Commenting is everywhere on the web, and it’s generally very useful. What do other people think about a product? Check the comments. How are others reacting to a news story or article? Check the comments. We no longer have to wonder what other people think about a product, recipe, picture, or nearly anything else on… Continue reading »
Oct
29
Getty Images Demands Big Money from Website Owners
** This guest post was written by Ryan Healy. Learn more about Ryan in the author bio at the end of this post. ** Have you ever used a picture on your web applications or website? And if so, have you taken the time to verify that you have the proper copyright to use that… Continue reading »
Oct
16
5 new skills necessary for modern development
The rapid rate at which technology evolves is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, new tech trends give companies new opportunities to improve their business. For instance, the rise of mobile apps is already helping all types of companies in many different ways. On the other hand, keeping up with new tech… Continue reading »
Jun
25
Better applications use intelligent links
Here is a quick primer in how to make your applications better. There’s a brilliantly simple concept known as “Intelligent Links.” In short, it means you can pass live data to your hyperlinks on the fly. How might that be useful? Here are a couple of examples:
May
04
Weekly recap: 3 ways your smartphone can hurt your career, popular jQuery plugins, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on how a smartphone can hurt your career, popular jQuery plugins, application logic flaws, and more. I hope you find them useful: Questions for mobile computing Do you think your company can… Continue reading »
Apr
17
Distribute applications without paying fees
If your company is stuck paying application distribution fees, here’s a story you’ll want to read. It’s about a software company that needed to distribute web reports to their clients, but didn’t want to pay a distribution fee for each client. What did they do? They found a way to build and distribute reports without… Continue reading »
Apr
13
Weekly recap: 10 hard-to-fill IT jobs, the trend that will change everything, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on IT jobs that are hard to fill, a computing trend that will change everything, developing cloud applications, and more. I hope you find them useful: The computing trend that will change… Continue reading »
Mar
05
Create data visualizations with minimal effort
There’s another new template in the project exchange that you will love. It’s called the “Google GeoChart Visualization template”, and it lets you make some great looking data visualization web apps with minimal effort. To see it for yourself, check out this live demo. What does it do? This template lets you plot your data… Continue reading »
Jan
23
How to use CSS3 gradients to improve your web apps
You’ve probably heard a lot about HTML5 and CSS3 recently. While they’ve been in production for years, we’re finally seeing browsers that support most or all of these new standards. What does this mean for you, your business, or your web apps? Rather than focus on the technical details, let’s focus on the important questions:… Continue reading »
Jan
13
Weekly recap: 5 best tablets of CES, web app myths, and more…
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (which was held this week), is probably more important to businesses than ever before. The line between consumer and business tech is slowly fading, as “consumer” gadgets (like smartphones and tablets) are increasingly used for business. On that note, this week’s tech recap takes a look at some of the… Continue reading »
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Joe Stangarone is a 30+ year veteran of the IT industry and president of mrc—the software company behind the award winning development platform, m-Power. Joe shares his leadership and technology insights through the Cup of Joe Blog, focusing primarily on ways businesses can save time, money, and increase productivity using technology.
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