mindgraffiti

mindgraffiti - noun; musings on creative work, publicly posted.

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I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.

White Hat SEO: giving the hard answer

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A Word About Our Clients
Everyone wants the easy way to get to the top of the search results list. Expecting good results and a strong return on investment are natural signs of a good business mind. How to turn a web site into an investment with a return is a little harder to grasp. If [...]

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In Choosing a CMS

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Deciding among the myriad of options available is no easy task. The choices range from premium paid CMS packages to open source, from blog-flavored to roll-your-own. I looked at Content Management Systems recommended by developers, designers, do-it-yourself hobbyists, and non-profit professionals. What follows is a not entirely coherent record of my thoughts and the testing [...]

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CMS is not a dirty word

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Content Management System. Actually, I suppose that’s a phrase. CMSes allow your users to log in and change their content as often as they wish. This powerful tool saves many businesses from employing lots of worker drones to update content via hand coding.
It also provides clients a level of freedom: to add, remove and change [...]

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Welcome IDM majors!

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

It was a lot of fun to come see you. I can’t believe how quickly this major has exploded. My IDM Senior Seminar class had a whopping 20 students in it at the time. Imagine my surprise to find that same classroom packed full. How many are you? I stopped counting because it started to [...]

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Guest Speaking Today

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

I am visiting my alma mater this evening to speak to the Interactive Digital Media majors who are preparing to graduate, so I will not have time to write Thursday’s post Tuesday and Thursday’s post will come on Wednesday. This is going to be fun!
I suspect some of the questions will be:

How much do you [...]

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