Web Design and Web Development for Barrie, Simcoe County and the World.

In the interest of trying to add some minor relevance to my blog posts (this is supposed to be a Web Dev blog as well as a Personal Blog…..we’ll debate the intelligence of this choice some other time), I’ve decided to create a few posts on the pros and cons of two amazing Open Source CMS/Blogging applications: Wordpress and Joomla.

This first post will be basically an introduction to my criteria and my experiential background that is leading me to write these posts…..

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Google is expanding the size and scope of its newspaper advertising program to include users of its AdWords service. In the immediate term, the expansion will increase the number of marketers using Google’s Print Ads service. In the long run, the move could help meld the once-disparate audiences to create even larger efficiencies of scale.

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I had the pleasure of speaking at this years CFUnited (ColdFusion) show. Unfortunately though, I also had to work our booth for the remainder of my time at the show (3 days). Actually, the show was pretty fun and it was great seeing a bit of Washington with my co-worker Jeff. Highlights of the non-CFUnited portions of the trip:

• Sushi and lots of Saki with Charles and Ali from Johns Hopkins
• Lost in a downpour at the Washington Zoo (Watch for attacking Tamarins and serenading teens)
• The eerie-coolness of the Washington Mall on a warm-rainy night.
• The powerful experience (much deeper than I would have thought) of actually seeing things like the Korean, WW1, WW2 and Vietnam memorials and the Washington Monument.
• Interview with a Stalker…(I’d explain, but then I’d have to kill you)

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Yikes, so I’m here in the Radisson in downtown Baltimore in preparation for my training at Johns Hopkins University (yes ”that” Johns Hopkins) tomorrow. I’m actually training some of their marketing team how to leverage our software in order to target marketing goals….Active Marketing.

The plane ride was interesting, a twin-prop, 40 seater with a penchant for hitting turbulance. Was kinda fun though. I’m going to check out the Baltimore Aquarium tomorrow evening after training (and stress, and caffeine).