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    “Sue First, and Ask Questions Later” – Should We Watch What We Tweet?

    I’ve been following the story out of Chicago about the Bonnen v. Horizon Realty Group (latest post on Mashable is that Horizon is backpedaling) with some keen interest.  Here’s a tenant who says something bad about her (former?) landlord, to 20 people (the number of followers she has) and it ends up leading to a…

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    New Design Comp 1

    I’ve finished the new design for the site.  I’d love to get feedback for it – please, if you have a few minutes, leave me some ideas or what I could better! UPDATE: I finished all of the comps – I have some special page templates for certain sections of the site – so I’m…

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    The Podcast Answer Man

    I had the pleasure of doing a great interview session with Cliff Ravenscraft of GSPN.TV a few days ago.  We talked a lot about WordPress, podcasting with WordPress, and the plugins I use to make sure my blogs/sites are running in tip-top shape.   You can listen to the show, as well as see the…

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    Tired of Refreshing Your CSS Everytime You Make A Change?

    So am I.  I  make changes a lot live on the server (using the Web Dev Toolbar), and I have to hard-refresh every time I make a change.  Doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it cuts down on valuable time that could be done… well, not refreshing a page.  There is a way; versioning…

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    Image Replacement Using CSS

    Using images on a design is pretty well necessary in today’s visually stunning web.  However, while images look great, there’s no substitute for text when it comes to Search Engine Optimization.  But is there a way to get the visual effect of an image while still having the SEO benefits of text? With CSS, there…

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    What I learned at BarCampBirmingham

    Nathan Ketsdever knows everything you need to know about SEO.  Ever.  And he can tell you all of it in one hour.  It’s not that there’s not a lot of information; he just talks really fast! The Gang War between Macs and PC ever intensifies, and the lines have been drawn. The Birmingham tech community…

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    BarCampBirmingham’s in Full Swing!

    I’m down here at the Innovation Depot in Birmingham, AL for BarCampBirmingham, and even though I was a little late I’m really digging what I’ve seen so far. There’s a really tech-savvy crowd here today, with a lot of really new and interesting topics (mobile web, twitter for business, and even some other WordPress developers). …

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    Jeremiah Owyang: The Design Process

    Whoops – it would be nice to actually have an article here, huh? I just finished Jeremiah Owyang’s new blog design, and I have an article on his blog detailing the process and why I did some of the things that I did.  You can check it out here!

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    Sprint’s New Commerical

    People always say that I’m a numbers guy.  This commercial feeds that love.  The stats have to come from somewhere (I’d love to see the data behind it), but it’s still interesting to see how many people are using the mobile web.  My favorite line: “233,000 people just sent a tweet on twitter.  26% of…

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    PodCampNashville was a BLAST! (#pcn09)

    So, by far, today’s PodCampNashville was one of the most fun events that I’ve been to in the last while. I made a lot of new connections, but the best part was hanging out at the after party and just reveling in the “real life” of things.  Sure, we all met online, but it’s a…