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Fun With Local Search APIs

It finally rained here in Phoenix yesterday after almost 150 days without rain. Once it started to come down, it didn’t let up until well after nightfall.

Since it was raining, I figured I’d stay in and work on something just for fun; a project that I would never normally work on because it doesn’t pay the bills. As I mentioned before in a previous post, I’m definitely not a programmer but I do enjoy figuring things out first-hand and on my own. To me programming is like solving a complex puzzle; even though I do get frustrated and lost frequently, I still enjoy it.
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Web 2.0 Humor List

After reading my daily dose of the hype and head-dizzying buzzwords surrounding the Web 2.0 bubble, I occassionally search for parodies and other sites discussing the obsurdity of some of it. In the off chance that others get a kick out of reading up on the latest misinterpreted terms as I do, I thought I’d put together a quick list here of what I’ve discovered in the past few months as a point of reference.
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Accepting That You’re Just Not Good At Something

While employed for over 4 years on different contract positions as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer, I became very familiar with a variety of programming languages (not HTML or CSS which are markup languages, I’m referring to ASP, PHP, JAVA, XML, and a few others). Some of these languages I actually became so involved with that I ended a few projects as a novice programmer in whatever language I needed to focus on as required.
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Get Your Business Logic Right

Software integration isn’t just a buzzword for online businesses, it’s an absolute must. Having your entire business automated is the ultimate goal in efficiency, and if you’re still wondering if it’s right for you let me offer a few reasons I believe every online business needs to explore their software options. Available integrated solutions vary greatly depending upon the size of your company and other business requirements, so I will not attempt to review what’s out there or offer software recommendations.
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The Beginning of a Long Awaited Journey

I knew I needed to do it…yet like so many other things when you’re working 60-70 hours per week, there simply isn’t enough time in the day. For a very long time now I’ve known deep down that a blog would be the way I could effectively communicate and share my ideas, theories, and point of view with the world. Well, I finally took the first step.
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