The 2-hour, 2-hundred-dollar rule
I'm not a big believe in golden rules, generally. But we have 1 golden rule at work that supersedes all other rules. And that's our 2-hour,...
Creating a win
In my job, I do a mix of project work (larger bits, building sites, etc), tickets (service requests from clients) & management (running a company)....
Blast from the Past: Pencilneck Creations Site Mockup
At the turn of the century, I was finishing my degree & running my company as a sideline. Today, digging through my digital archives to find a file...
Have Lunch with Me
I often waffle back-and-forth about the value of "soft" networking - where I'm not necessarily wanting something from the other person, or vice versa -...
Newsletter Stats from the Pencilneck CMS
So our CMS, the Pencilneck CMS includes a email newsletter management system. With a little time between finishing one project & starting the next, I...
Better redirection
For sites powered by the Pencilneck CMS, we've for ages and ages had what we called "Friendly URLs". These are common across CMS's, blogs, etc (some...
The power of Twitter & the "Ellen Effect"
So, on Thursday, one of my clients, the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) was linked to from the Ellen DeGeneres Show's Blog, after being...
Women in tech I admire: Lauren & Emira
So today is "Ada Lovelace day", a brand-new thing, to celebrate women in Tech, something that is definitely an issue, as many have pointed out when...
Learning to celebrate success
I've been thinking a lot about this topic recently, because in my ongoing goal to emote more, this is a real easy arena to do something about, one would...