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🕑Jul 26, 2011 🖋Matt Simmons 💬0

Follow up (+1!)

Illustrating the point I made previously about the value of Google+ integration, ITProPortal reports on a growing trend of businesses devoted to selling Google +1s to highlight company listings in

🕑Jul 13, 2011 🖋Matt Simmons 💬0

Google+ for small business

The recent beta release of Google+ provides a good opportunity to revisit a topic in which our clients have expressed a keen and consistent interest- leveraging social media to promote small business.

🕑Jul 08, 2011 🖋John Locke 💬3

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing has been a buzzword for the past couple years, but what does that really mean, and why should you care?

🕑Jun 24, 2011 🖋John Locke 💬0

Graphviz-ualizing your data in Drupal

I have a lot of respect for graphic designers and people who can come up with clear, concise information in a graphical way.

Drupal, WordPress, content management, web design, e-commerce, website development
🕑Mar 06, 2011 🖋John Locke 💬0

Ask Freelock: Drupal vs Word Press?

Mike asks,

I came across your site as i'm a member of NWEN.  My current site is built on a wordpress template and I want to change it as it's pretty rough.  What are the pros/cons of having a site built with Drupal vs. word press?

🕑Oct 26, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬0

Microsoft markets OpenOffice.org

So apparently the Microsoft marketing machine is no longer the force it once was. Now it's marketing its competitors! In tech circles, this video has fast become notorious, not just for its crappy production values--but mainly because it makes the people quoted in it sound like idiots.

🕑Oct 26, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬1

How to avoid tax on high income: Create jobs!

The debate about increasing taxes on high-income people rages on in both Washington D.C and Washington State. Here in the state, there's an initiative on the ballot that proposes an income tax on people earning more than $200K (or $400K for joint filers).

🕑Oct 21, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬0

Copying a node to a new type

Drupal provides powerful tools that makes it easy to do all sorts of changes to your web site, but one change is difficult: changing the content type of a node after you've created it.

cheap hosting, security issues, managed hosting, Drupal hosting, e-commerce security
🕑Mar 15, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬4

Why cheap web hosting is expensive

Just the other day I got a request for proposal for hosting, complete with a statement that they knew of some hosting that would cost $15/month. The implication being that they were looking for a hosting proposal that would not exceed that amount.