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Top 10 Must have iPhone Apps for Freelancers
2009-05-26 19:35:00 Apple says there is an app for almost everything in life and that means there are cool apps for freelancers too. Especially to increase freelance or business on the go productivity. Here’s a list of top 10 must have iPhone apps (paid or free) for any freelancer ( designer, developer, writer) from vaked.com. These ratings ... More About: Iphone , Freelancers
Nitty bitty tip of the week (or month): Save $$$s build your own computer
2009-05-22 22:33:00 Unless you are really looking for a cheap, down to earth slow computer, you should consider building your own pc. It used to be a difficult gig, but things have changed quite a lot. You have well written articles, self help videos and a huge community of builders to help you. All for free. I’ve ... More About: Computer , Tips , Week , Save , Build
Nitty bitty tip of the week (or month): Free SVN Hosting
2009-05-18 16:33:00 It’s painful when you have multiple computers, multiple development environment and shitty synchronization softwares. I’ve used Mozy (backup and sync) for a while now and I have to say, I DON’T LIKE IT! I know a lot of people who do but it never worked for me. Anyways I am not writing this to slander ... More About: Hosting , Project Management , Tips , Free , Week
The right chair gets the job done!
2009-05-15 15:14:00 I’ve been using this one chair since years until last week when it started making this weird noise whenever I move. I started to wonder if I became too fat or its just the chair. I made up my mind to think its the chair and decided to get a new one. So I went ... More About: Chair
Video: Scrum in 10 Mins
2009-05-14 15:03:00 Since most of us are quite familiar with SCRUM (the agile software development methodology), I thought I’ll post a quick video that my manager put up on our sharepoint site for the team. I liked it so much that I wanted to share with my blog readers. You may have already seen this video, but ... More About: Video , Project Management , Scrum
Freelancers, fire a client today.
2009-05-13 16:30:00 I fired a client today. It was difficult. This was my first client I had to let go since years. But I think I took a right decision. Things weren’t so good with us and the project was going beyond what I’ve expected. I did work with the client previously on other projects and I ... More About: Today , Freelance , Fire , Freelancers , Client
myView: iPhone will remain favorite among developers
2009-05-12 22:30:00 Apple has been really mean to a lot of app developers. You can read about it here, here and here. But even then the bottom line will remain same; App developers will continue to worship iPhone with their lousy spent million dollar apps. Although there are new app stores coming into the market from Nokia, Microsoft, ... More About: Iphone , View , Developers , Favorite
Nitty bitty tip of the week (or month): PortableApps.com
2009-05-12 16:20:00 You’ve been carrying your photos, documents, project files on a removable portable drive for sometime now. But have you ever thought about carrying the whole development environment? Image if you could carry PHP, Apache, MySQL, Perl, Java, NetBeans and Python environment in your USB Thumb Drive. So that all you have to do is, plug ... More About: Tips , Week , Month
Nitty bitty tip of the week (or month): browsershots.org
2009-05-06 12:46:00 Well how many times dint it happen that we the designers and/or developers had to test our work on different browsers for cross browser compatibility issues. It could be difficult to do so since there are quite a lot of them in different forms and versions. People still use IE6 and some nut cases have ... More About: Week , Month
myView: Free open source is not really free. It?s expensive!
2009-05-01 16:04:00 So here’s another story that I wanted to share with fellow freelancers and my clients on how expensive so called “free” open source software can get. This incident occurred a couple of times but only today that I realize how much expensive the open source bang wagon could be. You can call me a tube light ... More About: Open Source , Open , Free , Source , Freelance
Google marked the site as malware
2009-04-16 16:39:00 My client reported to me that his Joomla site has been marked as malware by Google and in Firefox and Chrome the users are alerted to avoid visiting the site. At first I assumed someone might have flagged the site as malware just to have fun or out of curiosity. But I still went ahead ... More About: Wordpress , Malware , Drupal , Site
Optimze SQL Queries for UserControls in Sitecore
2009-03-31 16:20:00 Many times we have to deal with the process of getting content from a database, then sorting it and then displaying it to the user. Recently I was given a task of optimizing a user control on the website that pulls upcoming and past events for a particular category. The way this thing was programmed ...
myView: Open Source hobbies slowly shifting to earnings
2009-03-20 17:13:00 I used to see people create open source scripts/softwares and give out for free to the community and rely on donations to make few bucks out of it. Not really a good source of income but wouldn’t hurt if you do something as a hobby and people donate you some cash when they use it. ... More About: Open Source , Open , Hobbies , Source , Earnings
It?s all about staying connected.
2009-03-04 20:07:00 LogMeIn provides easy access to your computers (with static or dynamic IP) from any other computer using nothing but just a web browser (of course, internet too). I’ve been using LogMeIn’s free service for a while now and I really enjoy it. Especially when I am at work and need to quickly access my PC ... More About: Review , Freelance , Connected
iPhone App Development Offer!
2009-03-02 16:38:00 So I have this crush on my new iPhone… I’ve been discovering new things each day and it goes on impressing me with cooler apps, or features every day. Like many things I want… I always wanted to create an iPhone/iPod application based on some of my ideas and put it on the App Store. I’ve ... More About: Iphone , Development , Freelance , Intro , Offer
Sitecore CMS: Quick overview
2009-02-20 02:31:00 So I am working on this project that involves heavy sitecore work and I thought of writing few words on it. For those who don’t know, Sitecore is an Enterprise CMS majorly used by mid size to large enterprises. There are many features that Sitecore offers, and it’s CMS architecture has a lot to talk ... More About: Quick , Overview
Now blogging from iPhone
2009-02-19 02:16:00 So, I upgraded my wordpress blog and installed iPhone app, and I am now ready to blog from my phone. I hope I will have no excuse to blog now. Update: wordpress app is crashing a lot. I wonder if it’s a known problem. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vaked.com%2Fnow-bloggin g-from-iphone%2F'; addthis_title = 'Now+blogging+from+iPhone'; ... More About: Iphone , Blogging , Intro
MyBlog Posts based on Keywords
2009-01-22 23:46:00 Put this module anywhere, it will automatically detect the jreviews tags, review name or provided keywords (no need for jreviews with this option) and display latest related MyBlog posts. Tested on Joomla 1.5.x, JReviews 2.0.4 RC3 and MyBlog 2.0.1 build286 See it in action here. ‘Related blogs’ display latest related posts based on iPhone. Download: MyBlog Keyword Posts Project ... More About: Keywords
GTalk badge vs Plugoo Widget
2008-12-20 09:41:00 I recently deployed a Gtalk badge and got rid of the buggy plugoobuddy chat window. I am happy to say that, this badge is keeping my status as accurate as it can get. For the first time I was chatting with more than one visitor at the same time. I have no idea whats the ... More About: Widget , Review , Badge
Optimized Iphone Theme for Wordpress
2008-12-20 09:17:00 I installed a cool wordpress iphone theme from contentrobot.com that allows this site to open in a very simplified iphone web browser friendly way. The over all load time is less than half and it even automatically detects the client. Over all a two thumbs up for the plugin+theme! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vaked.com%2Foptimized-i phone-theme-for-wordpress%2F'; ... More About: Wordpress , Iphone , Review , Theme , Intro
Web based Freelance Project Management Suite
2008-12-14 07:58:00 Ok, so I ran into an old friend of mine who also happens to be in IT industry as a hardcore .Net Programmer. We talked for a while, most of it of our old times and then moved to whats going on in our lives right now. We both were surprised to hear that none ... More About: Project Management , Management , Project , Freelance , Suite
Always On Architecture for Instant Messenger on Mobile Devices
2008-10-24 18:56:00 Well, its true that mobile IM will hit big in the coming years. People will need a better way to stay connected with work, family, friends not only on call but also online with their avatar. On my recent search on available services that lets me stay connected on IM, I couldn’t find any. But ... More About: Mobile , Architecture , Devices , Messenger , Learning
Naming your website: What?s in a name?
2008-10-22 18:07:00 Seriously, I began to wonder, how many startups are now coming up with stupid names that don’t make sense? The answer is almost all. Earlier, naming your company/website was supposed to the most important tasks. The name was supposed to reflect the service you do or the products you sell. While its still the case, ... More About: Marketing , Website , Naming
Moving drupal site to a different server
2008-10-21 18:26:00 With no clear indication on how difficult this could be, I went ahead and started moving a drupal site to a different server (on a different domain). I first followed the standard procedure that I do in Joomla. That is, getting all the files to my local, exporting the databases from phpmyadmin to my local ... More About: Drupal , Moving , Site , Server
Ads are now welcome screens?
2008-10-18 03:43:00 Would you like to be welcomed by your parents on your visit to them with a brief message on the new Insurance Policy from AIG that can transform your life? Well, imagine this, you walk into your parents place and at the door your dad comes up and the first thing he says; “AIG now ... More About: Intro
Mod: Fireboard Latest Posts based on Searched Keywords
2008-09-26 13:48:00 This mod was only tested on Joomla 1.5. Description: Displays latest posts based on provided keywords in the backend. See screenshots to get an idea. Version: 1.0 Beta Detail Desription: Well, this module lets you search through your fireboard forum based on couple of keywords and display the results in a nice, cleaner module format. You can create ... More About: Keywords , Posts
Block direct access to pligg pages
2008-08-24 01:36:00 To block direct access to your pligg pages (which are residing inside Joomla Wrapper), use the following code. In the pligg directory, create (or append if already exists) a .htaccess file and add the following code. RewriteEngine On # Block ing direct access RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.yourjoomlasite.com/.*$ [NC] ... More About: Direct , Access , Pages
Learn to Sell
2008-05-01 14:41:00 Freelancers, its high time. Learn the insights of sales and marketing! Every wonder why something that you’ve been using to drive sales wont work anymore? Or why you could never get enough clients/leads? Or why other freelancers get better and more than enough clients? Start your way into sales dude! Today, in this freaking competitive market, forget ... More About: Marketing , Freelance , Sell
Freelancers must save money!
2008-05-01 03:09:00 Getting around in New York could be time taking and also expensive. For all my visits to client locations in NY, I usually used to either drive all the way from NJ (currently located) or hire a cab half way. As you may have already noticed, it was a bad idea, but for someone new ... More About: Money , Save Money , Freelance , Save , Freelancers
Freelance Jobs you can?t miss!
More articles from this author:2008-04-28 10:53:00 I spent few hours in getting my hands on Drupal for a new idea I had with a site for Freelance Job Feeds. Before I talk about the site, let me tell you, Drupal is a lot different than any other CMSes (especially Joomla). Although I am new to Drupal, going around it was too ... More About: Jobs , Business Ideas , Miss 1, 2 |
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