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This is a quick commentary on why some of those programming tasks that seem “easy” are never quite what they seem, especially in new, more object-oriented programming packages like Flash.  I hope this helps some of you out there plan better when you are trying to budget projects. First, its important to understand how most […]

Google’s changes are an issue, but not for the reason originally reported.  Consolidating and using web history is an issue if you don’t want them to do it, so here: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137 That is how you remove your web history from your Google account.  Do it before March 1 (so in the next 4 hours).  Disappointing […]

I was talking to an associate who expressed concern about the new Google Service Agreement and I wanted to post.  He was concerned that the new agreement could be read as Google taking license with people’s stuff…not so. The part that seems to cause everyone heartache on the Google agreement is this: “When you upload […]

Well, well.  I was checking my news feeds this AM and I see this post about project Spartan. Project Spartan: Facebook's Hush-Hush Plan To Take On Apple On Their Own Turf: iOS Seems that there’s a top-secret project at Facebook to implement an app delivery service on Safari to target the iPhone and iPad.  It […]

I don’t often do this, write a recommendation to avoid someone’s hosting services, however, this example of incompetence is so strong that I feel I need to say something. I was helping a client migrate from shared hosting (as in shared with other unconnected businesses) on 1&1 to their own  hosting solution.  We moved the […]

A technical recommendation; a long-time client just lost several months of medical data from a crashed hard-drive and has to re-enter it from printout.  It will cost them $1000’s.  I hate to see that. If you are *not* running a web-driven backup solution then go set one up now; they are reasonably priced, effective and […]

I’ve been dealing with a hard-drive crash in my Dell laptop the past couple of days and its opened my eyes to what I consider to be a serious issue in the technical industry.  The tech industry has become central to our culture, part of our identity in modern times.  So what happened to the […]

There are so many Open Source systems for websites out there, that I thought I would take a moment to explain a bit about when to pick each one, they all have their strengths and weaknesses, pros and cons.  There isn’t one “solves it all” type system, so if someone is telling you that, its […]

This post is about getting set up with two incredibly useful tools; Google Calendar, Google Docs and gmail. Google Calendar allows you to have a calendar that syncs with most mobile phones, can subscribe and share event information with other calendars, sends reminders and notices and is completely free. Google Docs allows you to create […]

So I promised a post that would summarize the past few months of marketing strategy, Facebook pages and analytics. This is that post; it will give an overview and link to the other posts.  As usual, if you want help with any of this stuff, just contact us – we work in small, reasonable chunks […]