May 2005 Archive

How I’m integrating blogs on my homepage

A few different people have asked me how I’m integrating blogs on my homepage, so here’s a quick and dirty tutorial:

Download and install the MT plugins Multiblog and Compare.
Include the following code where you would normally include MTEntries:
<MTMultiBlogEntries include_blogs="b1,b2" lastn="n">
b1 and b2 are the blog_id numbers and n is the last number of combined posts you wish to display.
Include the following code before the start of your entries from your first blog:
<MTIfEqual a="[MTBlogID]" b="b1">
b1 is the blog_id of your the first blog you’re including.
Customize the markup of the entries for your first blog.
Close off the MTIfEqual tag.
Include the following code before the start of your entries from your second blog:
<MTIfEqual a="[MTBlogID]" b="b2">
b2 is the blog_id of the second blog you’re including.
Customize the markup of the entries for your second blog.
Close off the MTIfEqual tag.
Close off the MTMultiBlogEntries tag.

If you want to see exactly how I’m doing this, please refer to my main index template. Or if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments and I’ll try to help.

Music Baton

It was only a matter of time before someone passed me the music baton. This one came from Kevin Cheng.

Total volume of music on my computer

I don’t store any music on my iBook. My entire iTunes library is stored on Da Vinci, our external firewire hard drive, which currently contains 59.66 GB.

Last CD I bought

The soundtrack to Amores Perros

Song that’s on right now

Subotnick by Caribou (formerly Manitoba)

Five songs I currently listen to a lot

Drop the Pressure by Mylo
Disco Infiltrator by LCD Soundsystem
At the Bottom of Everything by Bright Eyes
Que Onda Guero by Beck
Lucha De Gigantes by Nacha Pop

Who gets the baton next?

London UXnet May Social Event

You’re invited to the monthly social meeting in London for the User Experience Design community.

Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2005
Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Clerkenwell House
23-27 Hatton Wall, near Chancery Lane and Farringdon Stations
Find it with Google Maps.
Please email any queries to

Notes from UXnet London Local Ambassador, Joshua Kaufman:

Everyone enjoyed Clerkenwell House so much last time that I thought we should have another round. Come out and meet your UX colleagues in a friendly environment to network, socialize and engage.
Please visit the UK UXnet calendar to learn about the UX events happening in the UK over the next few months. If there’s a UK UX event that you feel should be included on this calendar, please email the event details to louise at gmail.com.

This is a UXnet event and was organized through the coordinated efforts and resources of AIfIA, ASIS&T, AIGA, IxDG, STC UK, UK UPA and BCS-HCI, LondonIA, London Usability, UCLIC and BIMA. If you represent an organization that you feel should also be part of future UXnet event coordination in London, or an organization that would like to host future UXnet events, please contact .

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