PHP includes some handy functions to find the first or last occurrence of a given string token in a string: strpos and strrpos. However these functions are limited to just the first occurrence; what if I want to know the location of the second token’s position, or the third? These problems usually result in some [...]
Read More handy functions, php, programmingUpdate: Make sure you check out the comments! My post is just a launching point for some great commentary from staff at iBegin Share and Add to Any. Every site with timely or useful content should utilize some on-site bookmark sharing tool. I’m talking about the bar of links to social networking sites like Facebook, [...]
Read More blogs, crappy coding, lifestream, open source, social networking, usabilityI purchased Mario Kart Wii and decided to register it at Club Nintendo. It’s an interesting service and I’m playing along to see where they go with it. If you want to register your own Nintendo games, you can find it on the back of a bifold pamphlet included in the game case. Some older [...]
Read More gaming, usabilityVoting ended a few days ago for StartupNation’s 2009 Elevator Pitch Competition, and Fwd:Vault had a pretty good showing! Here’s a final tally on the top 10… CineCore – 1573 My Sales Finder – 1264 WorkingMomLifeline – 1225 PublicStuff.org – 1172 TBD – Michael Shipe – 879 Spider Climbing – 765 iSyndica USA Incorporated – [...]
Read More blogs, fwdvault, startupsDuring the networking hour at my last entrepreneurial networking event, I had the pleasure of meeting two fellow young starters who are starting their own identity consultancy (I’d love to link, but there’s no site yet). We had a great talk about the challenges of properly pricing your goods and services. They were nervous about [...]
Read More business supportFwd:Vault’s got some press, woohoo! I was approached by Philadelphia Startup Blog for an interview on Fwd:Vault. The interview was done via email and just went live today. Check it out and let me know how I did.
Read MoreIn case you haven’t looked at my sidebar in the last month or so, my new startup Fwd:Vault is entered in StartupNation’s 2009 Elevator Pitch Competition. Through endless harassment support of friends, family, and professional colleagues, we’ve been able to hold down a spot in the top 10 (6th as of this writing). That’s simply [...]
Read More business support, fwdvault, investing, startupsI’ve become a big-time RSS junkie in the last few months. Google Reader is my preferred format, but I am looking into some of the desktop-based readers. I’ve picked up on a subtle trend from these months of scouring roughly 50 feeds. The vast majority of feeds simply include the entirety of a given article, [...]
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