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I have a few buddies in the world of programming who are getting pretty scared of Google. I’m starting to see why. Google is now offering it’s analytics service for free, allowing you to track your web stats, keyword campaigns and the relationship between traffic and conversion. If tracking your website ROI wasn’t easy enough [...]

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It looks like Sony has gotten caught with its hand in an enormous cookie jar. If you’re a nerd, you’ll find this stuff fascinating (how smart are these guys for figuring out what Sony’s up to! And how likely would I be to see them at a party?) If you’re not a nerd, you should [...]

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I’ve been trying to learn Ruby On Rails for the past few weeks, and it’s been an interesting challenge. Historically, programming languages (PHP and the like) have been difficult for me to grasp. While I don’t know what I’m doing, I feel like I do understand how ROR works – sort of. The coolest thing? [...]

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We’re working on the next iteration of a pretty slick tool for students on campus, and It’s a doozy from an interface standpoint. The company prides itself on customizing everything we do for clients, and it’s a big reason why we’ve been so successful. But for interfaces it can be tough – every aspect of [...]

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Now Microsoft’s jumping in the web application game….it’s kind of cool being right. It’s a shame it happens so rarely….

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I’ve been talking with my co-workers for the past few weeks about the future of the web. I’ve been wondering whether the days of personal storage on a personal computer are coming to an end. My more intelligent counterparts have pointed out to me that a “Web OS” is out of the picture. Apparently, Windows, [...]

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Trying to come up with the perfect pitch, but can’t seem to get rid of that block? Take the Ad Conceptor for a test drive. By the creative men and women at Deutsch.

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The 43-trifecta is complete. The Robots have unveiled 43 People to current members of their community. If you haven’t heard of these guys yet, I think you will very soon. 43 Things, 43 Places, and now 43 people represent what is in my opinion the most clever social networking app on the market. The community [...]

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Once again, the good fellows at 37Signals have created a simple, easy-to-use web app that makes me wish I was smarter. This one’s called Writeboard – it’s a web-based publishing platform to keep track of your ideas. As always, it does only what it needs to do and no more. Their philosophy of embracing constraints, [...]

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Visited Rollyo this morning. It’s basically Yahoo! Search results, filtered to only include results from sites you trust. You can create your own ‘searchroll,’ check out others, etc. Another great example of a group of smart people seeing an opportunity, build a beta version of a simply, easy-to-use web app, and work with their growing [...]