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Catwoman: I blow that tunnel open, I’m gone. Batman: There’s more to you than that. Catwoman: Sorry I keep letting you down. [pause] Catwoman: Come with me. Save yourself. You don’t owe these people any more. You’ve given them everything. Batman: Not everything. Not yet. The Dark Knight Rises We are coming to the finish line in 2016. Maybe you are cruising across or maybe you are laying it out all on the line, just like Batman. Earlier this year Continue reading the post...

This article is part two of our posts on using chatbots in business. Check out part one here! Automation has changed our society and our economy. So many things used to take human workforce to do, but now we can efficiently accomplish those actions with systems and computers. A lot of people think this is bad because those jobs go away. For example, I have a friend who will not use the self-checkouts at stores because it replaced people. Whether Continue reading the post...

“Time is money.” This phrase has been around so for long that it is a proverb now. According to Wikipedia, Benjamin Franklin gets the credit: “Time is money, a phrase used by Benjamin Franklin in Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One“ Franklin says, “Remember that Time is Money. He that can earn Ten Shillings a Day by his Labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that Day, tho’ he spends but Sixpence during Continue reading the post...

During Thanksgiving week, I got away for a couple of days. I went to Branson, Missouri to have some fun time. You know Branson. It is a little like Vegas minus the booze and casinos and in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. The beautiful Ozark Mountains via Unsplash While we were in Branson, we saw a film at the Imax theater. The film was called National Parks Adventure. The film was a documentary on the national parks, but Continue reading the post...

When is the least time you have received someone’s thanks for the work you have done? Just the other day, I was working at the local coffee shop. One of my clients came in and, as he often does, sits at the same table with me. My cool new Yeti Thermos After a few minutes, he got out and went to his car. I thought it was a little odd, but I really didn’t think about it. A few minutes Continue reading the post...

I worked at a car dealership once. If you want to become humbled, I advise you to work at a car dealership. You become a hired gun (actually commission based) to go onto the parking lot hunting potential victim – I mean buyers. There were a lot of problems with this model of employment that did not work for me. I learned what I didn’t want to do, and I found out that for the very last time. As a Continue reading the post...

We spent much of our time in the first post (see here) talking about the need for Web Accessibility as well as how to implement for content. In this article, we are going to look at implementing from a theme perspective, as much as possible. I use a wireless mouse. I use two of them, one at home and one when I go to the coffee shop. Each one has one of those little things that go into the USB Continue reading the post...

So, let’s set the scene. You are a fantastic freelance developer, and you are doing pretty well, but you thought that you would take a part-time job for the holidays at a retail giant. After all, your projects slow down during that time, and you have extra time on your hands. Sounds good so far. via GIPHY You & Your holiday job Imagine going to apply for a job and being told by the retail company where you are applying with Continue reading the post...

In recent years, website owners have seen the need to convert traffic coming to their websites. In some cases, they are paying to get the traffic, so they want to see they haven’t wasted their money. This has given rise to online marketing, or the more popular term, inbound marketing. This is where landing pages come in. Landing pages help to convert traffic. The conversion may be for an email list, to get a quote, or it may be to Continue reading the post...

This past year, I became interested in and watched the TV series Mr. Robot on the USA Network. Mr. Robot is about a hacker who seeks to take down the powers to be, mainly E Corp, which he always hears as Evil Corp. Elliot is the lead character. He is a small, geeky hacker that, as the story begins, works for a contractor who helps monitor security for large corporations. E Corp is one of the clients. Hacking has all Continue reading the post...