Category Archives: Thinking

Apple Tablet? So what’s the end game Steve?

So, there are more than just a few rumors about the possible Apple Tablet and why wouldn’t there be a lot of buzz around the company that has a knack of delivering products that changes paradigms? I personally don’t think there will be one. Now, to be clear, I would very much like there to [...]

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Communication tip

Communication is essential in life, so my tip for today when sending a message is to think of it as a text message (but using proper grammar!). You only have a limited amount of characters to use, so use them wisely and reduce the fluff. This can be applied to both verbal and written messages. [...]

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JSON format and serializing ColdFusion query objects

Every so often there is a tiny problem that has you scratching your head until you RTFM. I love JSON, it’s totally awesome and the fact that you can not convert CF objects natively is even better! I ran into a small issue where I was using serializeJSON on a structure that contained a query [...]

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News content of the future

While checking out the new Nexus One from Google I stumbled across this article from the TimesOnline. Even though the information on the phone was decent, I really liked the way there was both video and text content on the site. This is the way all online news sources should be, a perfect mix between [...]

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Email marketing and micro/small businesses

Anyone who has ventured to start their own business knows that cash flow is important. Marketing and sales budgets are usually non-existent and the need for such budgets are often not apparent when you are working to generate revenue to pay rent. Email marketing is one of the lowest cost marketing tools available especially with [...]

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