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I was driving to work a couple of days ago, and as a MINI passed [...]
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It looks like the Zooomr we knew is pretty much done for. A few months ago, I wrote that I was taking a break from Zooomr. The more I stayed away, the more clearly I could think about it, and the more I realized what a colossal waste of my time it was to get [...]
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You may or may not know that Skype offers a service called SkypeIn, which lets you get a local number that people can call to reach you anywhere in the world, provided you’re logged into Skype. I’ve had a SkypeIn number for the past couple of years, and I love it. Want the number? It’s [...]
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Three weeks ago, I wrote a post describing my thoughts on the web development industry, and things looked pretty bleak. I did promise a brighter outlook in a short while, and this post is the fulfillment of that promise.
So, what can we do to ensure that we’ll continue to have jobs? Well, we can do [...]
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I’m struck by the amount of consolidation that’s taking place these days. Companies are gobbling up other companies in order to scale up, expand horizontally or simply eliminate competition. We in the web development industry have so far been spared this fate, simply because of the amount of incredible innovation and changes that always take [...]
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When Apple stated in their Hot News section that the Mac Pro line is cheaper than similarly-configured PCs, I couldn’t help writing this post. This half-truth has bothered me ever since the WWDC keynote address, when Apple’s marketing VP (I forget his name) did a comparison between an entry-level Mac Pro and a Dell and [...]
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I’d forgotten about my bad experience with these people until they sent me some spam a couple of weeks ago. To return the favor, I’m going to tell you what I know of them, and believe me, it’s not pretty…
These days, they’ve got a new domain (davisongetresults.com) which acts as a forward to their old [...]
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From CNET News: “Corporate marketers have been touting the virtues of blogging for years, so why shouldn’t the concept be extended to individuals…” This is an interesting take on blogging and the different views people have of it. Recommended reading! Here is the link.
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Yochai Benkler released his new book “The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom” under a CC license. Cool! This is the first book I’ve heard of that was released under such a license. Here is the link.
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