Why I Switched To GMail
I recently switched over to google's free gmail client. I'd been using Thunderbird for a couple years and really liked it. But moving to gmail has definitely simplified things for me and greatly…
jQuery Is My Favorite New Tool In The Toolbox
Last weekend I attended BeaverBarCamp and had a great time. This year I gave my first BarCamp talk/session called jQuery 101. Surprisingly, the session was packed! I should have upgraded from a…
My Early Experience With Windows 7 On A Development Machine
Windows 7 is coming. Thank goodness.Last week my Windows XP development machine got to a point where I simply couldn't take it anymore. Between the OS freezing after a recent Windows Update and Visual…
Customer Service and Emotional Investment
Repairing relationships feels great. I took me a while (too long) to get over my own emotional immaturity to realize that I was mistreating a customer. The "aha moment" for me occurred as I was…
The Power of Twitter
Twitter TwafficI have just recently hopped on the Twitter bandwagon, hoping to share some news from my design blog at alandesigns. I only have, what, 5 followers right now, so when I shared a link to…
