December 2008
4 posts
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What if HTML Validation Affected Your Google...
Website owners everywhere bend over backwards, come up with crazy schemes and try every trick in the book for increasing the Google Page Rank of their site (and subsequently, traffic to their site).
This puts Google in a unique position of influence. Imagine if the Googlebot gave even just a hint of priority to sites that validated as XHTML Strict.
I’m not necessarily advocating that,...
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iPhones at Wal-Mart?
It’s official, Apple is trying to go mainstream by selling iPhones at the world’s largest retailer. That’s right… Wal-Mart!
This is an interesting move for Apple. Typically, Apple products are sold with sleek, swanky merchandising in sleek, swanky Apple stores. Wal-Mart hardly fits that description. There was some speculation that if Apple made this move, they would...
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The Case for Using Django Instead of a...
We’ve been exploring options for content management systems at work. So far, I’m failing to see any significant benefits of a CMS over simply building the site in Django and customizing Django’s auto-generated admin interface.
This argument will not hold true for non-developers. If you’re just looking for an out-of-the box solution for a simple site with less than 50...
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Mint Releases an iPhone App
A few weeks ago I wrote about Mint.com.
Well, this amazing service just released an iPhone app. It’s pretty basic, but it shows you everything you really need to know about your money while you’re out and about.
Accessing the main Mint.com website through the Safari browser on the iPhone was a little wonky. I’ve been hoping they’d release an iPhone app ever since I...