These last few months have been a roller-coaster. After leaving Sandstorm Design in June, I have only one word to describe how I have been and that would be BUSY! I worked several short projects at a few different interactive agencies, a trading firm, and starting after labor day I will be full-time at Sears [...]
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include vs. include_once vs. require vs. require_once
include (‘sponsor_links.php’); If the file sponsor_links is present in the current folder, it will be included ( way may want it to appear both – at the top and at the bottom). include_once (‘statistics.php’); If the file statistics.php is present, it means we want statistics for the page. Otherwise, we don’t want statistics. Deleting statistics.php [...]
Code, examples, PHP, Web DevelopmentTwo Stories — Both True
STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago . Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed ‘Easy Eddie.’ He was Capone’s lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In [...]
Chicago, familyFIJI Water Urban Hunt
My friend Leyla is putting together an Urban Hunt in Chicago August 14th called FIJI Water Urban Hunt. This social competition will have 50 teams, 20 items, 1 day, 2 finalists, and 1 winning team. If you have will want to disconnect from your laptop and run around Chicago with your smart-phone and utilizing the [...]
Chicago, Social, TwitterTop 10 SEO checklist
Proper Title Tags Well-constructed title tags contain the main keyword for the page, followed by a brief description of the page content. It will be less than 65 characters and avoid using stop words such as: a, if, the, then, and, an, to, etc. Your title tag should also be limited to the use of [...]
SEO, Web DevelopmentSimple Life Lesson
At age 25, Jim makes $100,000 a year. He’s constantly traveling for business. He has a large home in which he often doesn’t visit some rooms for months at a time. He eats out every single night. He drives a leased Lexus, which he updates every few years at the end of the lease. He [...]
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