Monday, September 24, 2007

Just Jump Into Podcasting With These 5 Steps

I want to start off by saying this; you can Podcast, right now, with pretty much everything you have at your fingertips. This isn't a white paper on what a Podcast is, because if you didn't know what a Podcast was you probably wouldn't be reading this. Why should you listen to me? Because I produce a Podcast and I know that you can do it with practically nothing. 1. You'll need a computer with some type of microphone, or a laptop with a built in mic. This is probably the only place where I would suggest using one of those gamer...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

How Flickr Did it Right

There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of sites that will let you upload your photos and cerate online photos albums. But in my opinion, Flickr has done it right. Several factors went into my decision to go with Flickr over say PicasaWeb or any of the others, and that was price and the API. The price for a Pro account is so cheap, something just above $2 a month, for unlimited uploads, is insane. No one comes close. The cheapest of PicasaWeb Pro accounts costs $20 a year for only 6GB of space. Some might ask, why would you...
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Props to my Peeps

This weeks prop goes out to my Son J. I've had a car in the shop for some repairs and he acted as chauffeur several times over the past week. He just had surgery on his hand, and  hasn't been feeling very well but has helped when he could. Thanks J for all you have don...
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BlogRush is pushing the envelope

Whether or not you use or even like BlogRush, I'm getting a noticeable increase in the amount of traffic my blog has been getting ever since I signed up. There have been some problems with cheaters, as happens with services like this, but it seems to be drawing readers to my blog which I really like. BlogRush is attempting to improve the service and minimize abusers. In order to use BlogRush you have to install a plug-in on your blog. At first I didn't like that, and pretty much I still don't, but that's what's required...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Facebook application development and living in Utah

Jesse Stay asked if he was the only Facebook developer in Utah. And one of the comments he got on his blog asked "why is that important?" The statement was framed around the notion that anyone anywhere can develop applications, why is geographical locations important. From my perspective its mostly for support and networking. When I am looking to refer work to someone I naturally look to my close local associates first. It's just natural. If no one there can help then I look to my extended network. I've just always done this....
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