Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

February 14, 2010

What is SEO? A set of techniques implemented in your site aimed at convincing Search Engines to display your site as high as possible in the search engine results page (known as “SERP”). So, what are you trying to convince the search engines of? That when users search for particular keywords or phrases, your site (or particular page) [...]

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Get Discovered

February 14, 2010

The predominant form of making your presence felt, pre modern-day web, was outbound marketing – spend money, buy attention. Now it is possible to turn that upside down by adopting an “inbound marketing” strategy – getting viewers to find you … by first of all, being discoverable. As of this writing, I do not claim [...]

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Which Blogging Service to Choose?

February 12, 2010

There are many good blogging services out there, but an additional decision to make is whether to host the blog yourself, or let the blogging service do that for you. Which blogging services are available? The better known include WordPress.com, Typepad.com and Blogger.com. By far the easiest approach is to let the blogging service host [...]

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Software developer’s guide to a successful marriage

February 6, 2010

I am a huge fan of developer chicks, but I’m going stereotypical on this one and assuming male developer. Your wife married you despite your bad haircut, questionable dress sense and sometimes awkward social skills – wow, talk about a sweeping generalization – for the record, I used to fit cleanly in that category. Which [...]

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10 Startup Anti-Patterns

January 27, 2010

Welcome to 10 sure fire tips to wreck a startup – slowly! To move beyond the obvious, the scenario here is that the main product is live and customers are actively engaged (and even paying). When your eager employees proactively try to solve problems and ask for your help, tell them to go repeat what [...]

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Pork Ribs

January 4, 2010

As with all meat cooking, dry is your enemy – see tips below to maintain moisture. INSTRUCTIONS Buy the St. Louis (aka Kansas City) cut of ribs Wash and pat try with paper towels IMPORTANT: Remove the membrane on the bone size of the ribs – best technique is to use a paper towel, pinch [...]

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