Wesabe, a popular and free online personal financial management tool, announced this week the launch of a free iPhone application for consumers who want to track and …More...
Bob Thacker is an interesting guy. The SVP-Marketing for OfficeMax brought (American architect and designer) Michael Graves to Target, and years later commissioned, “ElfYourself.com.” I recently had …More...
There have been many stories about the Obama team’s deft use of social media first to win the election, and now as an important communication tool. There …More...
Last week on this blog, I discussed how Apple had closed the market capitalization gap with Microsoft. I attributed much of this reversal of fortunes to a …More...
Nine years ago, Apple’s market cap was $17 billion. At that time, Microsoft was over 30 times larger than Apple with a market cap of $586 billion. …More...
The iPhone is arguably the hottest smartphone, if not the hottest mobile device, on the market today. With rumors of a new version coming out this summer …More...
Brick and mortar stores have been converting in-store chic to online cool for years, with differing levels of success. Sadly, many marketing departments are missing the bottom …More...
If you are developing Web 2.0 software, you owe it to yourself to check out Google’s Ajax API Playground. This amazing little tool provides web developers with …More...
Most planning is built on a foundation of the past. Psychologists and anthropologists would tell us it is hard-wired into the human condition. We build our lives …More...
Confirmation bias is a tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions and to avoid information and interpretations which contradict …More...
Every few months, Jakob Nielsen releases new usability findings that enlighten writers. His latest research: a study of how well users understood the first 11 characters of …More...
We all know that loosing data can be devastating. The need for having consistent and reliable backups is pretty obvious. But getting to that stage can be …More...
If you’ve made it past Stage #1 yet, there is a useful visual Twitter guide here.
People who don’t unit test always seem to have an excuse why. Some of them are understandable misconceptions about unit testing. Some of them are ridiculous. But …More...
Every so often, the earth’s poles reverse. North becomes south and vice versa. According to scientists, this geomagnetic reversal has happened many times in earth’s history – …More...
This is a list of my top 10 Expression Engine extensions. It is hardly definitive, so if you disagree with me, then I encourage you to make …More...
Several months ago, Google released a cool yet slightly creepy feature for mobile devices that essentially reports your current physical location to Google Maps. This service, Google …More...
While attending several sessions at SD West 2009, I wrote down several quotes related to software development and Agile that really caught my attention. Here are my …More...
NEVER order from Victoria’s Secret. They phantom charge you for orders you never placed and then won’t fully refund your money. B.S. This was a tweet this …More...
It’s common place to use some sort of ticket system to log work, whether it is a new project or supporting an existing system. I’ve come to …More...
Updating my recent blog regarding IBM’s attempt to purchase Sun Microsystems, the New York Times now reports that IBM has withdrawn its $7 billion offer to acquire …More...
It’s going to happen. Regardless of how hard you work to provide your customer’s with a great experience, mistakes and disagreements will occur and you will disappoint …More...
In the last few years, I can’t help but notice the increase in direct contact between developers and clients. This is often necessary for both the client …More...
An image doesn’t always have to be an image. Images on websites are usually .png, .jpg, or .gif files located on a server that are referenced in …More...
View more presentations from Pascal Klein. Pascal Klein has released the 4th edition of his Beautiful Web Typography slide deck on Slideshare (above). The Web is a …More...
Spend $1, get $10 in return. Some businesses are finding phenomenal success by investing advertising dollars in web-delivered media. In a recent interview from Beet.TV, Diggnation co-host …More...
The average tenure of a CMO is slowly improving. Back in 2006, it was under two years. Now, according to the latest Stuart Spencer report, tenure has …More...
Twitter (the now-famous microblogging site) has experienced epic growth over the past year. Numbers like “1382% growth” are usually reserved for “must buy” penny stock faxes, and …More...
Most of us in this area should be dog-tired. After all, for the last week people in our region and at Sundog – along with our family, …More...
