Archive for February, 2010

SEO – Why links are so important

Important Links

Links are so important
Why Links Are so important?
Probably the word that associates best with Web is “links”. That is what hypertext is all about – you link to pages you like and get linked by pages that like your blog. Actually, the Web is woven out of interconnected pages and spiders follow the links, [...]

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Elevation of Purpose

Don't chase happiness. Let it come to you.
“Simplicity of life and elevation of purpose.” – Henry David Thoreau
Now, I am not a transcendentalist like the literary poets, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. However, I do believe Thoreau was right about simplicity, at least on the web side of things.
I have been developing on [...]

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Did the tree actually fall?

Did the tree actually fall?

Ok, I just had my mind blown away. I am reading about quantum mechanics and the observer problem that occurs on the sub atomic scale. And I began to think about the question, “If a tree falls and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” However, because of the observer [...]

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Dear John.

Pony Express

Things have really changed through the decades of message delivery. From the short stint with the Pony Express in the late 1800s to today’s standards of near instant delivery to anywhere in the world…with an internet connection of course. Yet, another important part of messaging has quickly fallen apart as we become less likely to [...]

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I'm sorry. It's my fault.

I am sorry.

“I’m sorry. It’s my fault. How do I make it right?” -Randy Pausch
Three simple phrases that can mean the world of a difference if delivered improperly. Push your ego and stubbornness aside and realize your mistake when you make one. Think about it like this. If you never make mistakes, how can you [...]

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The F Word

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I am sick of the F word. It’s everywhere I go. It’s at work, at the grocery, and even in the school yards. The problem is that many people are walking around with good, if not great, ideas in their head but they lack the will to make the ideas happen. “In a battle between [...]

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Salt won’t melt this slug

If you pay any attention while interacting on the web or more so if you have dealt with the workings of WordPress, you have probably come across the term ‘slug’. What the heck is a slug? A slow slimy [...]

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Perfection is an illusion.

Perfection

"…thus perfection is an illusion."
I am sure you have heard this before or maybe the more common phrase, “There’s no such thing as perfect.” They are perfectly right when saying that.
Let’s imagine we live in a world where perfection is an obtainable goal and can actually be accurately measured. Now picture [...]

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