It’s been another 2 weeks, so here is another wrap up of the tools, links, and other sites that came across my various readers, etc… It could be a good resource, an interesting blog post, or anything I found useful since the last Web Tools Tips and Talk, #6. Feel free to suggest other links [...]

When I got my first job out of college, I bought a car. It was a new, 1997 Mazda 626. I was excited to finally have some of my own money, so I added all the features I could afford at the time. I added leather, a sun roof, and the ‘luxury package’ which to [...]

This is a tale of 2 web developers. ‘Jim’ and ‘Johnny’. They are both mid level developers looking for a job. Both are technically able and have bachelors degrees in computer science from similar schools. You have interviewed them, and while either should be a decent fit for the position you have, they are decidedly [...]

I’ve written a guest post on the blog “The 2.0 life: How to Thrive in a Digital World ” entitled: 10 WordPress Plugins Every New Blogger Should Install. Please go check it out, and while you are there look over David’s site. It has a lot of great, practical advise for using web tools and [...]

As usual, a semi-weekly wrap up of links, tidbits, and other sites that came across my plate. Code, development, management, anything I found interesting since the last post. Feel free to suggest other links in the comments. Web Tools hidetext – I plan to use this one on my blog and see if it works. [...]

In light of today’s massive Google outage I thoguht I’d pass along a few ways to check if google is down. If you use and rely on Google Products such as Gmail and Docs, bookmark this page. Apps Status Dashboard (http://www.google.com/appsstatus) If you are experiencing problems, check this link and see if your issue is [...]