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December 28, 2011
Effective Image Buttons for HTML5 Mobile Apps
Mobile application development doesn’t always mean native apps for iPhone and Android. If you are an experienced web developer you can use HTML5 to make great apps that have a great look and feel.
I’m working on a small HTML5 mobile app that…
October 25, 2006
TinyMCE, Spellchecker, and Firefox Crashes
TinyMCE is a powerful JavaScript-based WYSIWYG HTML editor that you can embed into TEXTAREA fields of your Web forms. In addition, a PHP based spell checking system called Spellchecker allows TinyMCE to highlight unknown words (using aspell or Google’s spelling Web service).…
September 10, 2007
FDP: FFATA Update
I joined the session on FFATA a little late (Brad Stanford’s fault, honest!) but arrived just in time to see Gil Tran of OMB slay the crowd and take the title of Humorous Government Person at the FDP Meeting from Jean Feldman.…
November 22, 2010
Subcontractors Again Give TCG a Thumbs Up
TCG has announced the latest results of its annual survey of companies who serve as subcontractors on TCG’s Federal government contracts. Across the board, TCG’s subcontracting partners give TCG high marks for its business relationships with its partners. Click here…
August 9, 2005
Vienna using social software for grant applications peer review
(Via Boing Boing) A Viennese art group called netznetz has decided to use a “reputation system” to decide how it will distribute the grant money it receives from the local government. The aim is to encourage collaboration among the grantee community…
February 15, 2007
Profile of HHS/ACF GMLOB provider
Somehow I missed this when it was published earlier in the month (bad, Google Search, bad!) but GCN has a nice profile of the Administration for Children and Families’ GMLOB offering, GrantSolutions.gov. The article explains what the motivations were behind ACF nominating…
December 22, 2010
FDP registration now open for Jan 24–26 meeting
The Federal Demonstration Partnership is now accepting registrations for the January 24–26 meeting in Washington, DC. You can register right here through January 21st, but be quick! While event registration is usually pretty straight-forward, finding a hotel in DC can be…
April 12, 2012
TCG’s Nina Preuss Is a Women In Technology Leadership Award Finalist
TCG project manager Nina Preuss has been named by Women In Technology (WIT) as one of 49 finalists for its 13th Annual Leadership Awards. The awards honor women who have excelled as mentors, leaders, and role models in the Washington,…
December 1, 2005
foXpose — Tile your tabs!
I just installed Viamatic foXpose and my web browsing will never be the same again. With a single click, all of my open Firefox tabs are represented in thumbnails one one screen, enabling quick review and identification of interesting content. …
December 10, 2019
Healthier, Safer Code with Static Analysis
By Al Crowley, TCG Principal Engineer
Sometimes good people do bad things. Occasionally a person even commits an API key to a public GitHub repository. Once in a while, that person is you—but last month that person was me. The good news is…