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Intuit, the company that brought us QuickBooks and TurboTax, waged “silent war” with the web development community in mid-2009. It’s weapon: The $4.99-per-month website that could potentially dominate the marketplace, and drive the modest, independent studio out of business. (Okay, so this statement isn’t exactly their tag line, but the scenarios in their television ad are clear shots at independent studios).
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I couldn’t help it…the words that rang in my head were those of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. In Get Rich or Die Tryin’, his big screen debut, he uttered these harsh, albeit prophetic words:
“I ain’t signing that mutha f*ckin contract / I ain’t a b*tch like you / I ain’t going out like that—ME?!?”
SIGH! Had I only taken heed of his cheeky wisdom! A few weeks ago, I was going through some of my old tax returns and stumbled across a contract from the early 2000s. It was with a well-known company that shall remain nameless. Rejoicing in all that I had accomplished, I decided to read over the contract…y’know, for old times sake. WHAT THE HELL DID I DO THAT FOR? I soon realized that I was victim of contractual slavery, but the worst part is that I wasn’t aware of it! Whoever declared that “ignorance was bliss” must have been…well, blissful in their ignorance! I’m a man who likes to know. Usually, I’m a man who likes to read.
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Love it or hate it, PowerPoint is the corporate dream. I personally loathe it with a passion, yet I recognize it’s influence on Corporate America. It offers a cheap, aerodynamic solution for producing linear presentations. Toss in a few transitions and BOOM, you’re the new grandmaster of all things technical! Sheeeit! Might even get that 10 cent raise, nah mean?!?
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Life can be quite difficult for the Webmaster who needs a simple solution for tracking inventory. Sure, there are tons of e-commerce and shopping-cart plugins out there (many of which are highly overrated, in my humble opinion). But as far as a basic, inventory manager that’s fluent and reliable, there just isn’t anything out there for this niche. Or, at least that’s what I thought…
Enter the “Inventory Manager Plugin” for Wordpress, and its creator, Cale Bergh of the Alpha Channel Group.
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I have fond memories of Winter 2004. It’s when I discovered DigiView Productions, a company that likely made its mark by redistributing films in the public domain. Remember those eighty-eight cent DVDs at Wal-mart that came in the slim jewel case? Yeah, that’s them! Let me tell you…DigiView Productions was not only a great bargain, but it actually kept me in tune with my college education!
You see, I was slated to gradute from college in the Summer of 2003. Back then my focus was Computer Animation, and I had done exceptionally well. It was in the final Portfolio class when the art professors became unsually “artsy,” and I found myself in a heated battle instead of a cap and gown. To make a long story short, I was forced to retreat. My plan was to save some money, regroup mentally, and seize my education that following Winter Quarter. But as we all know, things don’t always go as planned.
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