Grasping XML A great resource for XML and XSLT tutorials can be found at: http://www.xfront.com/ A Gentle Introduction to XSLT through HTML Templates can be found in the collection here.

Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status. XSLT is one of the most exciting technologies to come out of the XML family. Unfortunately, its incredible power and associated complexity can be overwhelming to new users preventing many from experimenting with it or causing them to quickly give up in disgust. In fact, unless the method of teaching…

Beyond Success “As we communicate the vision we have for others and the expectations we hold for them, we create an almost magnetic pull that draws them in the direction of those expectations.” — An excerpt from, “Beyond Success” by Brian D. Biro. The 15 Secrets to Effective Leadership and Life based on legendary Coach…

Welcome Mr. Finklea!! Everyone, please give Ben Finklea, the latest Radio user, a hardy “Bienvenidos!” and welcome him to the world of blogging. Please visit his blog located at www.finklea.com.

PHP is Good Some excellent reviews of PHPCon from Jeremy Zawodny. I have posted a few favorites in my Technology category. – andy

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo…

Making the case for PHP at Yahoo. Running a high-performance dynamic website is a daunting task. The short development cycles needed to stay ahead of the competition demand a web-centric scripting language that is easy to maintain and update. We'll explore a case study of one company (Yahoo!) that is making the transition to PHP…

PHPCon 2002: Closing Keynote — Dirk Elemendorf on Rackspace and PHP. The conference was closed by Dirk, one of the founders of Rackspace discussing the critical role that PHP played in getting Rackspace off the ground. He focused on PHP's integration, quick development times, and flexibility. He then threw us a… [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]

PHPCon 2002: Introduction to XSLT with PHP. On Friday morning, I sat in on Stephan Schmidt's “Introduction to XSLT with PHP” presentation. What I found interesting here was not how XSLT works (I already knew that) but the two things I learned. First, I finally got a… [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]

Chimera Update Well, it has been a fairly successful week of browsing. I'm happy to report a few key findings. 1. Chimera just plain works. 2. Chimera is what Mozilla wished it could be. 3. IE is finally out of here, well kinda. Let me 'splain. One thing I have realized is that NO browser…