Interdependent Web

Intro to Web Programming course materials

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:25:01 +0000

Here are the materials for the four-part course on Web development:

HTML class outline (Google Doc)
CSS class outline (Google Doc)
HTML/CSS tutorial file: http://localfoodfinder.net/class/tutorial.html
PHP class flowcharts (Google Doc)
PHP class outline (Google Doc)
MySQL class outline (Google Doc)

Boundary Optimization and other Lessons for Art Therapy

admin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:33:45 +0000

Today we presented a workshop at the American Art Therapy Association's annual conference in Washington, DC. The slideshow for the presentation was too image-heavy to convert to a Google Doc, so we can't embed it here as a slideshow, but you can view or download a PDF copy.

Introduction to Permaculture Design, Bartlesville OK

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:18:34 +0000

Here are the slides from the two-night introductory class I'm teaching in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA tonight and tomorrow:

Curriculum Vitae: Permaculture Designer

Ben Stallings — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:56:33 +0000

Formal Education

Permaculture Design Certification, Sustainable Living Coalition, June 2010.
Energy Auditor Certification, Energy and Environmental Training Center of Kansas City, August 2009.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, interdisciplinary concentration in Technology Studies, Grinnell College, May 1998.

Areas of Competence and Expertise

broad scale site des

Engaging our Interdependent Web

Ben Stallings — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:04:47 +0000

Here is the slideshow for the presentation Jessie and I are giving this afternoon at the Prairie Star District Unitarian Universalist Association Annual Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa.

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgp4g6j2_439dknbfs32

How to Publish an RSS feed with Feedburner and Facebook

Ben Stallings — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:01:50 +0000

In a previous post I made the case for using RSS feeds instead of email newsletters. A crucial part of this substitution is to use the free Feedburner service so that those readers who want to receive your news by email can do so. Then to sweeten the deal, subscribe to the feed on your Facebook page so that each time you post news on your Web site, it shows up on Facebook automatically! Here's how to go about it:

Top 10 Reasons Email Newsletters are a Bad Idea

Ben Stallings — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:07:37 +0000

At DrupalCon this year, I attended an impromptu meeting of some 50 Web developers who work on church Web sites. We had an hour to talk about anything we wanted, but we spent the entire time talking about best practices for email newsletters. The more we talked, the more we came to the conclusion that email newsletters are an ineffective and inefficient method of communication, and that a reliance on email newsletters can blind an organization to better options that are available.

Testing Facebook connection

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:43:36 +0000

I'm using the Networked Blogs app for Facebook to import the RSS feed from this site to the Interdependent Web Facebook page. Let's see if it's working...

presentation for Bartlesville Area Master Gardeners

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:23:13 +0000

Here is the slideshow for this evening's presentation at Bartlesville Public Library, Bartlesville, OK:

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgp4g6j2_420cmrtxzgm

DrupalCon Chicago 2011

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:24:34 +0000

I won't be posting blog entries from DrupalCon this year, because I anticipate that, as in past years, all the keynotes and sessions will be recorded and posted on archive.org after the conference. I will be posting on our Facebook page, though, so if you're interested in the highlights, please visit our Facebook page.