From Keyvan Nayyari and Janko to Mads Kristensen and now to me comes a challenge to tell how I got into programming… How old were you when you started programming?Continue readingProgramming History

Dallas Seminary has been doing video-based online education for about 5 years now. One of the initial goals was to replicate the classroom teaching experience as much as possible byContinue readingOnline Education Player Design Considerations

While working with some book data, I needed to merge the old ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 data. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any C# code to do the conversion. Search for "ISBNContinue readingISBN Functions in C# (ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 Conversion)

For the last few years, my web team has used a projector to collaborate on web projects. We use it for going through our weekly work items, demoing designs, doingContinue readingThe Best Way to Demo Websites for Clients

Note: This blog is usually fairly technical, dealing with ASP.NET, Flash, and JavaScript code samples, but this is a brief deviation into the broader world of the web as aContinue readingWeb Marketing using Facebook Ads and Video for Dallas Seminary

What it Does You write some basic markup and include a JavaScript file and some code which replaces normal text with a .NET generated image: <style type="text/css"> h2 { color:Continue readingDynamic Text Replacement with JavaScript and C# ASP.NET

Just a little genetics (my college major) humor written in C# 3.0 syntax (with overloaded operators and an implicitely typed local var) to announce that we're going to be parentsContinue readingvar baby = john.Meiosis() + amber.Meiosis();

Since Microsoft and Apple finally decided to allow/license versions of Flash Lite 3.0 for their mobile devices (Windows Mobile and iPhone), I created an initial build of a mobile siteContinue readingDallas Seminary Mobile Site

There is a huge need for upside down text on the web. With everyone "going mobile," developers cannot simply rely on users having their screens oriented the same way allContinue readingTotally Unobtrusive (and totally awesome) Upside Down Text

Last week, I visited Cancun with my in-laws and had a chance to see the ruins at Chichen Itza. I took a series of photos and made them into aContinue readingQTVR like Panoramas of Chichen Itza made in Flash with Papervision3D