The very high euro – which seems to be carrying the local currencies with it – does make European outsourcing pretty much a local sport at this point.
Low returns, safe investment in Tech? No, it’s the dawn of a new golden age
Tech companies are bigger than banks. Has tech gone stale as an investment arena? No way – we are just at the start of a new tech business renaissance. But it’s a paradigm shift – to profit you have to get with the new program.
New York Times Online: Ad Revenue Mismanagement = Unemployed Journalists
With the traffic, search engine rankings and original content they have, someone in the NYtimes media department is doing a seriously bad job of promoting and monetizing the site.
SBI (Site Build It) versus WordPress: How to Structure a Website
Weblogs are daily news. How do you turn a weblog into a permanent resource of value (and keep your traffic)? Keep writing, but just archive your content differently.
How to Convert a Clone CD Image to ISO
Converting a Clone CD Image to ISO format is almost impossible on Mac OS X. But there is a way.
SEO Images: Optimising for Google Images
Google Images is the greatest SEO reserve left in the world. Here’s a step by step guide to bringing in visitors from Google Images.
Monitor Size and Productivity: Many Small Monitors or One Big Monitor
What is better for productivity? A single 30″ monitor or a multitude of smaller monitors? Ask someone who’s tried both…
Keeping WordPress Overhead Down: How to Catch and Disable Greedy Plugins
How does one keep track of how much processor time and overhead any given WordPress plugin requires? PHP code and tips to help you catch greedy WordPress plugins before you get your shared hosting account disabled.
In search of a good CSS Editor with FTP editing on Windows: BBedit Equivalent?
Looking for a CSS Editor for Windows with server side editing via FTP and XHTML highlighting as well? I’ve found a good one free…
WordPress plugin review: FAQ-Tastic
FAQ-Tastic – a FAQ – Ask Me solution for WordPress. Reviewed in depth.
Photoshop CS3 Droplet: Save as GIF
For some reason it is impossible to convert ImageReady or previous Photoshop versions Droplets to Photoshop CS3. Here is a simple PS3 Save to GIF droplet for your use.
Detoxing a Windows Box: Getting Rid of Autorun Entries, Cleaning the System Tray
Detoxing a Windows Box – a systematic approach. Start by emptying the System Tray and then get rid of all the auto run entries.
Why WordPress? – the Tumblr Question
David Karp writes about the advantages of Tumblr: “posting with zero obligations, little or no comment”. Great for wisecracking, difficult for communicating.
Losing Mail with Google Apps
My client wasn’t getting all the completed applications that were going into the database. It turns out that Google Apps/Mail were deleting quotations (even though they were coming from his own domain).
Current WordPress 2.4 Admin Theme a Disappointment
From the beginning WordPress has generally looked great when going out with visitors but she dresses awfully sloppily around the house. Current previews of the updated WordPress 2.4 Admin interface show a getup which looks worse if anything, than what’s there now.
Why Foliopress WYSIWYG will be PHP5 Only
Six good reasons why Foliopress WYSIWYG will be PHP5 only. Sometimes releasing new software is great. One isn’t hindered by legacy issues.
Dual Internet Connections: How to Swap ISP’s Smoothly on a Mixed Platform Network
Even a single day with internet down for a whole day would cost a company three times more in lost productivity than the cost of the second high speed connection for the year – how to load balance two internet connections.
Web Tools We Use to run Foliovision
Online applications are the primary tools in our kit, allowing people to work from different computers & new staff to get up to speed more quickly
What should a weblog be?
I was looking for an offline tool for Freshbooks – no luck – but I did run across a great website which typifies to me many of the things which a weblog should be.
Trouble with DD Add Signature Plugin
My best advice: if you can keep computers out of your life, do. Nothing more reliable and crash resistant than pen and paper. Tolstoy, Stendhal and Lermontov.
