I am on a quest to discover exactly what is Web 2.0? Many people say they want it, some think they need it, and others just like to say it. If you ask me it is just a trendy buzzword related to the similar tags we apply to each generation. But let's take the...
So you love your website, eh? Well why don't you marry it? Ha, ha, ha…High Five. My sincere apologies for that one as I briefly escape back to 1st Grade. Okay, I am back now, but the real question is, does your user base love/like/enjoy your website. At lifeBLUE, we...
For businesses in the greater Dallas area, and other larger metropolitan areas, getting lost in the sea of obscurity underneath the ever-growing plethora of competing businesses is becoming as easy as racking up toll charges on your way to work. Setting yourself apart is an essential component of any business. In today's technology...
Today, we're talking about poor old linkbait, a term that gets a bad rap in a lot of circles, mainly because of its name. It's hard to argue that the word "bait" doesn't come with a pejorative connotation. The word jailbait springs to mind, for example.
We like to think of linkbait as really just...
A somewhat obscure hack has emerged recently that is an offshoot of the now-infamous XSS. It is known as Cross-Site Request Forgery, or XSRF for short. XSRF is a form of temporary identity theft that can cause your computer to initiate banking transactions, send emails or text messages, or even change account info on...
In today's edition, we're on grammar patrol. When it comes to potential mates, there's no bigger turnoff than poor grammar -- one email littered with dangling modifiers or non-parallel constructions and we're done. Ick.
While that may seem way too picky, perhaps in an OCD kind of way, it's not a bad method for keeping...
Sempo just released their survey for 2006 on Search Engine Marketing. In the survey, Sempo shows that Search Engine Marketing as a whole is up 62% percent from last year with spending in North America around 9.4 million. In 2005, estimation on spending was around 5.75 billion, which was an increase on...
As a application development specialist for lifeBLUE Media. I see a lot of different coding styles. Some are organized and very readable; others look like raw fettucine with extra alfredo sauce. But one habit that I've seen numerous times, often among relatively inexperienced programmers, is the dependence on PHP's register_globals directive.
register_globals was introduced as...
In the Nerd Matrix, you will find numerous posts regarding coding, programs and application development, and other insightful information for all of us nerds out there. Read topics about common prgramming errors, new standards of coding, or just good, clean technical information that you or someone else you know could benefit from. ...
Alright, here it is ladies and gents. Impress your friends, family, all of your secret admirees, and maybe even yourself with this tiny piece of information. I am not even joking. This will make you feel like a genius while connecting whoever to whatever web site you want…whenever. Are...
Britney Spears…who, what? What did she do again? Nothing is the honest truth. So then what is this article about? Don't worry about that quite yet. Let's get back to the Britney topic. Did you see that performance? I believe I have now gone through all the phases of the grief cycle for Britney....