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Bitten by the Apple

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I never thought that the day would come that I would own an Apple product and then came the iPhone.  I was reluctant at first to jump to the iPhone because I was in such a comfort zone w/ my Palm Treo and I had concerns as to how it was going to sync up […]

Following SXSWi Conference

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I have to admit that I am a little disappointed to not be in Austin this weekend for the South by Southwest Interactive Conference.  I had planned on heading out there but given the fact that I am running behind schedule on just about every project I have going on right now I figured it […]

Rackspace Conference Thoughts

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I am presently sitting in the Delta Sky Lounge hacking this blog post because our flight from Atlanta to Little Rock is delayed.  I am heading back from the Rackspace Reseller Conference to what looks like the Mt. Kilimanjaro of emails.  If you have sent me something that I haven’t tended to in the past […]

Rackspace Reseller Conference

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Just a heads up, my business partners and I are heading to Atlanta for the next three days to attend the Rackspace Reseller Conference.  I will likely be in sessions for the biggest part of the next three days but will be checking email and voicemail whenever possible.  If you are going to be in […]

Ms. Woman w/ an Attitude & WordPress 101

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Okay, so the other day I got a phone call from a lady inquiring about a website.  My partners and I have a long-standing policy that if in the first five minutes of a phone conversation if we don’t get a good vibe from the client, meaning that we think we can have a good […]

Online PHP Training w/ Edward Tanguay

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I haven’t posted any recommendations for products on this blog in a long time but I wanted to be sure to mention an online PHP Training course that I was shown today by Edward Tanguay. I was first introduced to Edward Tanguay by his brother, Pete Tanguay, CEO of Rock-Pond Solutions. In addition to being […]

Rumors About Microsoft Opening .PST Data Format

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If you follow the information technology industry very close you might have heard some rumblings that Microsoft plans on opening up their proprietary PST data format documentation to developers under the OSP, or Open Specification Promise.  The documentation they release will contain how data is stored, guidance for accessing the data, and how to navigate […]

Feedburner Socialize Service (Push RSS to Twitter)

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Lately I have had a lot of frustrations regarding Feedburner regarding the way they randomly drop my subscription counts.  On any given day my subscription counts can drop from somewhere in the 900’s to the 300’s for no apparent reason.  Most of the lost subscriptions can usually be tracked back to FriendFeed but after going […]

2009 Review: Open Source CMS Advancements (Poll)

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Since CMS, or content management solutions, are a pivotal part of the web development industry, I thought that I would do a year-end review of the top open-source solutions that are on the market and try to highlight some areas of advancement that took place.  One thing that was evident to me in 2009 was […]