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Independents Day 2
Congratulations To All Of The Independent Businesses Out There
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on 2024-07-04
Challenges For Small Business Owners
For starters, small businesses are small. We have ... See full post
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Is Technology Making Us Stupid?
Maybe, But What Is "Smart" Anyway?
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on 2024-06-27
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McDonalds AI: Not Lovin' It
Chain To Return To Humans Taking Your Order At Drive-Thru
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on 2024-06-20
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Making A Music Artist Website (Part 2)
Part 2 - Things You Should Do
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on 2024-05-23
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Making A Music Artist Website (Part 1)
Part 1 - Goals, Reasons and Some Things To Avoid
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on 2024-05-16
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Free AutoCAD Resources
Alternatives to AutoCAD, Models and Forums
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on 2024-05-09
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APIs Have The Data, Who Shows What Fields Is Another Story
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Boeing Failures and Kayak
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on 2024-04-18
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Google Results - Do You Really Want Video Results?
Why Watch When You Can Read
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on 2024-02-29
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Top 10 eCommerce Sites - HTML Report Card
How Does These Major Sites Fare In Web Design, SEO and Security
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2024-02-15
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Podcasts Episodes You Need To Listen To (Part 2)
Great Podcast Discoveries For You
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on 2024-02-08
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Podcasts Episodes You Need To Listen To (Part 1)
Great Podcast Discoveries For You
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on 2024-02-01
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A Tale Of Two Trade Shows
Alcohol: The Not-So-Secret Weapon Of Conventions
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2024-01-25
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How Often To Buy A New Laptop
Some Factors For Your Decision
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-12-28
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Changing Your Domain/Business/Website Name (Part 2)
Checklist And Timeline Of What Needs Doing
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-12-14
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Changing Your Domain/Business/Website Name (Part 1)
Checklist And Timeline Of What Needs Doing
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-12-07
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Artifical Actors
Food For Thought On Replacing Actors With A.I.
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-11-30
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Apps That I'm Thankful For
Which Is Different Than A List Of "Best Apps"
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-11-23
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Good Software Project Estimating
Both Sides Win When It's Done Right
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-11-16
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Do It Yourself - Should You?
Tell Me You Don't Change Your Own Oil
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-10-19
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Why Lay People Should Know How Code Works
Working Knowledge Not Just For Developers
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-09-12
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Americans Kinda Got To The Internet First
Why We're Still Stuck On Websites
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-08-24
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Cloning A MySQL Database
Kinda Backup, Kinda Development Tool
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-07-27
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Best Fictional Software Developers
Who Would You Want Working At (Or Running) Your Company?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-07-20
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Should I Run Facebook Ads in 2023?
Is It Diminishing Returns?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-07-13
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Web Report Card
Media Companies and their Websites: Maybe Yours Isn't That Comparably Bad
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-06-08
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Brand-Change Goofs
Incomphrensible Corporate Decisions
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-06-01
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Artificial Intelligence - It's Here
Case Study: A.I. in Music
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-05-25
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The Computer Backup Mistake You're Probably Making
Have You Actually Tested Your Backup System?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-05-11
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If You Build It ...
They Won't Necessary Come (Or Know About You)
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-03-23
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Internet Speed - State By State
Broadbandnow.com Report - Formatted and Referenced
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-02-16
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Top Software Stories of 2022 (Part 2)
Seven Tech Stories That Belong On The Front Page (Part 2)
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-01-19
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Top Software Stories of 2022 (Part 1)
Seven Tech Stories That Belong On The Front Page (Part 1)
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2023-01-12
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Twitter - Thumbs Up/Down?
Should You Stay Or Should You Go?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-12-08
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Query Related Articles From DB
For Blogs and Such
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-12-01
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Memorable Advertising
What Small Businesses Can Learn From Giant Ads
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-11-17
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5 Gripes
Grandpa Socks It To Yelp, Twitter and Recipe Sites
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-11-10
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PHP 7.4 End Of Life
What's Gained, What's Lost, What To Know
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-10-27
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Staging Area For Your Website
Definition, Staging vs. Testing & Practical Advice
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-10-20
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Case Study - Migrating App To New Owner
Successful Transition Example
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-10-06
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Cookie Sheets Metaphor
How To Work Smarter Instead Of Harder
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-09-29
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Comedy Club Websites
Is There A Reason They Have To Look So Bad
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-09-22
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How Often To Update Software - Part 2
Our Thoughts
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-09-15
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How Often To Update Software - Part 1
The Why Of "How Often"
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-09-08
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Use Some Tech In Your Writing
Cleanup Those Unforced Errors
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-09-01
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Market To Others As You Would Market To Yourself
The Golden Rule For Marketing
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-08-18
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History Manipulation
Why Doesn't Your Back Button Work?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-08-11
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Compromised Mac
Basic Checklist Of Triage Responses
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-07-21
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Destined To Work With Data
A Software Designer's Origin Story
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-07-14
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Website Maintenance Schedule
How Often, What To Do, When
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-07-07
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What In A Good Code Routine - Pt 2
Let's Make A Lasagna
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-06-30
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What In A Good Code Routine - Pt 1
And How Long Should A Routine Be
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-06-23
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Unclaimed Property: Get Your $$$
What Unclaimed Property Is And How To Get It
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-06-16
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Life/Business/Software Lessons From Boogie Nights
"This Is The One They'll Remember Us By"
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-06-09
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Using GPS - Part 2 (Web Design)
Employing Geolocation On Your Website
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-06-02
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Using GPS - Part 1 (AutoCAD)
Geolocation And AutoCAD
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-05-26
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Authorizing Office 365 Fix
"Sorry, we can't connect to your account. Please check your internet connection, and then try again." Solution
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-05-19
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Working Interviews
If It Doesn't Smell Right, Don't Do Them
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-05-12
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Cron Jobs
How To Automate Almost Anything On Your Website
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-05-05
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Tweety Awards
Honoring Excellence In Twitter Embarrassment
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-04-28
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Broken Links - Big Sites
Even Huge Companies Have A Hard Time
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-04-14
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5 Not So Innocuous Code Changes
Unforced Errors In Software Deployment
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-04-07
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Social Media Calendar
If You Don't Have One, Let's Make You One Now
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-03-31
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Memory Hogs (Part 2)
Problem Child Example Of A Memory Leak Website
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-03-10
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Memory Hogs (Part 1)
Problem Child Example Of A Memory Leak Website
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-03-03
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Does Your Website Have Broken Links?
It's A Simple Question ... With A Simple Answer
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-02-10
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MySQL to MySQLi
Helping You Through A MySQL Migration
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-01-13
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Robots.txt File
You Have One On Your Website, Right?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2022-01-06
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Top 10 Software Stories of 2021
Quick Explanations and Takes
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-12-30
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Caching: Speed, Efficiency & The Right Thing To Do
Tips For Web Browsers ... And Web Developers
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-12-09
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Twitter Lists - Are You Using Them?
Improve Your Twitter Life: A Primer To Curated Lists
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-12-02
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Things I Learned About Software From Things Tina Fey Learned About Producing From Lorne Michaels
Part 2: Nerds thru Crazy People
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-11-18
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Things I Learned About Software From Things Tina Fey Learned About Producing From Lorne Michaels
Part 1: Creativity Overrated thru It's Showtime
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-11-11
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Find My Version Of .NET Framework
Where To Find Your .NET Version
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-11-04
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60 Songs About Technology And Progress
Or Kinda About Technology
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-10-28
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BS BS Podcast BS
Riding Bill Simmons Podcast Coattails
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-10-21
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Lies and Damned Lies in One Statistic
Evolution of a Misleading Infographic
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-10-14
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No Assumptions When You Are Designing
Too Close To It
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-09-30
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How Much Data To Collect On Signup/Contact
Don't Turn Off New Prospects With Too Many Fields
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-08-26
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How Much Should I Tweet
Or When Would I Unfollow You?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-07-15
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Cyber-Safety
Even More Important Than Cybersecurity
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-03-25
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Seinfeld, Plots, Premises and Technology
Would They Hold Up?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-02-25
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Advice To Client Dabbling In SEO
A Real Client Email This Week
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-01-28
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One Less Blog Post In The World
A Low-Stakes Controversy
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2021-01-14
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Free Website (Or App/Code) Review
Merry Christmas From Us
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-12-24
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Worker Attributes - A Thought Experiment
Stupid vs. Smart, Lazy vs. Industrious
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-12-03
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Write Your First Python Program In 10 Minutes
Even If You've Never Programmed Before
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-11-19
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AutoCAD and APIs (Part 1)
I Define An "API" (Again)
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-10-22
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Ultra-Wide Screens (Part 2: Web Design)
Does Your Site Need To Accommodate It?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-10-08
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Ultra-Wide Screens (Part 1: The Web)
Everything Looks Different
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-10-01
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Most Influential Books On My Career - Part 2
More Generic, Business-Related
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-09-24
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Most Influential Books On My Career - Part 1
Software Developer Edition
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-09-17
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Subdomain Security
The Public Can See Your Subdomains, FYI
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-09-10
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The Old Construction Vs. Software Analogy
I Still Like It
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-08-20
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Case Study #1: 2014 Utility Company Upgrade (Part 2)
Good Decisions, AutoCAD and Otherwise
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-08-06
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Case Study #1: 2014 Utility Company Upgrade
Spoiler Alert: Taking Time = Success
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-07-30
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Is Organic Search Dead?
Why I'm Happy It Might Be
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
and Craig Choisser
on 2020-07-23
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Handling A Software Developer
Things To Know About Programmers
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-07-16
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Business/Life Lessons From Cameron Crowe Movies
Say Everything: More Life Lesson Than Business Lesson
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-07-09
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Autocad Regression Testing
Use A Macro (Or Action Recorder)
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-07-02
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Protesting: Having An Objective
"A Goal Without A Plan Is Just A Wish"
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-06-25
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You Are Lucky
Things I Should Acknowledge Before Running My Mouth About Riots
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-06-04
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Brownfield vs. Greenfield (Part 2)
aka Existing Code vs. Starting Over
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-05-28
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Brownfield vs. Greenfield (Part 1)
aka Existing Code vs. Starting Over
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-05-21
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Fantasy Football & Work & Time Wasted (Part 2)
Sometimes A Fantasy Is All You Need
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-05-14
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Fantasy Football & Work & Time Wasted (Part 1)
Sometimes A Fantasy Is All You Need
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-05-07
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Staging: What's Between Development and Production
Environmentally Conscious
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-04-09
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The Argument Settler
Sock, Shoe, Sock, Shoe vs. Sock, Sock, Shoe, Shoe
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-04-02
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So Now You're Working At Home (Part 2)
How It Changes Your Life, Your Business & Society
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
and Laura Goodsell
on 2020-03-26
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So Now You're Working At Home (Part 1)
A Helpful Telecommuting Primer
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
and Laura Goodsell
on 2020-03-19
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Alternative SEO Besides Google
Some Great Search Engines Aren't Search Engines
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-03-12
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Reading Autocad DWGs When Closed
The .ReadDWGFile Method
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-03-05
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Screwing Up Can INCREASE Customer Loyalty?
Handling A Problem Well
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-02-20
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Kobe Bryant, What It Takes To Be Successful (In Life)
Part 2: What Is Success?
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-02-13
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Kobe Bryant, What It Takes To Be Successful (In The NBA)
Part 1: The NBA
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-02-06
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Audit Your Site
Checklist To Evaluate The Health Of Your Website
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-01-30
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Your Site Might Be Better Than ATT, Apple, Walmart
We Look At "Fortune 10" Company Sites
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-01-16
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Skills Tests: What You Do Or Don't Know Can Help You
An Argument For Giving Yourself Skills Assessments
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2020-01-09
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End Of Year Web Maintenance
Big Or Small Companies: Quick Things To Do
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-12-26
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Set Up A "Work Date"
Creative, Energizing Places To Work Outside Of The Office
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-12-19
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Programming Languages - Part 2: Choosing A Language
Advice Depending On Your Situation
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-11-21
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Programming Languages - Part 1: Lifespan of Languages
How Long Do They Stick Around
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-11-14
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Everything My Dad Taught Me About Advertising (But You Weren't Afraid To Ask)
Grant Recksieck On Advertising
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-11-07
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Life/Business/Software Lessons From The Big Lebowski
The Dude Abides
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-09-26
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Should You Blog?
Go Ahead, Show Us You're An Expert!
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-09-12
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Google Dorking
How to Use It, How To Protect Yourself From it
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-08-22
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Technology In Movies (Part 2)
Rating the Computers, Robots, Programmers, Droids, Hackers and A.I.s
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-08-15
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Technology In Movies (Part 1)
Rating the Computers, Robots, Programmers, Droids, Hackers and A.I.s
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-08-08
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Show Some Love For PDL
Great Way To Design Code & Document It At The Same Time
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-08-01
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Political Debate Bingo is Up!
Making Politics Fun Again
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-07-25
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Staff Work Principles
Lessons From My High School Teacher
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-07-18
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When Is A List An Integer?
A Cool Trick, Should You Need It
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-07-11
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Independent's Day
Mostly Pros (Some Cons) About Small Software Firms
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-07-04
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Designers Gonna Design, Programmers Gonna Google
Looking Up What You Don't Know
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-06-27
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Business/Life Lessons From Game Of Thrones
Success Is Coming
Posted by Charlie Recksieck
on 2019-06-20
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