Collected some interesting tutorials and articles for those wanting to explore hook_form_alter() and/or theming forms.

In no particular order:

HowTo: Theme a CCK input form
http://drupal.org/node/101092

Modifying Forms in Drupal 5 and 6
http://www.lullabot.com/articles/modifying-forms-5-and-6

Adding extra fields to the product (Ãœbercart)
http://www.ubercart.org/forum/support/3274/adding_extra_fields_product

hide cck labels in input forms
http://groups.drupal.org/node/5119

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www.scitalks.com is about to launch!

Scitalks is the brainchild of Sam Bogoch. He realized that his wife, Ann Senghas, a psychology professor at Barnard, needed an appropriate place to upload and post lectures on emerging sign languages.

Scitalks is important and needed. In the general trend toward democratizing education, we hope that it can become an important tool for educators, home schoolers and those who are wanting to educate themselves.

You can read more about it on my weblog post at scitalks.com! Check it out everybody!

It’s a wonderful thing when a teacher gets amazing students. Then it’s not so much teaching as letting ideas loose in the room and watching them fly around.

The big question that I had was how to move design exercises that I’d taught using traditional media to the FabLab machines and have the class still be about design and not about learning the machines. This was a tricky thought game for me because the software is obtrusive for those who haven’t been exposed to it, so there would be a double learning curve for the class, especially if someone doesn’t have a design background.  read more »