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"... As to whether modules are a good idea for someone who doesn't like modules... obviously no. For someone like you, you're pretty better off with a blog or a custom site."
--Seth Godin in Squidoo Says My Lens Needs Improving
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
I'm shutting down my Squidoo operations.
That doesn't mean I'm deleting all my lenses and going away mad. It's just that Squidoo isn't meeting my current -- much less my future -- needs as a web platform, and I need to move on.
I'll be "finishing" whatever is half-baked, adding internal links, refining tags, maybe even adding some new content, but ultimately the goal is to get things into "complete" snapshot order and quit wasting my time on a platform run by cut-throat marketers for cut-throat marketers.
Squdoo Advantages
Squidoo has some pretty good features. It "pings" some of the standard RSS indices like a blog and that reduces the latency between the time you write something and the time it is actually seen by an audience. That's something I will need to replicate.
Squidoo also allows you to embed RSS content in an XHTML document, which is the reason I've stuck with it as long as I have. Of course, Bitty Browser will accomplish much the same effect, as will XSLT with a bit more hacking."
Why Switch?
None of this is easy, so why bother? I've written quite a bit about Squidoo's faults and shortcomings to no avail, and I won't belabor those points here, but it all comes down to a lack of control over one's own content.
You can't build an application that is an improvement over Amazon.com's reasonably competent search function in a nest of spammers.
The Bookshelf
I'm going to need to fill in some blanks in my own programming skills to get "The Next Whole Ed Catalog" off the ground, so I might as well make my notes and impressions about the relevent books public. Might even sell a couple ...
JavaScript
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
My 3rd edition copy is pretty beat up, and I got along without the 4th, so it's time.
Amazon Price: $31.49 (as of 07/19/2008)
AWS
Up to date information on Amazon Web Services is available online, so who needs a book? Maybe nobody, but I want to look for some new ideas while things are still in the planning stages rather than retrofit them into an existing implementation.
Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API
This book's material on building advanced amazon searches is excellent ...for Amazon "newbies." Otherwise, it's a little obvious. It's also Microsoft-oriented (Visual everything, but little or no Perl)
Amazon Price: $26.99 (as of 07/19/2008)
The Web Developer's Guide To Amazon E-Commerce Service: Developing Web Applications Using Amazon Web Services And PHP
Seems pretty good. Assumes beginning XML and intermediate PHP.
Amazon Price: $13.50 (as of 07/19/2008)
Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services
What's involved in overall interactive site design without much of the implementation "nuts and bolts." Assumes knowledge of PHP. You can probably do better.
Amazon Price: $32.99 (as of 07/19/2008)
Professional Web APIs with PHP: eBay, Google, Paypal, Amazon, FedEx plus Web Feeds
Remote shopping carts, etc. Not the direction I'm heading, but interesting ... maybe.
Amazon Price: $26.39 (as of 07/19/2008)
Google, Amazon, and Beyond: Creating and Consuming Web Services
If you can stomach Java ("write once, run screaming") and JSP, this may be the one for you. At least its not ASP or .NET
Amazon Price: $35.99 (as of 07/19/2008)
Integration
Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition)
This one's high on my list. Integrating XHTML, CSS, & Javascript
Amazon Price: $31.49 (as of 07/19/2008)
Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together
Intended as a walk-through for setting up your own server (which involves a lot of pitfalls, bandwith being the deal-breaker) Nonetheless, here's a detailed treatment of what's involved even if you are using a hosted server.
Amazon Price: $23.09 (as of 07/19/2008)
Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS
XHTML is a subset of XML, CSS is the forerunner of XSL & XSLT. Those are the interesting technologies. This book shows how to present them in "Web 1.0"
Amazon Price: $26.39 (as of 07/19/2008)
XML
XSL & XSLT
Be sure you're talking XSLT 2.0
XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer)
Gotta start somewhere
Amazon Price: $26.39 (as of 07/19/2008)
XSLT and XPath On The Edge, Unlimited Edition
Amazon Price: $33.10 (as of 07/19/2008)
Learning XSLT
Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 07/19/2008)
XML: Your visual blueprint for building expert websites with XML, CSS, XHTML, and XSLT (Visual Blueprint)
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 07/19/2008)
Professional Xsl (Programmer to Programmer)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/19/2008)
More XSLT
XSLT Developer's Guide
Amazon Price: $49.99 (as of 07/19/2008)
XSLT Accelerated
Amazon Price: $65.00 (as of 07/19/2008)
XSLT: Professional Developer's Guide (With CD-ROM)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/19/2008)
Schaum's Easy Outline of XML
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 07/19/2008)
New Amazon Standard
The Semantic Web: A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management
Amazon Price: $23.30 (as of 07/19/2008)
Web Standards Design Guide (Internet Series)
Amazon Price: $41.95 (as of 07/19/2008)
Topic Maps: Semantische Suche im Internet (Xpert.press)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/19/2008)
The Semantic Web: Crafting Infrastructure for Agency
Amazon Price: $86.50 (as of 07/19/2008)
PHP & MySQL
Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)
Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 07/19/2008)
PHP Phrasebook (Developer's Library)
Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 07/19/2008)
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