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The Dearing Group is dynamic marketing and new media communications company.  Their clients ask them to do a lot of things.  Whether it be marketing, web strategy or support for a difficult project.  It's safe to say most of the Dearing Group projects have a web component, involve social media (to some extent) and consistently push the marketing envelope.The Dearing Group needed a web presence to serve as a hub for their ma...

Mobility Plus of Houston, Texas is a family-owned and operated business that needed a web site that they could update themselves.www.mobilityplustx.com

Project Mechanics recently completed an implementation of a Control Analysis Model (CAM).  Running inside a BEA AquaLogic® User Interaction Portal. The solution used HandySoft BizFlow work engine to facilitate maintenance of policies and procedures.

I have merged the blog template and the website template to create a common look and feel for all Project Mechanics sites. At the same time, I have started to use the Yahoo User Interface library more in my work. So far, I am a big fan of the YUI CSS classes. I have also had good luck with the TABS and MENU. I plan on doing more with this framework as I get time. Here is a link to learn more about this framework.developer.yahoo.com/yui/...

I have moved back to the United States and will no longer maintain the ProjectMechanics.co.uk website. We had a great time in England and hope to be back often.

I recently found a project on source forge which is 100% java based and does a very good job of generating Gantt charts.   It uses an XML based file system to store all information on the project.   It allows you to work on one project at a time, but given the ease of use and extensive reporting features, it is worth a look. ganttproject.sourceforge.net Given the XML based file system used by GanttProject, I have modified th...

Google Apps have been added to Frogsfolly.com. Start Here

Project Palette was the brain child of Julie Verschoyle. Julie had the idea and motivation, but needed a forum for publicizing and soliciting donations.ProjectPalette.org...

I am now a full fledged PMP according to the Project Management Institute (www.PMI.org).  I passed my exam yesterday. 

Project Mechanics is now an international site with the addition of www.projectmechanics.co.uk . Actually, it is just a domain that points to the same content a www.projectmechanics.com, only with a different template. I have been investigated some new tools lately which show some promise, among them are Sothink DHTML Menu. They include samples on how to hook it up to a database, their UI even helps you generate the necessary code. I was able to...

Well, it has been a very long time. I have been moving half-way across the globe. I have also been doin' my own blogging on my sites. Frog's Folly Site BlogProject Mechanics Blog