Robert H Greenfield, DSc

Contact information

• email: ve5dsc@rac.ca
• www: http://www.niedermayer.ca/˜rhg/ (this document)
• location:
  • Lat/Long: 40° 06' 14" N, 75° 07' 41" W, 73 m elev
  • UTM: 18T 0489090 m.E 4439303 m.N
  • Maidenhead: FN20kc
  • Postal: Jenkintown, PA USA

Information about Robert Greenfield

• About Computer Consulting
  • About Computer Consulting html version (Updated April 03, 2008)
  • About Computer Consulting pdf version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
  • About Computer Consulting text version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
• Academic c.v.
  • Academic c.v. html version (Updated April 03, 2008)
  • Academic c.v. pdf version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
  • Academic c.v. text version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
• Bibliography
  • Bibliography html version (Updated April 03, 2008)
  • Bibliography pdf version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
  • Bibliography text version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
• Industrial format resume
  • Industrial format resume html version (Updated April 03, 2008)
  • Industrial format resume pdf version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
  • Industrial format resume text version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
• Professional profile
  • Professional profile html version (Updated April 03, 2008)
  • Professional profile pdf version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
  • Professional profile text version (Updated April 03, 2008) (available by request)
• LinkedIn

Links

• links

Testing

This document originally served as a test-bed for developmental work. I've been doing more experimenting before the move from the GPFN. The testing is now elsewhere.

Pertinent web sites

• Mozart no longer continues to do what he did best.
• Easter Sunday 2006 seemed like a good opportunity to finish cleaning the gutters. However, the job was not completed because ....
• Rebecca is looking ....
• The Great Plains Free-Net Inc, GPFN (http://www.gpfn.sk.ca/) was turned off on Friday 03 December 2005, after a life of about ten years of continuous operation. As a founder of this charitable non-profit corporation, I was involved in its creation and I established the web site, performed a decent bit of the Unix systems work, and participated in daily systems administration.
• Regina Amateur Radio Association (RARA): The group significantly involved with the development of my amateur radio activities.
• Warminster Amateur Radio Club (WARC): A neat amateur radio group in greater Philadelphia.
• Villanova University, Computing Sciences Department: The following courses had their web sites available on the GPFN until its demise. They are now archived.
  • CSC 8550, Spring 2002: Concepts of Data Communications class notes.
  • CSC 8550, Spring 2001: Concepts of Data Communications class notes.
  • CSC 7100, Fall 2000: Computer Systems class notes.
  • CSC 8560, Spring 2000: Computer Networks class notes.
  • CSC 8550, Fall 1999: Concepts of Data Communications class notes.
  • CSC 8550, Spring 1999: Concepts of Data Communications class notes.
  • CSC 8560, Fall 1998: Computer Networks class notes.
  • CSC 8560, Spring 1998: Computer Networks class notes.
  • CSC 8550, Fall 1997: Concepts of Data Communications class notes.
• I urge the creation of correct, simple, effective web pages that load quickly and convey information.
  • http://validator.w3.org/: Good web pages start with correct HTML syntax. Here is a site that validates HTML, XHTML, and CSS syntax.
  • http://www.cast.org/bobby/: (Formerly) the Center for Advanced Special Technology's "bobby" tests and offers suggestions on how to write web documents that are easier for every one to read.
  • http://www.webable.com/: (Formerly) the Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation promotes accessible web technologies.
  • http://www.icab.de/: iCab is a web browser for the Macintosh that explicitly shows errors in web pages.
  • http://world.std.com/~adamg/dehanced.html: Dehanced for Lynx, encourages the creation of pages compatible with text-based browsers, such as Lynx. (This is a slow link, but it is there.)
  • http://www.catb.org/~esr/html-hell.html: The HTML hell page tells you about bad HTML design, content, and style.
  • http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html: A Jakob Nielsen essay about why using frames for web page layout is (most of the time) a poor idea, 1996.
  • http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605a.html: Jakob Nielsen's original top ten mistakes in web design, 1996.
  • http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html: Jakob Nielsen's top ten mistakes in web design, 2007.
  • http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/: A series of cartoons that explain why using tables for web page layout is stupid.
  • http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/: Teaches good web design by demonstrating bad design.

Updated on May 27, 2008 by ve5dsc@rac.ca.