Business


Terrible UX design at Myspace

Posted by peter on 2008-03-10 Also filed under General and Web Design and Development

Myspace has never been known for it’s usability, but this just blew my mind. The e-mail address that I have registered with them is on a domain name that I owned, but which has expired and will not be renewed, so I wanted to change my e-mail address with them so I can get […]

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Snagging a tech job?

Posted by peter on 2006-12-26 Also filed under General and Knowledge

Karl Morris has some interesting advice in his post: Snagging a tech job: The interview

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97 percent of websites fail in accessibility survey

Posted by peter on 2006-12-05 Also filed under General, News, Tech News, Thoughts and Web Design and Development

‘Most websites’ failing disabled is a BBC article that has some pretty scary statistics about accessibility on a wide range of sites. It should not be a surprise, there are relatively very few of us who make any effort to make our sites accessible to those with disabilities. The good news is that […]

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Reggie Fils-Aime Interview on Cnet

Posted by peter on 2006-11-13 Also filed under General, Tech News, Video, Video Games and Wii

The Wii less than a week away, Cnet has posted an interview with NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime, interesting and worth a watch.

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A few business tips

Posted by peter on 2006-10-04 Also filed under General and Knowledge

There are some very interesting business tips for new businesses and freelancers in these two articles that the lifehacker blog pointed me to.

5 Things You Shouldn’t Spend Money On When Starting a Business (lifehacker link)
Top 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers(lifehacker link)

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Can they even read?

Posted by peter on 2006-09-21 Also filed under General and Thoughts

Sometimes I’m not so sure about people who work in human resources. I often see really stupid things in job postings, leading me to believe they never even proofread their own claptrap.
For instance I just read a job posting on Dice which begins with Are you looking for the best possible start to your […]

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Net neutrality and small business

Posted by peter on 2006-09-20 Also filed under General and Web Design and Development

Evolt has a great article explaining the importance of net neutrality entitled The effects of a “Gated Internet” on small business and the web hosting industry. If you have any doubts as to the importance of net neutrality, please read this article!

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Bad Day American McGee?

Posted by peter on 2006-09-15 Also filed under General, News, Thoughts and Video Games

Gamasutra has a new interview with American McGee. I didn’t realize it but apparently American is behind the new game Bad Day L.A., a fact that kind of makes me want to check it out despite the scathing review that GameSpy just posted. It sounds like a great concept for a game, but from […]

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Credit card logos

Posted by peter on 2006-09-10 Also filed under General and Web Design and Development

If you need credit card logos to use on your website I have collected a list of “official” sources to download them from.

Visa logos
Visa card logos
Mastercard not only offers web resolution graphics, they also offer print sized graphics. Unfortunately you must create an account on their website just to download the “web” quality images.
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Avoid being mislabeled as spam

Posted by peter on 2006-07-31 Also filed under General and Knowledge

Thus far in my career I have had no need for ‘E-Marketing’, but I am always interested in marketing techniques and other such skills that I may need in the future. I found a rather interesting article entitled: E-Marketing in the world of SPAM. It discusses the fact that due to this spam-filled […]

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