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When people say “mobile first” in referring to web design & theming, it’s not just a mentality or something people say in a “the way it ought to be” sort of sense. They literally mean, designing the mobile theme first, then adding on CSS for tablets, desktop, and wide desktop themes. In a technical sense, it means that the global.css that contains the basic design elements of the site is loaded no matter what device you are using to view the website. Then, CSS3 Media queries determine what the size of the window is and additional stylesheets will be tacked on; either “narrow”, “normal” , or “wide” – depending on the width of the device…

December 6, 2011December 6, 2011

New ABA Questionnaire Requires More Detailed Graduate Jobs Data Reporting From Law Schools

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202534457162

The American Bar Association is changing the way it collects graduate employment information from law schools.

The council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Dec. 3 approved a new annual questionnaire intended to gather more detailed information about where recent law grads find work. The change came as law students, graduates and three U.S. senators heaped criticism on the ABA and law schools for not providing prospective law students with an accurate picture of graduate employment and salary levels.

December 6, 2011

Twitter Updates for 2011-12-06

5,331 @CALIorg Lessons run between 7 & 11 PM EST. 18,341 total for day until 11 PM. #lawstudents are serious about studying for finals. #
Mopping from weekend of database fun caused by a couple of slow #Drupal queries, likely in FeedAPI. MySQL Slave is 40 hrs behind Master. #
#lstechtalk Remember that 1/3 of a course can be online w/o tripping the ABA distance ed tests. #
Law is a service profession, it is not necessarily a commodity. Being a lawyer has meaning beyond training to be a lawyer. #lstechtalk #
I showed up at my first day of #lawschool wearing a shirt and tie. Thought is was a professional environment. #lstechtalk #
@debgpi Shorts and t-shirts. Syracuse, August, 1990. I was really hoping for a professional environment and I was completely wrong. #
I sort of gave up on pushing for greater integration of IT into #lawschool years ago. Usually resulted in irritating faculty. #lstechtalk #
So master and slave databases are back in sync. MySQL burned through 40 hrs of queries in just over an hour. Very cool to watch. #
@sglassmeyer Where was that? #
@sglassmeyer Interesting. Syracuse in the early 90's was pretty casual. A tie usually meant you had an interview. #
http://t.co/InxJl5Uy – Researching U.S. State Legislation » VoxPopuLII http://t.co/Nvdnr20O #
Gowalla Confirms It Will Shut Down As Founders and Team Members Join Facebook | TechCrunch http://t.co/ziLArded #

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011

Swaapr Brings Peer-to-Peer Textbook Rentals to College Campuses

Our company mission is simple: We want to make your college experience more affordable and fun. We believe in transparency, integrity, and customer satisfaction at the highest level. This company was founded by the three college students who were tired of getting ripped off by companies that capitalize on college students. So we built a service with the college student in mind. We offer peer to peer rentals as well as allow students who wish to share skills that with one another on one’s college campus.

via Swaapr | About Us.

Seems like a pretty good idea. It seems like Swaapr just got off the ground a month or so ago, so it will be interesting to keep an eye on them as they grow. You can follow along on the the Swaapr blog or Twitter.

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011

Data.gov to be Open Sourced for World-Wide Deployment

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/datagov_to_be_open_sourced_for_world-wide_deployme.php

Ambitious but largely defunded open government data platform Data.gov is now working with counterparts at India’s National Informatics Centre to offer an open source body of code known as the Open Government Platform or “Data.gov-in-a-Box.” It’s the kind of move that, in theory, the political Left can support because of its impact on transparency and government accountability and the political Right can support because it puts government in a role that emphasizes facilitating innovation and economic development. It sounds like a very smart way to deal with the declining financial support for Data.gov itself. It could be a big win…

The code for the platform is based on Drupal and you can download a copy from Github at https://github.com/opengovplatform/opengovplatform.

December 5, 2011

Twitter Updates for 2011-12-05

Right now on the @CALIorg website, #lawstudents are running Lessons at a rate of 7-9 Lessons per minute. And things seem to have stabilized. #
#lawstudents are running @CALIorg Lessons at a rate of about 24 Lessons per minute right now. #
@saxguy01 @caliorg We had some performance issues that I resolved as quickly as possible. Site was hard to reach b/t 2 & 7 PM ET. #

December 4, 2011

Twitter Updates for 2011-12-04

@CALIorg website has been averaging over 2,000 requests per minute for the past 4 hours, nearly twice the level seen earlier this week. #

December 3, 2011

Twitter Updates for 2011-12-03

@sglassmeyer Do the Amish Cullens sparkle? I know that real Amish, like real vampires do not sparkle. #
Converted 10 yr old MSFT Access db to Mysql and shipped to server before breakfast. That's how I roll. @teknoids #
Law Librarian Blog: Final Exam Study Aid: CALI Lessons Indexed by Casebook http://t.co/gpziexg3 #
Well, that set of features is set and working nicely. Now if I only had a real designer to help me make the frontend look sharp. #

December 2, 2011

Twitter Updates for 2011-12-02

http://t.co/DuW143XH Raises $4.5 Million To Help Researchers Share Their Scholarly Papers http://t.co/wGf5xMJn via @techcrunch #
The 2012 Federal Rules Collection (current as of 12/1/11) from @LIICornell & @CALIorg #eLangdell is available at http://t.co/VYqOpgsO #
That's the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Criminal Procedure for free on your iPad and more. http://t.co/VYqOpgsO #
The Kindle version of the Federal Rules Collection will be out later today. http://t.co/VYqOpgsO #
Great thread on @teknoids about support for #lawstudent laptops during exams – http://t.co/s2ZB6I5r #
Google+ Now Lets You Conference People Into Hangouts With Free Voice Calls | TechCrunch http://t.co/M5loV1fr #

December 1, 2011

Twitter Updates for 2011-12-01

Law Librarian Blog: Hello Congress, Want to Eliminate Wasteful Public Spending in the Legal Academy? http://t.co/zPK2B4Qu #
“@stuartsierra: Is Hacker News the new Slashdot?” Yes, I do believe it is. #
@sglassmeyer WHOOPIE PIES! Totally. Do you know what makes whoopee pies better? Peanut butter cream filling, that's what. #
@sglassmeyer I've good things about Red Velvet. A seasonal pumpkin is also a treat. #
@sglassmeyer That would be "I've _heard_ good things". Of course I get my whoopee pies directly from Lancaster County, PA. #
I'm getting auto corrected. When whoopie I mean whoopie. Really. #whoopiepie #
@sglassmeyer I'm jealous. I actually finished the last pumpkin whoopie pie from up north this morning. They're an ideal breakfast food. #

Month: December 2011

Mediacurrent Blog Takes An Inside Look at the Omega Theme