Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
The ThemBid.com team uses the 1and1.com Exchange service to synchronize tasks and contacts (calendar and email is taken care of by Google Apps). 1and1.com did not support Outlook 2007, until now. What more, is that you get a license for Outlook 2007 with the account and you can download Outlook ...
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
When taking a break from hacking ThemBid.com I like to relax and watch a good movie. I don't go to the theater anymore because I now have a two year old daughter who requires too much attention to enjoy a movie. So I usually go to the neighborhood video store. ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
As we start plans for developing a mobile version of ThemBid.com I can across some great tips on how to optimize your web site for mobile SEO. The information was taken and consolidated from Stephen Wellmans editiorial in this weeks Grok on Google newsletter.
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Sometimes it's necessary to apply RAD at a whole new level. After an informative review of ThemBid.com by TechFold.com, our lead programmer, Isaac Saldana, implement search and RSS feeds in one day on ThemBid.com. This was made possible because of his great skill as a programmer and also because of ...
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
For the uninitiated, GTD stands for Getting Things Done, which is a methodology captured in a book by the same title, authored by David Allen. Here, I will write about my current solution, while not perfect, allows me a greater degree of freedom than ever before.
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Thanks to the review from Techfold yesterday, we have added keyword search and RSS feeds. We will be discussing the other issues they kindly suggested. I encourage everyone to provide feedback to make ThemBid.com as useful as possible. Thanks.
Posted in ThemBid.com Feature Announcements | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
A good portion of my time is spent working at home. Sometimes, when I'm working on ThemBid.com the world around me ceases to exist as I enter "the zone". This state can last days where sleep is minimal (and even my dreams are of ThemBid.com these days) and this leads ...
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
A great article about ThemBid.com was released today at TechFold.com. The suggestions are well received as they validate our current development path and offer some additional issues to consider. We have been listening closely to our users and reviewers and we work daily to improve your experience at ThemBid.com. Feel ...
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
There are many times when I am developing (mainly ThemBid.com these days) that I run up against minor technical hurdles that are not exactly trivial to solve. Following is method that I use that has served me well.
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
I use my laptop quite often because of the need to travel fairly often. I have not made the switch to Ubuntu on my laptop because of one critical reason: My Internal Verizon Internet card! Since I spend allot of my time hacking ThemBid.com, I need to be connected wherever ...
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