Monthly Archives: March 2009

Ingredients vs. Stew

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Sean

A friend just told me a version of an often heard story in tech. Her marketing company built a site without the ability to track key metrics of the ads. The tech people responded, “It wasn’t in the specs,” which … Continue reading →

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10 Tips for Your Small Consumer Web Site: SEO, Buzz, and More (in no particular order)

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Sean

My friend Lisy is selling personalized cuff links on line: http://fingerprintcufflinks.com. They send you a kit with a putty that allows you to capture your children’s fingerprints. After you return, Lisy crafts a pair (or 3) cuff links that forever … Continue reading →

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To IDE or Not

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Sean

An IDE is an Intergrated Development Environement. Like most things in technology, it’s as easy to find someone who loves them as someone who hates them. The PHP programmers on my team consider IDE completely bloated evil, while the Windows … Continue reading →

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Programming As A Hobby

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Sean

I spent a large part of Saturday compiling my own instance of PHP 5.2.6 for STC.com, logged into a SSH session at my hosting provider Dreamhost. The goal was to include GMP so I could use the Zend OpenID library … Continue reading →

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The Social Developer

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Sean

Blogger and CTO, Jon Williams, wrote a nice post explaining why some developers relish the opportunity to manage; they want to be social. It’s been a driving imperative in my career as well. Jon goes on to posit that Agile … Continue reading →

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