Archive for December, 2005
Friday, December 23rd, 2005
A few weeks ago a coworker insisted that I install Skype for chatting at work. I'm currently employed by a startup with no offices yet, so I work out of my house. For this application Skype has worked extremely well. I can setup conference calls in a matter of seconds ...
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Friday, December 2nd, 2005
Just picked up the book "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug and I definitely recommend it for anyone interested in Web Design.
Steve makes a lot of points that of course feel obvious once I read them, but yet hadn't considered. This is really the core of web ...
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Friday, December 2nd, 2005
Looks like the media is starting to pick up on these stories of businesses getting slammed after being featured on a community site. Not anything new, the slashdot effect has been around for some time now. MediaPost Publications posted a high level follow up to the PriceRitePhoto story. What ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2005
After picking up my first laptop a couple of years ago, I've moved into the camp of belief that there is no reason to own a desktop anymore. You can't beat the flexiblity of being able to just get up and go work somewhere else, laydown and work in bed ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2005
There's a fascinating set of blog posts by Jennifer Laycock over at SearchEngineGuide about starting a small business with absolutely no capital. She's posting every day with updates on what she's doing and how sales are going. What's interesting is that she introduced to me several ways to go about ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2005
TechCrunch has a review of Zipingo, a new local business review site, and also mentions some of the other sites in this space. Yelp, Judy's Book, and Insider Pages.
Here is the link to Zipingo's review of my troublesome HomeDepot. As an update on my dealings with Home Depot, ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2005
I've noticed over the last week a couple of stories about consumers having poor experiences with businesses and trying to do something about it.
Digg, one of the new web phenomenoms, had a posting of a situation that was much worse than what I experienced with Home Depot. You can ...
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