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This post is long overdue, but is still significant.  The new Associated Press College Football Hub web site is now in production (As of August 21).  It  is stable, is recieving traffic, and the data is flowing.  This site is the new home of the AP Top 25 poll, which is updated each Sunday afternoon, along with th Harris Poll, the BCS Poll, and the USA Today Poll.  Youc an even submit your own version of the poll, if you think the sports wriers got it wrong!  You can see the site now at http... Read Full Story

4E38RY7KZA4J I just got an email about a really cool new tool built into Windows 7 that Microsoft used to debug their new platform. It is called Problem Step Recorder. The best thing to do is to post a snippet of the email right here. I think it says everything perfectly: “In case you’re not aware of this, here is a little known Microsoft tool bundled with Windows 7 that can be extremely useful to illustrate a problem when testing an application. The diagnostic tool called “Problem Step... Read Full Story

I just got an email about a really cool new tool built into Windows 7 that Microsoft used to debug their new platform. It is called Problem Step Recorder. The best thing to do is to post a snippet of the email right here. I think it says everything perfectly: “In case you’re not aware of this, here is a little known Microsoft tool bundled with Windows 7 that can be extremely useful to illustrate a problem when testing an application. The diagnostic tool called “Problem Step Recorder” was... Read Full Story

These are just some of the articles I have read in Google Reader over the last month and a half that I have found interesting.  I thought maybe you would too… SEO Link Profiling with Open Site Explorer 30 SEO Problems & the Tools to Solve Them (Part 2 of 2) Tip/Trick: Fix Common SEO Problems Using the URL Rewrite Extension Google incorporating site speed in search rankings Web Analytics Faster, Better, Stronger. The GA Async Tracking Code Web Analytics 101: Definitions... Read Full Story

These are just some of the articles I have read in Google Reader over the last month and a half that I have found interesting.  I thought maybe you would too… SEO Link Profiling with Open Site Explorer 30 SEO Problems & the Tools to Solve Them (Part 2 of 2) Tip/Trick: Fix Common SEO Problems Using the URL Rewrite Extension Google incorporating site speed in search rankings Web Analytics Faster, Better, Stronger. The GA Async Tracking Code Web Analytics 101: Definitions... Read Full Story

Over the last 10 years, I have been involved with many, many interviews.  I have blogged about  good interview books ,  resources for interviewing ,  how to prepare for an interview as the interviewer , and  how to conduct an interview .  Being on the other side of the interview table is a bit different.  It definitely added some serious insight into how I conduct my interviews, and reinforced a lot of the process I have put in place. There are different things to do before the interview... Read Full Story

Over the last 10 years, I have been involved with many, many interviews.  I have blogged about  good interview books ,  resources for interviewing ,  how to prepare for an interview as the interviewer , and  how to conduct an interview .  Being on the other side of the interview table is a bit different.  It definitely added some serious insight into how I conduct my interviews, and reinforced a lot of the process I have put in place. There are different things to do before the interview... Read Full Story

There has been lots of change in my life lately.  For those that are not already in the know, I have taken a new position at The Associated Press.  This is a very exciting opportunity.  I am working for another company with a long and prestigious history, with a team of extremely smart developers and a sharp management team, and some very exciting technology.  You can read all about The Associated Press on the AP Web Site , or you can take a look at some of the new web sites I will be... Read Full Story

There has been lots of change in my life lately.  For those that are not already in the know, I have taken a new position at The Associated Press.  This is a very exciting opportunity.  I am working for another company with a long and prestigious history, with a team of extremely smart developers and a sharp management team, and some very exciting technology.  You can read all about The Associated Press on the AP Web Site , or you can take a look at some of the new web sites I will be... Read Full Story

There has been a lot of talk amongst my clients lately on how to make our existing sites more mobile device compatible. We have done some brainstorming, and have come up with some ideas on how to do this. Build a separate site The simplest thing to do would be to do build a separate site for mobile users. Some simple user agent switching based on the user's browser can take mobile phone users to the separate site. The new site can then be tailored for smaller screens, be less graphics... Read Full Story