Archived Articles on Best Practices

• Five Outside-the-box Ways to Cut IT Costs :: October 19, 2008
  

  The best time to consider cost-saving measures is before the CFO comes knocking on your door.

• Running Over Budget :: May 25, 2008
  

  How do projects run over budget? Or would it be better to say that the project wasn’t priced correctly at the outset?

• Mastering Keywords :: May 20, 2008
  

  Proper planning at the outset of a project is a critical success factor – one such facet is keyword research and how it ties into copywriting and search engine optimization.

• Content Theft and Plagiarism :: March 31, 2008
  

  The demand for content puts more pressure on website administrators, who may resort to stealing content in order to fill space on their sites

• Update Your Flash Player :: January 1, 2008
  

  CNET’s security blogger Michael Horowitz described extensively in a recent blog entry why it is so important to upgrade right away your browsers on Macs, Linux and Windows to Flash Player’s version 9.0.115.0.

• Zero Inbox :: August 1, 2007
  

  43 Folders has a special series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox — and then keep it that way.

• Now You’re Invulnerable, Right? :: February 15, 2007
  

  It’s fairly easy to misconfigure your firewall if you don’t have strong technology expertise among your staff.

• Magic Doesn’t Just Happen By Itself :: February 4, 2007
  

  It takes more than good design and a good team to create successful websites.

• When Brainstorming Goes Bad :: December 28, 2006
  

  Fruitless sessions are a clear sign your company isn’t doing it the right way.

• Project Management Basics :: December 20, 2006
  

  A thought or two that’ll help you manage your projects better and easier.

• Converting Visitors Into Customers :: December 13, 2006
  

  101 simple, surefire techniques that will make a significant difference.

• When Disaster Strikes :: December 3, 2006
  

  A stich in time saves nine. True for businesses as well.

• “I will back up my data. I will back up my data.” :: November 9, 2006
  

  Sobering reminder why you shouldn’t shortchange maintenance.

• Changing Default Passwords :: October 28, 2006
  

  Ignorance and a simple four-word Google search query allowed individual to take control of thousands of ATMs across the US.

• Building Analytics into Your Website :: October 25, 2006
  

  Do yourself a favor and plan to integrate analytics from the outset.

• Don’t Cut Corners :: October 23, 2006
  

  There is a difference between risk taking and taking stupid risks.

• Blog Content Theft :: October 22, 2006
  

  Fight copyright infringement, copyright violation, and content theft.

• Developing More Secure Code :: October 21, 2006
  

  Any web project with custom-programming (i.e. e-commerce) should follow these from the outset, or you’ll regret it later.

• Naming A Business :: October 17, 2006
  

  Just like naming your firstborn, choosing the right name for a business is an artform.

• Critical Questions For Your Startup Co-Founders :: October 5, 2006
  

  You may want to discuss these issues before signing on the dotted line.