June 2005
Today I took some time to deploy and fine tune a new MP3 jukebox with a Web interface to improve the level of aural democracy here at SitePoint HQ. As I’ve mentioned here before, I’ve... Read More
A couple of weeks ago Eric Meyer published a little revelation on mimicking the Universal Child Selector. Although I read it at the time, it probably took a week to sink in to the point where it was... Read More
To many professionals, selling is a dirty word. And that’s okay, because by not selling, even unselling, you end up selling more. Example: My hard drive just crashed on a laptop I’ve had... Read More
Kudos to Martin Ferretti, a stockbroker by day and web junkie by night, has rolled out a nice starter guide to the major and some minor Linux distributions. That not to mention that his site also... Read More
OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has gone on the record in an interview with Forbes Magazine, slashing at Linux and Linus Torvald’s oversight of the OS as low in quality. Raadt also does not care... Read More
I consult to many types of professionals. Some are better than others when it comes to paying bills on time. Attorneys tend to be the worst, for whatever reason. (Perhaps they focus too much on legal... Read More
The previous blog entry (about upselling) has an important corrollary that is the subject of this blog: The easiest way to get a client is with a toehold. If you can propose a small, initial piece of... Read More
This blog entry suggests that whenever you close a sale, you have in your back pocket some sort of request for an upsell. The prospect is in a buying mode and sees your value. So long as your upsell... Read More
A few weeks ago, Boris Mordkovich was kind enough to send me a copy of his book, the “Pay Per Click Search Engine Marketing Handbook.” It took me a few weeks to read it – not... Read More
Now that you know the Jakarta Struts persistence and business object layers, it's time to delve deeper into the capabilities of this robust technology. John hones his Web forum app to display the... Read More
Though this has been brewing and in the light for some time, a solid base of source code and the first release of the now free operating system from Sun opened its doors today. The company has been... Read More
If you had the SitePoint SEM Kit you’d already know about this, but since some folks haven’t actually bought it yet, here’s something important you should know. Most web servers... Read More
The 80/20 rule is a crucial rule to follow to run any business. Here are some examples: - 20% of your clients typically bring in 80% of your revenue. Go out of your way to delight them, while still... Read More
These days, there are two popular toolkits for building graphical user interfaces in Java: Swing (from Sun) and the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) (from IBM/Eclipse). Different developers often have... Read More
