Beyond the Smart Grid
1300-word article for Association for Computing Machinery.
Feature story about sensors to monitor energy consumption and other environmental data in residences. (Published in Communications of the ACM.)...
Guide to Large-scale Publishing with Drupal
10000-word corporate asset/white paper for Mediacurrent, Phase2 Technology.
White paper that explores Drupal as an online publishing system for newspapers and magazines....
ACM China Nearing Launch
600-word article for Association for Computing Machinery.
News story about the Association for Computing Machinery's expansion into China. (Published in Communications of the ACM.)...
Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide
50000-word book for Peachpit Press.
A how-to book for Drupal beginners. I started writing it in 2009, then shelved it, then revised extensively in late 2010 as the pre-release software…...
Save My Home: 10 Steps to Avoiding Foreclosure
40000-word book for Kaplan Publishing.
Commissioned book, completed in 30 days and published without revisions (beyond minor copyediting)....
Drupal 6 Essential Training
412-minute dvd/online/presentation for lynda.com.
(Retired by LinkedIn Learning — no longer available.) In almost seven hours of video instruction, Drupal 6 Essential Training (originally titled "Drupal Essential Training") covers…...
Drupal 6: Online Presentation of Data
368-minute dvd/online/presentation for lynda.com.
(Retired by LinkedIn Learning — no longer available.) Drupal's built-in data presentation tools offer several ways for web designers to clearly and attractively package their…...
Drupal 7 New Features
158-minute dvd/online/presentation for lynda.com.
(Retired by LinkedIn Learning — no longer available.) Over two and a half hours of video that demonstrates changes to the Drupal 7 administrative interface…...
Drupal Gardens Essential Training
327-minute dvd/online/presentation for lynda.com.
(Retired by LinkedIn Learning — no longer available.) Over five hours of video training that demonstrates how to create and publish a complete web site…...
Drupal 7 Essential Training
445-minute dvd/online/presentation/video for lynda.com.
Over seven hours of video training that shows how to get the most out of Drupal, the content management system (CMS) that powers over a…...
Last CMS Standing: The Promise of Drupal Versus WordPress and Joomla
1550-word article for Peachpit Press.
This article compares the three CMSes in terms of user base, code maturity, richness of plug-ins, and business acceptance. Commissioned by Peachpit Press to support…...