Back when Internet Explorer 6 was mainstream, it was normal practice for web developers to implement hacks for code to work properly in that browser. But are some of us still encouraging this practice? What part are web developers playing in spreading this disease? Continue reading
Learn Project Management
Web project management tips and articles in how to be more profitable and productive. This advice comes from the perspective of a PHP programmer, who also was a project manager.
Improve Profitability and Productivity: Why Working More is not the Solution
Most employers want to see their salaried employees work more than 40 hours per week. This is a flawed philosophy because it assumes that more work time equals more output or that putting in more time will equal more profit. This leads me to the following question.
Which employee is more valuable? Continue reading
15 Ways to be the Worst Web Project Manager
There are multiple ways in managing website projects. Regardless of your management style, there are things that you should learn to avoid as much as possible. Doing these things will not only allow you to get through projects on time and on budget, but they will leave a very good impression on the clients you work with, and your boss will not hesitate in giving you the reins on high profile projects. Continue reading
Outlook vs Gmail
Over the past five years I’ve had extensive experience with both systems.
A few years ago Google launched email/calendar/etc…hosting that you can use for your business email (click here). Basically this means you can have your company emails be setup on the Google system through your own domain.
The Google solution has a lot more implemented functionality than Outlook has by itself. In any case, they are replacements for each other, and so I think it is a fair comparison. Continue reading
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