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Is it something intrinsic, or an external influence? To answer my own question, it simply takes interesting projects to motivate me to do good work. The trouble comes when there is no real work available.
Things have been very quiet in the Angus world. In consequence, things have been very quiet on this blog. With 2 [...]

Predictable as ever, requests for updates to our clients’ sites are picking up as everyone gears up for the Spring Sale season. It’s comforting to see that demand hasn’t slowed, despite the media’s constant attention on lost jobs and drooping sales.
From 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., I do updates. It’s dull work, but I’m grateful [...]

Sometimes I can’t help myself. What if?

…the Web Services department managed all of the web sites? Certified Angus Beef, AngusSource, National Junior Angus Association, Angus Foundation and more.
…the Web Services team was given the time and resources needed to truly be a useful service to our Angus breeders?
…we had the time to develop and market [...]

As Sale season comes to an end, I’m looking forward to fewer updates and developing some new projects. Last week Web Services (that’s us) had a meeting with Information Services (think of the Apple commercial where PC meets Mac). It was funny, yet nerve-wracking. Here were the desktop programmers, neatly dressed to the nines, with [...]

I’m working with Drupal right now. I am taking Drupal 6.1 out for a test drive. So far it looks pretty good. Skinning 6.1 looks like it will be easier than 5.5.
Since Monday, I have had a crash course in:

PHP5 and why it’s better than PHP4;

Reading PHP and knowing what the functions do

mySQL5 and [...]