I recently dusted off my E*TRADE account and began trading again, my portfolio needed some updating for sure. About a year or so ago I got out of many tech stocks that I was into pretty heavy and did some serious diversification. What I found recently was that my earnings really weren’t any better than […]
Recommended WordPress Books
As of late I am building a lot of new projects on top of the WordPress CMS because of it’s flexibility and scalability. I have had very little trouble getting clients up to speed with the WordPress Dashboard but totally understand that just like anything else software related there is a slight learning curve. For […]
The Amazon Kindle
I ran across something pretty cool today on Amazon that I thought was worthwhile posting here. It’s a neat little device that’s put out by online retailer Amazon.com. Here’s a little bit of info on the Amazon Kindle: Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a […]
Amazon Associates Central
I am trying out a new tool that plugs into Windows Live Writer that allows you to quickly add links to books on Amazon through your Amazon Associates Account. Since I have read a lot of books related to web development I figured I should setup an Associates Account with Amazon and post book reviews […]
Book Review: PHP 5 / MySQL Programming
I actually picked this book up a while back so that I could get up to speed w/ PHP and MySQL programming and I really enjoyed it. It was an easy read and I still refer back to it from time to time to find things, it stays on the bookshelf behind my desk. If […]
Book Review: PHP & MySQL for Dummies
This is another book that I purchased a while back to help me get up to speed on PHP and MySQL development. It’s a pretty straightforward book like a lot of the “for dummies” books are. Needless to say that a lot of the info in the book is kind of basic but it can […]
Book Review: The Javascript Anthology
This is another one of my favorite Sitepoint books, it’s a great resource for learning some cool Javascript tips and tricks. It really helped me to pick up some tools that I still use quiet a bit today. I recommend this book to anyone who is involved in building websites or managing them. The JavaScript […]
Book Review: Designing without Tables
This is another great sitepoint book that I picked up to help me get up to speed with the use of CSS to format not only the text and navigation on a page but also the entire layout. Being an old school designer this has been a challenge for me to grasp, I think that […]
Book Reviews: The Zen of CSS Design
My Business Partner Greg sent this book home with me a long time ago and I have had it with me every since. It’s a good read, very nice book. I have found myself getting into it again a lot lately as I continue to dive deeper in using CSS to do page layouts, etc. […]
Book Review: Run Your Own Webserver
My partner Stephen ordered us all a copy of this book shortly after we started Pleth. It took me a while to finally get into it because my first thought was that it was going to be a light read but it really wasn’t, parts of it were filled with some really good info. There […]