I love to play with and talk about web applications, especially anything new and exciting (have invites to something? send them here!). A few people have asked me lately which web apps I actually use, and why I stick with them. Here are the apps that I use every day:
Google Reader - My current RSS [...]
Chris Brogan is asking a question on his blog, then waiting until the post has 100 comments. Then another question will be asked! I like this idea, as it brings the question to a larger number and wider variety of readers. There are already some interesting answers.
The first question is: Why does some video [...]
For a personal web site, you should never pay anyone to submit your site to search engines. For a commercial web site, you might consider hiring a search engine submission service… but do your research! Many of these services use underhanded tactics. Never do business with an SEO spammer (they will start e-mailing you as [...]
You like client-side web coding and you want to expand your repertoire to include some server-side tricks. Awesome! But which language do you learn? Which book do you buy? Which sites will help? Read on…
This is the kind of question where the answer depends on several factors, some of which you can’t completely understand until [...]
If you do not have much programming experience, I would recommend that you pick up Learning PHP 5, by David Sklar (amazon). Once you’ve explorer the first few chapters, I recommend that you pick up a copy of the PHP Cookbook (amazon). It presents reasonable solutions and explanations for common PHP problems.
If you are a [...]
If you have never coded before, I recommend that you read The Web Wizard’s Guide to XHTML by Cheryl Hughes (amazon). It’s a gentle introduction to XHTML and CSS code.