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Why are you generating styling at all? It's not dynamic information. It's a static asset that can be cached. Semantically correct markup uses fewer tags, so the output is smaller (…

The OP isn't talking about Ajax calls and Dom transformations. He's talking about using semantically correct markup (c'mon, it is literally an ordered list) and a style sheet. Thin…

By all means, try to raise your rates. The first step toward being paid a lot of money is asking for it. But if these templates sound like a good idea to you, you need to focus on …

In my experience, parenthood is often challenging because we are given so little good information in advance concerning what is actually challenging about parenting. When we talk a…

These are all valid points, but I think you're overstating the case a bit. Certainly, IP creation should not be routinely outsourced, but it can be outsourced in limited cases to t…

I'm sure that's true for many, many firms. But, in my experience running a domestic product development firm, the single best way to acquire repeat business is to exit completely a…

I had the same initial reaction. On further thought, I think the author understands the difference. The problem is that he's not a very good writer. When he writes "one single spac…

If you do have trademark problems with HootSuite, you could also consider using an elephant with a couple small birds on it. Elephants have a symbiotic relationship with a kind of …

My own experience in this area suggested another, more fundamental problem. In the commercial world, we expect any idea to fail many, many times before we figure out how to make it…

Hi, there. I'm Kenny Dialoggins. If you're a Rails developer who wants to use scriptaculous dialogs but doesn't want to mess around with JavaScript, maybe we should hang out.

Hi, there. I'm Kenny Dialoggins. If you're a Rails developer who wants to use scriptaculous dialogs but doesn't want to mess with JavaScript, you might want to prep your best frien…

Thanks for that. The resizing task at Rackspace Cloud has been at 98% for 30 minutes. Awesome.

Sorry. Bit more traffic than our corner of the Internet is used to getting. Working on it.

That's my reading, too. The author is really making a point about the fundamental challenge of programming purely logical models in the physical world. It's a little disappointing …

Amazon Prime is a great service on its face. If you buy from Amazon regularly, it pays for itself, if not in dollars than in convenience. I've been on the fence about readers for a…