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The Importance of Semantics: Displaying Categories

August 17, 2007 12:00pm

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  • #1 / Aug 17, 2007 12:00pm

    Lisa Wess

    20502 posts

    As some of you know, I recently (as in two weeks ago) moved from Massachusetts to Oregon.  Yesterday my “stuff” arrived, as I so gleefully bragged on Twitter.  Why, you might ask, am I sharing this with all of you?  Well, this article marks my first work-day in an “office”!  Most of you probably don’t know that all those years of answering technical support questions occurred on a couch with a laptop on my lap (ironic, eh?), and so I am especially proud today to be sitting at a desk, in a computer chair, looking out a window and sharing insights with you all.

    A desk with a chair.  It’s a really novel luxury that too many people take for granted.  Learn to love your desk, it’s a much nicer work environment, really! =)

    As a working basis for this article, shall we say that I wanted to write on my site all about my work environment, thus giving me a place to brag about my new office.  I could use the category “Work”, and by using categories, allow my audience to view all of the entries where I discussed work.

    So, with that as our premise, shall we discuss categories and EE?

    Onwards!

  • #2 / Aug 18, 2007 2:42am

    PXLated

    1800 posts

    Congrats on the move…how bout some pics? Are you in Bend at EE World Headquarters?

  • #3 / Aug 18, 2007 2:45am

    Lisa Wess

    20502 posts

    Thanks, PX.  Nah, I’m in Hillsboro, about 20ish minutes outside of Portland.

    This is mostly my office, except I finally found my Bose speakers. 😉

  • #4 / Aug 18, 2007 10:40am

    PXLated

    1800 posts

    Cool…Looks like a nice setup.

  • #5 / Aug 18, 2007 3:13pm

    Lisa Wess

    20502 posts

    It’s a little cramped, I got the smallest desk possible in my old apartment since it was a tiny 1 bedroom.  But it works. 😉

  • #6 / Aug 19, 2007 5:22am

    stinhambo

    1268 posts

    I always remove those under the desk keyboard drawers as they bang my knees. I like a standard bench table personally…

    Congrats on the move!

  • #7 / Aug 19, 2007 5:30am

    P.J.

    158 posts

    lisa,

    i love your series on the EE blog. keep it up! it gives a different look to how EE works.

    as a suggestion, it will be great if you can, once a while, write on more advanced topics and more innovative/unusual use of EE tags, uses that are not obvious from the main EE doc.

  • #8 / Aug 19, 2007 5:59am

    stinhambo

    1268 posts

    lisa,

    i love your series on the EE blog. keep it up! it gives a different look to how EE works.

    as a suggestion, it will be great if you can, once a while, write on more advanced topics and more innovative/unusual use of EE tags, uses that are not obvious from the main EE doc.

    I think that was the purpose of ‘Behind the Iron Curtain’ series which I’m very much looking to reading the next edition of *cough cough Derek!*...

  • #9 / Aug 19, 2007 2:39pm

    Lisa Wess

    20502 posts

    Yes, this is in the category of “Learning EE” - it is geared at helping people grasp the basic concepts and get started. 

    That said, I know that some people want to see highlighted the more advanced ways people use EE.  Thank you for the feedback. =)

  • #10 / Aug 21, 2007 2:24am

    giovanni

    209 posts

    .... stay tuned, eh!

    are you sure you not from edmonton?

  • #11 / Aug 21, 2007 12:42pm

    Lisa Wess

    20502 posts

    Definitely not from Edmonton. =)

  • #12 / Aug 21, 2007 3:48pm

    Bruce2005

    536 posts

    Isn’t 21,000+ posts from a laptop on your knee some kinda world record? Nobel prize stuff?

    Congrats on the move and new office!!

  • #13 / Feb 11, 2008 6:53am

    Meriadoc

    3 posts

    Wow, cool, I didn’t know EE was in Oregon. Why’d I move from there?? I’m usually from Eugene (when I’m not gallivanting around the world)

    Thanks for the articles

  • #14 / Jan 16, 2009 8:23am

    los1sol

    41 posts

    Simple and effective tutorial. keep it up!

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