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Are you a Code Monkey?
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Entertainment | Comments: 0
Code Monkey's Unite! All programmers should use this as their theme song.
Jonathan Coulton previously was a programmer, but decided to pursue other avenues in his life.
One of his greatest songs, in my opinion, is Code Monkey. The song talks about basically a programmer's life and what he has to deal with everyday.
Back from the sickness
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: News | Comments: 0
I'm back from being out almost a week.
Last Thursday night, I started getting sick and since then I haven't been 100% functional.
After getting over a sickness this past week, (as the song goes) I can see clearly now (literally) and start writing again.
Google Apps for your domain (for your office)
Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Business | Comments: 0
Google Apps for your domain has gone premium for businesses.
Wow. Where do I start with this news since I've seen it here, here, here, here, here...oh...and here.
I am happy that Google Apps are moving towards a business model, but even happier that they are pursuing a MS Office mentality. Collaboration is what businesses need, but with the proper security enabled. I have noticed a couple URL's with Google that are missing the "https" at the beginning.
Small Business Briefs
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Business | Comments: 0
A collection of newsworthy articles for the busy entrepreneur.
Every entrepreneur will experience growth of their business, whether it be gradual growth or 90 degree-angle growth. If you are a Micro-ISV and are growing by leaps and bounds, keep in mind you may have a team atmosphere as opposed to a single person company. Mr. Cornwall at The Entrepreneurial Mind discusses how to handle a transition from Entrepreneur to Team and knowing the differences between the two.
If you are an entrepreneur of your own company and have a product in the market, you may be providing your own support line. Joel Spolsky from Joel on Software discusses seven steps to remarkable customer service. The stories Mr. Spolsky talks about pertains to most Micro-ISV developers and shows a great deal of experience in learning how to cope with customers.
Google to purchase AdScape for $23 million
Monday, February 19, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Google | Comments: 0
Google is acquiring again...look out!
Back in December, I predicted Google would make a major purchase this year and according to CNet, Google is looking into acquiring AdScape for $23 million.
I admit it's a purchase, but my gut instinct tells me that this wasn't the big purchase that I predicted.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for February 16, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: FireStox, FFcli, and Woot! Watcher
We have a pretty cool list this week.
Stocks, Woot!'s, and Command Lines, oh my!
Poll: What are you looking for at DCS Media?
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Opinion | Comments: 0
For my readers, I'm asking for your help. What do you want to see more of at DCS Media?
Since I'm in the last stages of a rewrite of DCS Media (announcement coming soon), I need your help. If you subscribe to RSS, visit the site regularly, or just want to see something unique, now is your time.
When you come to DCS Media, what exactly do you want to see more of? More technology articles? Are you looking for something in particular that I don't have? Let me know.
Speed Links - Feb-14-2007: Programming
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Speed Links | Comments: 0
Programming Speed Links
- Programmers are brain surgeons
A great post at saush.com that was written based on an analogy from the book, "The Art of Project Management." Definitely a great read for programmers.
- Make Firefox look like Internet Explorer
(Ref: LifeHacker) Here is a great way to fool everyone into thinking that Internet Explorer has add-ons.
- Create a Chat System with AJAX and ASP.NET
This is a great tutorial if you are interested in AJAX with ASP.NET.
- 5 things you need to know about Virtual Server
O'Reilly posts 5 common questions and answers about Microsoft's Virtual Server. For the Virtual Server beginner.
- Testing First & and the Lone Programmer
Robert Keith at Testing Digitally talks about how his coding has improved through his testing...as he codes.
The Number One Question for Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Business Lessons | Comments: 0
You are given a list of 3 goals to fulfill in your life. Most people want all 3, but can only have 1 or 2.
As you create your startup, everyone will give you advice (whether you want it or not) on how to handle certain aspects of your small business.
How many employees are too much? Should I outsource? Should I make the company go public?
How to store your photos and videos on vacation
Monday, February 12, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: General | Comments: 0
How do you store your media while on vacation? Here are the gadgets I used without breaking my back.
Using technology on vacation is very tempting. I thought about borrowing a laptop to haul down to Florida, but imagine hauling that around. Yikes! You need to relax and enjoy yourself, but you want a sufficient amount of techie stuff to get the job done. I might add that taking too many gadgets on vacation may upset your better half as well.
However, I didn't want to be left with a ton of pictures to take and no SD cards to write to. I wanted to "capture the moments." In the computer industry, there is a saying: you can never have too much memory or hard drive space and this vacation was no exception.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for February 9, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 1
This week: Stylish and Tab Effect
Stylish
Rating: 5/5
Stylish is an extension that allows your inner designer to take over and create a different web site based on a style sheet. You could even look at this extension as an...well, extension of the CSS zen garden. Without turning this Fireday into a CSS explanation, CSS is meant to change the presentation of a web site without altering the content. The Zen Garden shows the full extent of this technology, which by the way, rocks! You could apply a holiday theme to your entire web site with just one CSS file. How cool is that?
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for February 2, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007 8:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: Statusable, NSFW Extension, and SiteDelta.
Statusable
Rating: 5/5
If you've been with me since the first Fireday, you've obviously heard me talk about how my status bar has a ton of icons on the bottom of Firefox. Well, there is a new extension I've added to my list called Statusable.
Statusable creates a new status bar and attaches it to the bottom of Firefox. My extensions in my status bar were shifted up and voila! I could see my URLs again.
Since Firefox has released it's 2.0 version and is moving towards a 3.0 release, and since everyone installs numerous extensions, may I propose that this become a native feature in Firefox 3.0. This is an awesome fix for extension overload. However, one thing that users may complain about is that the extension is only compatible with Firefox 2.0 or higher.
Overall, Statusable is not hard to install and even though it takes up a little more room in my browsing display, it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for the gluttony of more extensions...muhahahahahaha.
Ahem...err...ahh...anyway.
