I saw through my Twitter stream someone using Gowalla, and was curious to what it was all about. Gowalla (@gowalla on Twitter) is a site made for people to share where they are in the world. Might sound a bit like telling too much or a way for people to become a bit stalker-ish, but
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Google Might Pull Out Of China? So…?
So Google seems to be seriously looking into reasons why they should stay in or pull out of China. Whether it is the right thing for Google to pull out of China for business reasons as mentioned in TechCrunch, or for the greater good – the fact is that Google can do what they like.
[Continue Reading...]What Happens When A Web Developer Is Underappreciated
Recently I came up with a dilemma with my own scripts PHPads and PHPurl. Because they have been so popular, and I have been hosting the zip files on my own server, it has been eating up my bandwidth. Believe me this year, the downloads for both have skyrocketed compared to last year. Link promotion
[Continue Reading...]Using Social Media & Support Systems
The two things in the title of this post might be a bit vague, but really you can use social media marketing as a support system. While there are people out there willing to teach these methods in exchange for money, your time, and an open ear, there are many more online more than willing
[Continue Reading...]2009 And Social Media
Social Media – it was a word that popped up in the mainstream and blew everyone away by storm. Well, at least those who were not as computer savvy nor marketing savvy. We learned Social Media and Social Networking were not the same, where social media was a technique to market yourself or your company
[Continue Reading...]2009 Status Updates for PHPads and PHPurl
I am pleased to know that since the release of both of these scripts, that they have done well in the community since introducing them in January 2009. PHPurl, my free PHP URL shortening script has been downloaded over 1737 times. Before I reset the demo site, Re-URL.me, the site had been used more than
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