I’m trying to learn to play the piano. It’s one of the most frustrating things I’ve ever done, but I’m sticking with it. I wouldn’t call it a hobby so much as an attempt to deny the aging process. I…
Category: web development
It’s Getting Tougher To Find The Deals
A troubling new pricing trend is developing in online pricing and it’s making things more difficult if you are looking for a deal. Pressure from manufacturers to control the price that online merchants charge for certain items mean that more…
Might Be Time For A Password Change
If the password for your bank account is 123456, you’re in good company. Apparently the need for difficult to guess (read, difficult to hack) passwords is lost on millions of internet users. As more and more financial and other sensitive…
Just Call Us At 1-800-We’ve-Got-No-Phone
I doubt if I’m the only one that finds irony in Google’s latest customer service problem. They’re selling phones, but apparently they don’t have any of their own. The new Nexus One cell phone was released earlier this month, but…
Think Twitter Doesn’t Matter? Dell Knows Better!
Dell’s recent failure to deliver Christmas computers before the big day has proven the power of Twitter in a big way. Tweets about products and delivery times have caught the attention of no less than the New York Times. Every…
2010-Ready or Not, Here We Come
I’ve spent most of the morning reading blogs with predictions about what to expect from internet development in 2010. The most consistent prediction, by far (shows up on every list), is that we should expect a true explosion in internet…
Google Eats Its Young
Hot on the heels of the roll out of the Motorola Droid, a smart phone that uses the Google mobile operating system, there are now confirmed rumors that Google plans to release its own smart phone-Google designed and Google branded-after…
‘Tis The Season To Be ……….. Scammed!
Even though our national economic woes continue to depress holiday retail sales, online sales are expected to grow 8% this year. That’s great news if you, like we, count on internet sales to sustain and grow your business. Still, there…
Droid No IPhone Killer. Prefers To Kill One App At A Time
Lots has been written about whether the new Motorola/Verizon Droid cell phone will be an IPhone killer. I’ve used both and think I can see the future. No question, the IPhone is easier to use and has an elegant feel…
Get The Hang of Social Media Before It Hangs You
We got to the web early-almost 15 years ago-and at least partly because of that we were able to claim consistent page one search results for relevant key words like gaffers tape, Procell batteries, and microphone stand. In those early…
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