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The other day, I had a chance to speak with Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill about blogging and social media. It was an interesting opportunity that few people get, but I was honored to be given a chance to have that opportunity. It was also interesting to me that, the Democrats had a different set [...]

I was watching the Web 2.0 video documentary (24 mins) from TechCrunch and some of the things that were said really struck me. I’m pretty engrossed in Web 2.0 but if I say that to someone – if I say I work for a Web 2.0 company – they look at me like I have [...]

Whenever you publish a blog entry, it’s good practice to “ping” or alert other search engines and directories. What is pinging, some of you might ask? Essentially, when you release a new entry, WordPress or Movable Type or whichever blog system you’re using sends out a notice to the directory that, “Hey, come [...]

Well I think this idea needs a little tweaking, but since I almost constantly have music playing, I figured it would be nice to add a feature to post the song I am listening to at the time of a blog post. How do you think I should enhance this?
Aaron
Jamming to: Accidentally In Love – [...]

I implemented a new feature that uses PHP Freetype library integration. As you may notice, each of the blog entry titles uses a PNG image. Before you ask, no I don’t create each entry title by hand and upload them to the server. Instead, I am using imagegetttftext() to create these images on the fly. [...]

A study shows that most city websites are unusable by a wide range of people, including blind, deaf, and mobility impaired individuals, as well as non-disabled users attempting to access government services with cutting edge technology such as Internet-enabled cell phones.
– An inability to use a website when images are not viewable. – An [...]