Mollom - Spam Control and More
April 24, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
I came across this service a little earlier in the week and can’t wait to give it a try! It is quite possibly the first real competitor to Akismet for community spam filtering and control. The Drupal community is all up in arms with praise for the beta-service.
Sometime next week I think I’ll toss it onto one of my Drupal sites and see how it does for a while. While I’ve been pretty happy with Akismet (which I use on this site), competition is always a good thing and everyone likes to detect and delete spam.
What appears to be the claim to fame with Mollom is that learns from it’s mistakes and your content. Apparently one of the features in the pipe is content filtering, like nuking inappropriate language from community sites. While the community sites that I’ve managed haven’t had much of a language problem, those things do happen and varying defense levels certainly help to quell managerial fear.
If you’ve used http://mollom.com/javascript:mctmp(0); let me know your thoughts.
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-15
March 15, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Syncing up my new iPhone ringtones, made two of them tonight #
- I now have "New Soul" (The Macbook AIR song), and "Perfect Timing" (The iPhone commercial song). Cool stuff! #
- 150,000 spam trackback pings to a site that isn’t even live yet, is this the world we live in? #
- Blocking Spammers and Taking Names! (although I’m using IP banning which is less than a good way to do it) #
- Now down to 6-10 spam pings per minute instead of 100+ per minute yay! #
- Done wiping out Spammers from SmartDecision. Hopefully not too many innocent bystanders got blocked in the process #
- Installing Drupal 6.1 and WordPress 2.5 to play around with on my development server #
- wow it’s taking forever to upload and download these files from the server. Multitasking isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. #
- Still messing around on the Internet, it’s about time to work on Contributr again though. #
- Just finished watching "Little Miss Sunshine". It reminds of a ‘dark’ Chevy Chase xmas vacation type of show #
- @junglemason that’s quite an Overheard, and hilarious too! #
Web Design and Buildouts
January 23, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
As a web designer I have a small bit of experience ranging from e-commerce and mail-order companies, to micro-sites advertising goods and services, to blogs, discussion boards, and a philanthropic site. I’ve built a wide variety.
I’m passionate about online communities, and in order to positively affect change you have to remember who you ultimately are serving, the almighty user. Enhancing user experience is vital to any project whether offline or online.
You’ll find links below to some of the sites I’ve designed and built over the years. The methods and the technology has changed, and so have I. Design and development went from largely Photoshop comps hard coded into HTML sites to standards based XHTML, Flash, and Content Management Systems.
All of my projects strive to be standards compliant and I especially enjoy working with people who believe in open source software (Drupal and WordPress are my favorites) the benefits to both the developers and the users when taking advantage of open code.
News and Journalism based sites:
- Smart Decision 2008
- KOMU Blogs and Boards (online community, still in development)
- KOMU News Base (online training and tutorial site for newsroom employees)
- Kansas City Pets (WDAF-TV micro site)
Personal and Professional Sites (many of these sites are simply archived copies, some links may not work on them):
- Creative Celebrations (2002)
- FunFunFun For Kids
- CB Designs
- Family Guy Quotes
- How You Can Volunteer
- Perennial Podcast
- JonathanCoffman.com Version 1
Technology Skills
January 23, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
Because different types of content demand different usage of technology, I strive to stay abreast of the latest ways to create and distribute content in multiple media formats. From creative and collaborative, to vision and video, Software and technology tools shouldn’t dictate the way content spreads I’ve broken down the tools that I use into categories according to how much I’ve used them.
I’m very comfortable with and have trained others in the professional use of the following tools:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Photoshop Extended
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Flash Professional
- Adobe InDesign
- Apple iLife Suite
- Apple iWork Suite
- Apple Final Cut Studio
- Avid iNews
- Avid Active Content Manager
- Avid Newscutter
- Fox Interactive Media CMS - FOX licensed content management system used by FOX affiliates
I’m very comfortable in using the following tools and know how and where to get assistance when needed:
Open-source software that I have used and developed using:
Web Technologies that I have developed with:
- PHP
- Ruby/Rails
- Django
- XHTML
- HTML
- CSS
- MySQL
Journalism
January 19, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
First we had newspapers, then radio and television, and now the Internet, cell phones, and more. The practice of journalism has evolved for a long time and will continue to change. In recent years however, the way journalists and news media present facts and information has changed dramatically. Journalists and the business behind the news can no longer sleep heavily and depend on slow growth and profits.
The constant invention and expansion of news delivery formats has increased the demand for journalists, producers, and sales people to exert more time and energy in forging new relationships and connections with more people and businesses.
As news and information is further commoditized it becomes more important for a journalistic entity to expand it’s reach and stretch it’s resources.
Here are some journalism pieces that I either wrote or edited for various news organizations. All links open in a new window
WDAF-TV 4 (Fox Affiliate)
Special Projects:
Kelsey Smith, 18, was ubducted from a Target parking lot. I generated original and online exclusive content including live-streaming from SkyFox helicopter, live-chats taking questions from viewers, and moderating hundreds of blogs and discussion board posts.
Planned, Designed, and Implemented Afternoon Web Update. This is a brief that is posted every-day from 3PM till 5PM with ‘everything you need to know for the drive home’.
Moderated and participated in FOX sponsored chat and blog sessions on a daily basis.
Planned, designed, programmed, and prepared for launch a special pets related micro-site.
General Assignment:
- New KCMO HR Director Missing
- Kansas City Kansas Man Fights For Custody
- Child Sent to Hospital For Tick Bite
- Woman Jogger Nearly Abducted in Lenexa
- Ruling Opens Doors For Executions to Resume
KOMU-TV 8 (NBC Affiliate)
Special Projects:
Planned, Designed, and Coordinated a community site for viewer interaction based on the open source Drupal project.
Moderate and Post blogs and news updates to legacy discussion board system.
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-11-07
November 7, 2007 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Working on some Drupal content types for the Election site I’m building #
- Finished the site-building work I needed to have done for tomorrow. #
- Reading some blogs before bed #
- Giving Twitterific another shot #
- Headed to bed #
- Just waking up, going to get some work done before work #
- getting dressed #
- I wish I knew where my Bluetooth Mighty Mouse was #
- Dropping off some shirts at the cleaners, then off to work #
- Grabbing a cup of coffee so I’m not too early. #
- In a SmartDecision content/tech meeting #
- Meeting is almost over, time to head to work #
- Grabbing lunch for me and my boss. #
- Working on some Drupal site building #
- Got kicked out of the office for a while, looking for a cozy corner for me and my laptop #
- I’m sitting in a lounge at the newspaper working, and this room is nasty gross! #
- @TVMediaAG I don’t know, gross, stains everywhere, smelly, I don’t have enough adjectives in my vocab at the moment #
- Watching the news and eating some leftover pizza from a couple days ago #
- I can’t believe it’s not even 6pm yet, it feels like 8 or 9 - LONG DAY #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-11-06
November 6, 2007 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- changed my mind, Gyro for dinner, then media-snacking #
- My new Apple Wireless Keyboard isn’t pairing
# - testing out my fab new Apple Wireless keyboard, it’s git a great feel #
- I haven’t done a blog post in several days, guess I should get some started, maybe tomorrow’s the day! #
- Heading to bed a little later than planned, g’night Twitterville! #
- Awake, filling out some expense reports #
- Doing some database work. Then another meeting this morning. #
- Got my new iPhone incase from @stevejobs #
- Writing some copy to solicit Contributr usability testers #
- hmm, how many emails do you think I can write in an hour? #
- Working on writing up some IRB documents for some Contributr research #
- Checking email again #
- Going to the grocery store here in a few minutes #
- Eating lunch, then pwning a Drupal site I’ve been working on #
- The Leopard wifi connection dropping bug is hitting me like a brick today, can’t stay online for the life of me #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-10-31
October 31, 2007 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- My twitter updates are slow getting to me #
- Watching TV and working on Smart Decision #
- Awake, writing some emails #
- Going in to work #
- Ordering some lunch for me and my boss. #
- Showering after meeting with my personal trainer. #
- Going to get a haircut. #
- Stuck in line at sams club.. Scary!! #
- Smart Decision revenue streams were approved, yay!! #
- pwning Drupal
# - I just got pwned by code! but I then learned something and showed it who’s boss #
- Eating a salad for dinner #
- Working on some CSS #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-10-23
October 23, 2007 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Doing some Computer Assisted Reporting Database work #
- Homework and watching justin.tv/smiley77 #
- finally finished with my CAR database work - This is why I’m a content guy, not a database guy! #
- Wednesday is Lentil Soup day on Justin.tv, lifecast yourself making lentil soup with us! #
- Alright twitterville and others, I’m headed to #
- Getting ready to head to campus #
- @ijustine yikes, I hadn’t even thought of that, have fun in LA #
- I’m doing well @jchenard thanks for asking. #
- I’m going to have to agree @ejfisher it fooled me this morning, not sure if if it really changed that much since last Friday or not. #
- Good morning @newmediajim! #
- Database work for the next hour and a half, then a research update with Lynda #
- Having a Starbucks Verona and talking to some Convergence folks #
- Looking at Drupal themes to use as a base for SD08 #
- brainstorming solutions to add ‘preroll’ video to a flv feed, without an FMS #
- Someone’s trying to call, but I can’t answer the phone right now. #
- Why do journalists have such a fear of technology? #
- Crashing from my morning coffee, wish I could take a lunch break or something #
- Working from home the rest of the afternoon #
- wow, vonage charges you $40 to turn off service, that is NOT acceptable #
- Now this idiot in Voange customer services says ‘well no sir, you intend to cancel in the furture so you can’t have a free month’ #
- These people are just idiots, I’m not one to complain, but geez, you just offerend to give me 2-months free so do it #
- Geez, finally got the Vonage phone rep to give two months credit #
- That credit will put me past the 1year mark and no cancellation fee, just have to remember to call them in December #
- ok, cooled down a little now, back to working from home #
- Eating some left-over pizza for dinner, working on the converged election project #
- @mesh glad you guys get to hit the EU now, although I wish I could have visited while you were in the US tour! #
- Watching some justin.tv channels #
- I hear geese, it must be fall! #
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-09-14
September 14, 2007 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- At KOMU for my overnight shift #
- Fixing errors on KOMU.com #
- Being a Drupal evangelist #
- Finding some Drupal example sites to further my cause. sigh… #
- Am I still awake? #
- One of my servers is freaking out, I wish it weren’t #
- Almost time for me to go home and sleep for a couple horus #
- Just out of a meeting with the Diversity office #
- Just reading some news updates #
- Wishing I were asleep #
- so busy I don’t even know where to start #
- Leaving to meet with my personal trainer #
- Back home, eating lunch #
- Watching some iJustine and chatting with the crazies #
- Checking on the status of Lifecasting #
- My roomie has the day off, that’s exciting!! #
- Trying to get a beta code for justin.tv #
- Thinking about ordering some chinese food for dinner #
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