This week GenieKnows released version 1.1 of their local search, only weeks after the launch of version 1.0. Version 1.1 of the local includes many interface enhancements and bug fixes; thanks to all the feedback that was sent to them by the early users of the system. However, the main noticeable change is a much nicer looking map. The new map includes 2 additional zoom levels, one at each side of the scale. The purpose of the additional zoom levels is to accommodate for larger screens and for smaller screens. Many more city and town labels have been added over version 1.0. My favorite change though is smooth and gradual transition in the level of details as you zoom in and zoom out.
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Monthly Archive for March, 2008
On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, I participated in a Career Advice Panel for International Students at Dalhousie University as one of the panelists. My advice focused on three points: diversification vs. specialization, networking, and self-promotion.
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After 4 years in the making, the GenieKnows Local search engine is finally live! I am very excited about this achievement as I was heading its development for the past 1.5 years. It is one of only three engines covering all of the US and Canada: GenieKnows Local, Google Maps and Microsoft’s Live Search Maps. Give it a try at: http://local.genieknows.com
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It is official. I will be a co-driver with Stephen Noton driving his forfiveone at the 25th anniversary, the 2008 Tire Rack One Lap of America (formerly Cannonball Run).
The forfiveone is 451 smart fortwo that has been improved by Stephen. The mods include racing suspension, wider tires, GPS and computers, and many cosmetic enhancements. I recently had the pleasure of taking a ride in the forfiveone.
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I was previously using a set of home-brewed PHP scripts to manage my site that I wrote a few years ago. Back then, WordPress was still buggy, hard to use and configure, and the styles weren’t as flexible.
My primitive scripts did the job well initially, when all I wanted was a few static pages. But now that I want to update my site more frequently, I looked for some simple content management system. I really considered only 2 alternatives: Drupal and WordPress. I know my way around Drupal pretty well so it was the first candidate CMS. However I had heard about the wide spread of WordPress, it’s popularity among bloggers, and the awards it had won. Needless to say, WordPress was my choice in the end. Here is why.
- Theming K2 to a simplistic and functional look was easier than theming Drupal.
- This is a single-user blog, I don’t need all the complexity of permissions in Drupal.
- I had a really bad experience with Drupal’s WYSIWYG editors, but WordPress’ editor seems to work more reliably.
- I wanted simple categories and none of the taxonomy headaches
- WordPress didn’t require configuration to work, only customization. Drupal would’ve required both.
I’ve been fairly happy with my WordPess setup that I plan to convert some of my primitive Drupal sites into WordPress.
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