Let’s be honest, as people get older, they accelerate towards normalcy or lose their ability to feed themselves, clothe themselves or do anything a ‘normal’ human should be able to do in their lifetime. Up until this particular point in time, I thought that the generation behind me was pleased enough to be pop-loving consumers. [...]
Archive for March, 2011
March 17, 2011
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Testing, testing, one, two….
By admin in TechDatesDuring my final months at Code and Theory, I had the pleasure to sit next to the company’s prime QA Tester. From our casual conversations, I picked up on a piece of the web development workflow that is often overlooked, especially in the course of small site builds: Allocating time for testing and fixes to [...]
March 16, 2011
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Now In love with the Sound of His Own Voice!
By admin in The Missing PersonHey, I’m test piloting doing a podcast, below is a short 5 minute demo. It’s a short bit about “10 Bands to Watch Out For” lists. Are you falling asleep yet? The Cast Tweet This Post
March 10, 2011
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Cliche Technology Titling Pun goes here
By admin in WordplayAdmin Note: This is not going to be a tech related post, I was going through some old writings and found this in there. Enjoy the mindless fiction. “It was ‘Don’t Take Your guns into Town’” she said “What?” he replied “Don’t Take Your guns Into town,” she repeated. Annoyed. “I don’t remember that,” he [...]
March 5, 2011
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The Definition
By admin in TechDatesI’m borrowing a page out of David Allen’s book here (literally. I would recommend checking out some of his literature as I borrow heavily from it in my daily life), but I feel like the most important part of building out a website or application is knowing exactly why you are doing it. In David’s [...]
March 1, 2011
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The Dollar of Emancipation
By admin in WordplaySo, I was sitting on the subway today, and there was the standard issue gentleman asking for people to contribute to the cause of sheltering homeless folks. Here’s the thing that I don’t care to google: are these guys legit? They are always sharply dressed, and have a pretty good pitch about finding shelters, or [...]
March 1, 2011
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Tips For Your Mother (if she’s a small business owner)
By admin in TechDatesSo, I had a quick conversation with my mom the other night about updating her website. Here are some thoughts from a guy that doesn’t necessarily do a lot of client contact, but has a lot of experience with seeing the process break down during the design and development process. 1. Do as much legwork [...]