Archive for the ‘Web’ Category

Finance Fantasy League: UpDown.com

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Fantasy sports have revolutionized the way fans watch their favorite games. In theory, this fantasy concept can be applied to many things in life. For instance, you could have a celebrity fantasy league, and base scores on who gets arrested or pregnant any given week. (Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan ...

YouTube Intros Higher Quality Videos

Friday, April 25th, 2008

YouTube is one of the top five time-wasters of all time. You can navigate to the site with a specific purpose and find yourself watching random videos for hours. One of the biggest complaints about the video sharing site is its mediocre video resolution of 320x240. This lack of quality ...

Blogging as a Business: Introduction

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Bloggers write for all kinds of different reasons. Some start a site as a hobby; others compile compelling content to attempt to help others and break niché news. An interesting phenomenon that appeals to most authors that are pitched the idea to is making money with your blog. If I ...

Ya-Micro-hoo-soft?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

This morning Microsoft made a bid of $45 billion to purchase Yahoo! by way of a stock buyout. The software juggernaut has never had a presence in the Internet search market, and just so happens to have some cash lying around. If this is the real deal Holyfield, it would ...

Get Yourself LinkedIn

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

LinkedIn is one of the fastest growing sites on the web, looking to prosper from the recent social networking boom. It proposes to provide a network of professionals by giving you an avenue to build your business contracts without ever really talking to anybody. Think of it as a cross ...

The Definitive Blonde Joke

Friday, December 7th, 2007

I always thought blonde jokes were kinda stupid, until I read this one. It's dead on. I've been laughing all morning. Read, enjoy, and pass it on.

To Flickr or Not to Flickr?

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Lately I have been thinking about how to better incorporate photos both into this site and my life in general. I have toyed around with an installation of Gallery2, which can be viewed here. It's not a terrible solution, but it's also not ideal. It certainly does not make it ...

Google’s OpenSocial is Open for Business

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Google recently announced the formation of an open-source application development suite, dubbed OpenSocial. It will allow third-party software developers to code their own applications for various social networking sites including LinkedIn, Ning, and Google's own Orkut. Recently, it was confirmed that the big-daddy of social networks, MySpace, will also join ...

Web Business Fenom: Facebook

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

There's a good chance that you have a Facebook account. You probably check it at least once a day, perusing your friend list for new photos and new stalker "status" updates. Since you can import your blog posts right into your profile (like I have done), you might even be ...

HOW TO: Choose a Domain Name and Hosting Solution

Friday, October 26th, 2007

The internet is an amazing landscape. It has changed the way we access information and made everything available to everyone. It also allows just about anyone to make their own website. Yes, it's true. How can I get in on the fun, you wonder? Well, I'm glad you asked. I ...