Flickr added the ability for Pro members to upload video last week, so I decided to give it a shot. They, wisely in my opinion, decided to limit videos to 90 seconds, which seems appropriate in the context of viewing photos. Here’s the video of AJ that I took this morning. I like the end […]
We do the occasional email campaign to our current customers at my day job, and in interest of doing things right, I went with the absolutely awesome MailChimp service after looking at it and a number of alternatives. I’ve been very happy with their web app and their customer service, and highly recommend them if […]
Google made a big announcement Monday night that has the web development community talking. They announced and released a preview version of App Engine, a set of tools that lets you quickly build web applications and deploy them to Google’s infrastructure for instant scalability. I want to talk a bit about why it is important […]
Not much surprises me anymore when April Fool’s Day makes its yearly appearance. Don’t get me wrong – I can’t wait to see what jokes Google comes up with every April 1st, and Think Geek has a reputation for coming up with some of the most clever fake-products you’ll ever see. But, that’s the problem […]
Things are pretty exciting here in Grand Forks right now. Several weeks ago we found out that Senator Barack Obama will be speaking at the North Dakota Democratic Convention on April 4th. Then we found out yesterday that Hillary Clinton was feeling left out, and decided to make an appearance later that night. I can’t […]
Anytime a politician latches onto an issue they believe is politically valuable to them, you can be sure that the concepts of common sense and reason lose all meaning. The latest example: Politicians trying to overturn Northrop Grumman’s $40 billion contract to produce the next-generation Air Force supertanker. This controversy erupted exactly a month ago […]