Getting the bigger picture at An Event Apart

During An Event Apart in Chicago 2007, I made six posts for my co-workers to follow live; this ended up being really long.

Instead of those 6 posts, you now have access to this single post, but I’m only going to focus on the really awesome stuff from the conference.

You can still download the original set of 6 posts in .PDF format, if you’d like additional reference material. I hope they help you in your quest to further web standards!

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Why Reinvent the Wheel for Web Forms?

We’re going to look at some business ideas that show why duplication is important. Then, we’ll use those concepts to introduce the FormVal Library, which uses PHP and Ajax to validate and submit web forms.

Feeling impatient? Skip straight to the code

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How to Manage Your Money with Google Documents

Ever notice that you run out of money before you run out of month, even with a decent income?

I’m going to show you how to cut back and save some money by putting together a monthly budget in Google Documents. It’s worked really well for a few of my friends as well as me, so here’s the version for the rest of the world.

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