I went grocery shopping this weekend and noticed a new trend in product packaging. I was looking for Tropicana orange juice but walked right by it because the packaging has changed radically. Pepsi has also done a major redesign but … Continue reading
At the end of 2007 I wrote down and saved some New Year Resolutions. I figured I would share them, along with the outcome. I’ll share my 2009 resolutions in another post soon. Here are 2008′s resolutions in review: Get … Continue reading
It would seem that Google is having a massive GMail outage right now. I first noticed about 5:20pm ET, and the service briefly came back up for me about 20 minutes later. The main version of GMail is still down … Continue reading
In Michael Arrington’s recent Techcrunch post about the iPhone 3G, he mentions that Apple is not competing with the current cellphone technologies as much as Google’s upcoming Android platform. This made me wonder if the current shift in openness (see … Continue reading
Hosting is a commodity and the differences between companies are often negligible. I happen to use HostGator because I bought it years ago and the price is ridiculously cheap. They give me plenty of storage for my sites and I’m … Continue reading
As my first post in my return to blogging I wanted to highlight some things I’m looking forward to, and why. Windows 7 (Sometime in 2009) I hate Windows Vista. Barely a day goes by that it doesn’t make my … Continue reading
I haven’t been blogging lately, mostly because I couldn’t think of anything worth writing a lengthy post about. So I’ve decided to break my own perceptions of blogging and just write short thoughts as best I can, without worrying about … Continue reading
When not completely buried in work, I try to read through my feeds in Bloglines, and everyday I read about the launch or beta release of new startups around the country. Most are located in Silicon Valley with founders that … Continue reading
Being a website developer I often have to follow a certain workflow over and over again. Every project is a little different, but the workflow is essential the same. Am I being too cryptic? Here’s an example: I’m working on … Continue reading
As you may be aware, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, joined Apple Computer’s board of directors in August of this year. While there may be a wealth of reasons why such a move would be beneficial to both companies, I … Continue reading