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And I have to pass some complements to Max for taking my raw material and editing it into such useful material. It really helps to have both FPGA experts and writing experts here.
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Thanks for the kind words and vote of confidence. It's good to see that my ignorance of the subject is actually helping the cause.
Brian
6/6/2012 5:32:25 PM
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@David: "As for favorites, I'd have to say Duane's column....it's the only one that (a) is aimed at my level and (b) does not progress with the speed of a bullet train."
I agree wholeheartedly! From a "newbie" standpoint, Duane's column and the Ask Max series are both excellent. Duane is documenting each step at a time, which is great.
However, I also have high hopes for both the Chris Taylor and Jason Teo columns - I think they are going to start out from a lower level as well.
FPGA newbies rule! :-)
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@David: Hi David -- you are worth every penny I'm (not) paying you (grin). Thanks so much for your input.
I know what you mean about the EE Times search engine .. it really is pretty poos -- sometimes I go outsede and ask the main Google engine to find something for me on EE Times ... don;t think I haven't mentioned this to those who practice the secret handshakes, don th eundergarments of authority, and stride the corridors of power...
Having said this, I think the search engine on All Programmable Planet does a good job. One thing is that is seems to search the blogs first, but if you perform a search and don; tfind what you need, on th eresult page you get an option to search the message boards.
There are also options to look at things by month and this-that-and-the other, but my feeling is that it's nice on a Monday Morning to see a blog containing a summary of just the articles from the week before. As you say, that helps you quickly check that you didn;t miss a little gem...
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Great idea this Max. Possibly you could incorporate this as a permanent feature on the menu line, sortable by date, author, subject, etc with further tools to limit results to 1 week, 1 month, etc. Already partly available with the search box and the "Bloggers" column, but search engines are notoriously fickle as I proved recently when trying to find your 3d ICs article on EEtimes....
As for favourites, I'd have to say Duane's column....it's the only one that (a) is aimed at my level and (b) does not progress with the speed of a bullet train. That said, "Ask Max" is also great and I'm learning a lot there as well. But (and your comments about work getting in the way of the fun stuff are very pertinent here) the sheer volume of stuff on the site leads to information overload sometimes.
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A "Roundup to end all Roundups" column .., now that's an idea...
Maybe at the end of the year I'll do a yearly roundup where I group thing sinto different categories ....
Solving my problem
This will be a life-saver. I like to read as much of this site as I possibly can but with so much activity, I find myself sometimes missing a few articles without even realizing it. I like the idea of the weekly summary, It will help me to make sure I haven't missed anything. Now all you need is perhaps a separate grouping that will just have all of your roundup columns - sort of a time-based table of contents.
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@Brian: "Now that's a video that needs to be posted!"
Not unless you have a strong stomach :-)
Brian
6/4/2012 3:48:57 PM
User Rank Guru
Re: Nice Summary...
@Max: "Well, in that case I am doing my happy dance (not a pretty sight :-)"
Now that's a video that needs to be posted!
Re: Nice Summary...
@Brian: "It's nice to have the topics of the week in one location."
Thanks Brian -- that was my thought -- all of the columns are, of course, available on the site, but I think it' suseful to also have them all gathered in one place.
@Brian: "APP is off to a great start; I have already learned a lot!"
Well, in that case I am doing my happy dance (not a pretty sight :-)
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