Business
Three Articles For GoDaddy
Writing articles on my personal blog and Sideways8’s blog has always been fun. I’ve been in this industry for 20 years, I should have some knowledge that is worth sharing, right?!? The industry has changed dramatically over the years. No longer does anyone use frames in pages, the blink tag is deprecated and Netscape is…
Read MoreHome offices and the noise it may bring
Working from home has it’s advantages and disadvantages, but I wouldn’t change it. I think that the work/life balance is slightly off, sometimes really off. I’m not judging, I’d rather have my family around me, working just 40-45 hours a week instead of more. I also understand that it is often hard to get to…
Read MoreGet Your SSL Certificate Now
In October of last year, I wrote about SSL certificates, and told people to start getting an SSL certificate, even if you don’t think you need one. Any site that has a password field, or accepts credit cards, it needs an SSL certificate. If you do not, your rankings in Google will go down. I’ll…
Read MoreDid Apple shift focus away from the Mac?
I’ve always been interested in different operating systems. I’m sure I’m the only kid in school that was running OS/2 because Windows was inferior in the mid-90’s. I’ve always had multiple OS’s around, from Novell DOS to OS/2 to Linux, it has always been around. In the business desktop realm, up until 2006 I used…
Read MoreHow to Present Your Idea to a Developer
I’ve been in the web industry for almost 20 years. I run into people quite often with ideas where I could make big bucks, but I have never accepted the offer. Let me explain how the conversation normally goes. Case #1: We have Bob the developer, and Einstein as the one with the idea. Einstein:…
Read MoreOops! I'm a Starter
I’m re-reading Rework, a great book for people like us. It’s a “slap you in the face” kind of book. I agree with most of it. Here is one of my favorite paragraphs: There’s a new group of people out there starting businesses. They’re turning profits yet never think of themselves as entrepreneurs. A lot…
Read MoreHow to Fire The Web Guy
Time and time again small businesses are horribly frustrated with their web guy/team and fire them. Often times they jump the gun without knowing how much control that person may have on their business. I’m going to outline a few preventative steps your business should take to ensure that you won’t be caught with your…
Read MoreWordPress, Google, SEO
I found a pretty cool article saying that Google’s Matt Cutts (great name BTW, it’s a complete sentence, kind of like Brittney Spears) thinks WordPress is the best SEO platform. From the article: It is a fantastic piece of software, makes your blog easily crawlable by search engines, solves some 80-90% of mechanics of SEO…
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