I’ve been reading with great interest this past week as some of the leading web application companies discuss their philosophies regarding the providing of phone support for their services. 37signals started the debate, wondering Why would you want to call me? which, by describing a “typical” phone… Read More »
Archive for July, 2008
One of the perennial questions for the independent web worker is “how do I find customers?” This question has been on my mind again lately, because I’ve had a few extra hours to sell. As a longstanding freelancer, I’ve faced this issue more than once over… Read More »
It’s not just newbies who are prone to making mistakes. Even web workers with years of practice have their own weaknesses and faults. What are they and how do we avoid them? Read More »
For those of you who enjoy staying on the browser cutting edge, there’s a new place to go: Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1, nicknamed “Shiretoko,” is out. Though the release notes say bluntly “Current users of Mozilla Firefox should not use Shiretoko Alpha 1,” I’ve found it… Read More »
I’m on a big demo-taking kick right now as part of my blogging work here at Web Worker Daily. I will always disclose if a company gives me any freebies, but for the most part, I’m testing out freemium Web applications so we all get something… Read More »
Lately, as I’ve bogged my computer down with with a bunch of new applications, I’ve gotten back into using a little Windows utility that I used to use all the time: Launchy. Launchy is a free, open source utility for launching applications or going to web… Read More »
Google appears to have finally noticed that Mac users would like to sync their desktop calendars with their online ones: they’ve released (in beta form) Google Calendar CalDAV support. By following their instructions, you can set up synchronization between your OS X Leopard calendar and your… Read More »
