support systems at the department.For this presentation, Tom Rogers and a colleague will present an overview of their environment and approach and demonstrate how they use their unique tools. We are all sure to learn some creative approaches and Tom hopes to gain some ideas and suggestions as a result of their overview.Believe it or not this is just the first hour of the evening. A couple of other options are being discussed for the second half. Details and Location can be seen at : http://internetpro.meetup.com/19/calendar/7314814/