Congrats to Cat! We are so proud of you and can't wait for the art show opening :)
Catherine Larson (better know as Cat in our office) has been accepted into the Revealing Culture exhibition that will take place June 8 through September 30, 2010, at the Smithsonian Institution's International Gallery.
There is an opening reception in the planning stages for Wednesday, June 9, 2010, during the 2010 International VSA Arts Festival.
View the list of exhibiting artists that is now posted online at: www.vsarts.org/revealingculture
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Looking for a great conference call service.... check out freeconference.com
With the increasing popularity of portable notebooks and mobile broadband, your project team members that you need to conference with are as or more likely to be out of the office than in it. Welcome to the virtual team and now a great service to connect everyone on it!
Compare their features: freeconference.com/Services.aspx
Check out their FAQ: freeconference.com/FAQ.aspx
Your Plan B Company has been using this service for a few months now and clients seem to like it! Conference calls for businesses, organizations and individuals. Everyone can call in, be announced and if you want have the call recorded. An online admin area makes setting up the calls really easy and sends out the email announcements, instructions and reminders automatically for you to everyone on the team.
What more can you ask for?
Compare their features: freeconference.com/Services.aspx
Check out their FAQ: freeconference.com/FAQ.aspx
Your Plan B Company has been using this service for a few months now and clients seem to like it! Conference calls for businesses, organizations and individuals. Everyone can call in, be announced and if you want have the call recorded. An online admin area makes setting up the calls really easy and sends out the email announcements, instructions and reminders automatically for you to everyone on the team.
What more can you ask for?
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thank you to Atalee for FOUR great years!
Atalee Judy, our trusty office manager, has decided to move on.
She has accepted a position at Columbia College part time as an instructor for 'Concert Production' class and as a Technical/Teacher Assistant for a 'Media in the Arts' class. This opportunity will provide her work within her field, update her on new technology relevant to her field, and offer the chance to stay connected to the dance community more.
Atalee says "I wanted to truly thank you for all the opportunities & support you have generously offered to me during my part time employment. The past couple of years have been quite a learning experience and I've enjoyed working with YPBCo's successful team dedicated to an easy going atmosphere and friendly services delivered on time."
DavidB, Cat and I all wish Atalee the BEST!
We hope she stops by for lunch (the "Atalee Special" from Roon Petch) as well as keep us current online with her BreakBone.com events. And an additional CONGRATS! on completing the Chicago Marathon this year!
GO Atalee! GO!
She has accepted a position at Columbia College part time as an instructor for 'Concert Production' class and as a Technical/Teacher Assistant for a 'Media in the Arts' class. This opportunity will provide her work within her field, update her on new technology relevant to her field, and offer the chance to stay connected to the dance community more.
Atalee says "I wanted to truly thank you for all the opportunities & support you have generously offered to me during my part time employment. The past couple of years have been quite a learning experience and I've enjoyed working with YPBCo's successful team dedicated to an easy going atmosphere and friendly services delivered on time."
DavidB, Cat and I all wish Atalee the BEST!
We hope she stops by for lunch (the "Atalee Special" from Roon Petch) as well as keep us current online with her BreakBone.com events. And an additional CONGRATS! on completing the Chicago Marathon this year!
GO Atalee! GO!
Monday, October 26, 2009
More Halloween Fun!
Today at Your Plan B Company we watched It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"I gotta rock!"
Watching this television special is one of my favorite Halloween traditions.
What are some of yours?
Some Halloween tradition and history resources:
history.com/content/halloween
wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
halloweenishere.com/history.html
halloweenmagazine.com/history.htm
halloweenhistory.org
jackolanterns.net/traditions.htm
halloween-website.com/customs.htm
everythinghalloween.com/traditions
And in case you need a Charlie Brown fix right this minute, try this from youtube!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Counting Down til Halloween!
Today at Your Plan B Company we carved pumpkins!
see more photos!
Some Halloween resources:
pumpkin-carving.com
pumpkinmasters.com
familyfun.go.com
kids.nationalgeographic.com
zombiepumpkins.com
bhg.com
marthastewart.com
And if you need to carve a pumpkin right this minute, try one online: carveapumpkin.bhg.com
Happy Halloween!
see more photos!
Some Halloween resources:
pumpkin-carving.com
pumpkinmasters.com
familyfun.go.com
kids.nationalgeographic.com
zombiepumpkins.com
bhg.com
marthastewart.com
And if you need to carve a pumpkin right this minute, try one online: carveapumpkin.bhg.com
Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 12, 2009
ASP, JSP, PHP, COLD FUSION, RUBY ON RAILS etc
What do all these acronyms mean?
And does your site need them?
Here's a quick list to help you communicate with your web team:
ASP = Active Server Pages
Also known as Classic ASP or ASP Classic, was Microsoft's first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages.
CFML = Cold Fusion Mark up Language
The pages in a ColdFusion application include the server-side CFML tags in addition to HTML (XHTML) tags. When a browser requests a page in a ColdFusion application, it is automatically pre-processed by the ColdFusion Application Server.
CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
A style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (that is, the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language.
HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for links, quotes, and other items. It allows images and objects to be embedded and can be used to create interactive forms. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of "tags" surrounded by angle brackets within the web page content.
JS or JScript = Javascript
An object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications. It is primarily used in the form of client-side JavaScript, implemented as an integrated component of the web browser, allowing the development of enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites.
JSP = JavaServer Pages
A server side Java technology that allows software developers to create dynamically generated web pages, with HTML, XML, or other document types, in response to a Web client request to a Java Web Application container (server).
PHP = Hypertext Preprocessor
Is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it.
Rails or RoR = Ruby on Rails
An open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. It is intended to be used with an Agile development methodology which is used by web developers for rapid development.
XML = Extensible Markup Language
As of 2009, hundreds of XML-based languages have been developed,[3] including RSS, Atom, SOAP, and XHTML. XML has become the default file format for most office-productivity tools, including Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and Apple's iWork.
There are many more! Google and Wikipedia are great resources for learning what the web terms mean. If you have any questions or want to discuss what might work on your website, please feel free to email me anytime!
And does your site need them?
Here's a quick list to help you communicate with your web team:
ASP = Active Server Pages
Also known as Classic ASP or ASP Classic, was Microsoft's first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages.
CFML = Cold Fusion Mark up Language
The pages in a ColdFusion application include the server-side CFML tags in addition to HTML (XHTML) tags. When a browser requests a page in a ColdFusion application, it is automatically pre-processed by the ColdFusion Application Server.
CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
A style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (that is, the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language.
HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for links, quotes, and other items. It allows images and objects to be embedded and can be used to create interactive forms. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of "tags" surrounded by angle brackets within the web page content.
JS or JScript = Javascript
An object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications. It is primarily used in the form of client-side JavaScript, implemented as an integrated component of the web browser, allowing the development of enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites.
JSP = JavaServer Pages
A server side Java technology that allows software developers to create dynamically generated web pages, with HTML, XML, or other document types, in response to a Web client request to a Java Web Application container (server).
PHP = Hypertext Preprocessor
Is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it.
Rails or RoR = Ruby on Rails
An open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. It is intended to be used with an Agile development methodology which is used by web developers for rapid development.
XML = Extensible Markup Language
As of 2009, hundreds of XML-based languages have been developed,[3] including RSS, Atom, SOAP, and XHTML. XML has become the default file format for most office-productivity tools, including Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and Apple's iWork.
There are many more! Google and Wikipedia are great resources for learning what the web terms mean. If you have any questions or want to discuss what might work on your website, please feel free to email me anytime!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Ways to manage all those passwords?
Looking for a non-electronic way to manage your passwords?
Try an address book and a pencil :) It works great!
Enter the website name alphabetically then include your username, address and date you set up the account. We suggest using a pencil to make your annual password updates easier. Keep the book at your desk and maybe you shouldn't put a label on it saying PASSWORDS ;)
There are many different electronic ways to do this too:
http://keepass.info
http://www.roboform.com
http://www.cp-lab.com
http://www.clipperz.com
http://www.passpack.com/en/home
As always, keep your passwords a good mix of letters and numbers.
Change them often! And DO NOT use your child's names, birthdays or pin numbers. Use different passwords for each online account you access. Keep those passwords difficult for others to guess! For a great resource for safe online activity, visit http://www.staysafeonline.info
Try an address book and a pencil :) It works great!
Enter the website name alphabetically then include your username, address and date you set up the account. We suggest using a pencil to make your annual password updates easier. Keep the book at your desk and maybe you shouldn't put a label on it saying PASSWORDS ;)
There are many different electronic ways to do this too:
http://keepass.info
http://www.roboform.com
http://www.cp-lab.com
http://www.clipperz.com
http://www.passpack.com/en/home
As always, keep your passwords a good mix of letters and numbers.
Change them often! And DO NOT use your child's names, birthdays or pin numbers. Use different passwords for each online account you access. Keep those passwords difficult for others to guess! For a great resource for safe online activity, visit http://www.staysafeonline.info
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