January 2009

Archive

Don’t Piss in my Backyard

I just caught a guy from NW Natural, the gas company in Portland, pissing in my closed-gate backyard. I saw a strange person walk the window so I thought I’d investigate. There is nothing back there but my car, it’s all fenced in. So I open the door and hear the back gate swing open. […]

GMail Not Archiving The Same?

I receive and send a good amount of email every day. I friggin’ love GMail. There are so many features that make it perfect for me. Threaded conversations, starring, IMAP, easy filters, the list goes on. The fact that it’s in the cloud is great for me. I also love “archiving” my email instead of […]

Book Suggestions for Learning PHP I Got on Twitter

I asked on Twitter if anyone had any books on learning PHP that they thought were good. There were many responses, so I’m “rounding them up” here with the suggester and their book. Suggested by: Raphael Caixeta Jimmy Gleason Suggested by: Maggie Hussein Riley Will Wilkins Kenny Phillip Lovelace Suggested by: Matt Kern Andrew Nash […]

“We Don’t Have a Budget for Ads”

Bullshit, when it comes to online advertising. With online advertising, you can measure results. You can learn the value of a click. If the value of that click is more than what you paid for it, a budget hardly comes into play. It’s like free money. As Seth Godin summed it up: If the local […]