Proper Cell Phone Voicemail Messages

June 27, 2012

Do you use your cell phone as your only business line? I’m not here to tell you how you should word your message or remind you to enunciate clearly. What you need to stop doing (even for personal voicemail IMO) is stop using those freaking Ring Back Tones.  What you don’t take into account when you use…

WordCamp OC 2012 – Aftermath

June 3, 2012

WordCamp OC was awesome just like last year. A big thanks to all the sponsors Pixel Jar / Ad Sanity (The Hosts) WP Engine InMotion Hosting Code Poet Dreamhost Wordnick BinaryM Bop Design Digisavvy github OCWP Meetup (great meetup that I attend as well) Prettylink Pro Sticker Giant Sucuri Zeek Interactive (hosts of OCWP Meetup)…

WordCamp Orange County 2012

May 15, 2012

OC WordCamp 2012 is approaching quickly. Do you need a ticket? This years event is sold out again BUT there are extra tickets floating around. I am a sponsor this year and I have 1 ticket available for anyone that wants to join me. I know others have tickets available as well. Location: Vanguard University…

Embed a Document into a WordPress with Google Docs

April 5, 2012

A client today wanted a way to embed a PDF into a post but not make it a link. I first investigated creating a attachment page template using this tutorial http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/creative-coding/sharing-the-wordpress-love-with-non-image-media-attachments/, but I didn’t like that implementation. I wanted the file to be in the actual post and not have to click over to the attachment…

Email Tracking with Google Apps or Gmail

April 3, 2012

Don’t you wish Google Apps or Gmail had read receipts like Outlook? Outlook were great way back in the dark ages. But they became useless because the recipient could choose to not send them. I was using an addon for Google Chrome that integrated with Google Apps that had good tracking, but the company went caput and…

Technology Expectations

April 2, 2012

IT DOESN’T WORK! I get this call/email all the time. Technology can be a fickle beast. Most of the people I meet day-to-day have their expectations of technology out of line with where it should be. Sometimes their expectations are in line and the product itself was designed bad causing the product to be frustrating. The…

Facebook is not the Internet

February 4, 2012

A great read on Facebook and the Internet as it stands. Your hub for you business should never be Facebook. It should only be your website. This does not mean you shouldn’t use Facebook. This article and the 115 comments are a must read to understand what is going around you and how the internet…

Meeting at Surterre with Marcus

January 26, 2012

Went to Laguna to talk WordPress and showing how to post from iPhone

Samsung Nexus vs iPhone on Verizon. My Rant and Review

January 23, 2012

On January 14th 2012 I bought the Samsung Nexus on Verizon. This is the new flagship phone that has the latest Android OS called Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s a very pretty phone and the screen is amazing. The speed of the network is fast. The battery is poor. It was a nice phone but I…