Category: Weblogs

  • Training: “Websites for Small Businesses” in Rogers Park

    Today I began teaching a new course that I wrote– “Websites for Small Businesses”. The course is sponsored by DevCorp North. Here’s the first night materials: Websites for Small Businesses from Daniel X. O’Neil This is a custom 9-hour course taught in three-hour stretches over three days. Syllabus as follows: Learn How to Create & Maintain…

  • Small Business Internet Life Starter Package

    Recently delivered a set of services for a registered investment advisor business that is just getting started. We executed on the design that another firm had come up with, but a static web site was just the start. Here’s the package: TypePad weblog that mimicks the site design. This gives the client a platform to…

  • Simple Story Posting Site

    Developed the technology strategy for the web followup to a direct mail piece going to 35,000 people in advance of Nurses Appreciation Week. The client wanted to allow employees to submit stories about their jobs for publication. There was limited staff to review the submissions and none on the staff had any ability to edit…

  • Training: Deanery Planning Website

    Today I conducted a computer training class of a joint Web site shared among all parishes in the Deanery, including St. Alphonsus, St. Thomas of Canterbury, St. Mary of the Lake, Queen of Angels, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Andrew, St. Matthias & Transfiguration, St. Benedict, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Gordon Tech.  

  • Introduction to Weblogs as Content Management System

    Here’s a presentation I made on the above-referenced topic: Introduction to Weblogs as Content Management System, 2004

  • Training: Bilingual (Spanish/ English) Computer Training

    Today after 12:30 Spanish language mass at Queen of Angels Parish (2-4 PM), I led a class for  basic computer skills– operating system, word processing, internet searching, to Spanish speakers. Some upshots: Over 20 people attended 5 biluingual speakers who served as proctors/ translators/ helpers for others All attendees succeeded in obtaining Yahoo! Mail acocunts…

  • Training: Week-Long Computer Camp for Kids at Wright College

    This month I taught a course of 15 elementary and high school students in a week-long “computer camp”. We had a great set of people who were eager to learn and well-behaved. On the first day of class we learned about our backgrounds with computers and the rules that we all followed at home about…