Technology, Business, and Doritos

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Archive for March, 2006

SEO, and bad companies

Friday, March 31st, 2006

As I have looked at all the companies that work on SEO and seen the tactics and methods they use for their clients I have found there are very, very few reputable seo companies that actually get results. My theory? Well, I think that most of those people that are really good at [...]

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Our management team at FundingUniverse.com had a good discussion today about measuring our performance. During the conversation I had a great way to go about the nearly impossible job of measuring a programmer’s performance. Before I get to the meat of it, there are a couple things I need to point out about [...]

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Everyone who has looked at my title laughs at it. The mention of Doritos is of course the culprit. I was thinking to myself about why I put Doritos in the title, and I guess it is just because I love them so much. Not only Doritos, but chips in general. I [...]

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My favorite books on entrepreneurism

Monday, March 13th, 2006

I have been thinking a lot lately about the value of fictional books in the lives of adults. I have a special place in my heart for fiction, yet I have found in the business world I am amongst the minority. Business books are all good, but a pure diet of them does [...]

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What fuels your vehicle

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Today I was working on a big programming project and was working on a specific problem that many people have told me cannot be done without a lot of painful backend work among other things. In a nutshell, it is the problem of logging in to a different domain remotely while still retaining session [...]

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Finding your place

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

I often find that my role in whatever company or situation I am working in changes many times over the course of a few months. It often depends on the status of development or projects we are working on. Sometimes this can be very frustrating, but I have realized that you just need [...]

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