Monthly Archives: May 2007

To hell with XML-RPC pings

I finished my first iteration of an RSS feed. It was my first attempt and the only thing that does not validate is the date. But whatever, if Technorati doesn’t validate then I don’t have to.
After this I was trying to research how to send out XML-RPC pings to let blog directories know [...]

Late night for two “young” entrepreneurs

After applying for a business loan with my bank I drove like mad across the city to participate in a focus group for The Edmonton Council of Advanced Technology. Essentially this organization is attempting to act as a mentoring/incubator program for technology startups in Alberta, specifically Edmonton. One of my mentors, Jim over at [...]

Do your research!

I have been involved with a small team of like-minded students where we were pitted against numerous business case studies in preparation for a province wide competition at the end of June. Needless to say we took first place and joy and happiness gushed forth.
After school was finished we were asked to essentially be [...]

Don’t use AdSense for Search!

AdSense for Search is completely useless.
If you own a website and have ever considered putting a Google Search box on it, don’t. Recent experiences at my company have shown that it is all but useless. We average 30 million page views per day and that little search page, which is even nicely skinned [...]

Entrepreneurial Forays

A few readers may be aware that I am seeking to take something on, be my own man, run my own business.
I’ve been eying a nice cozy Internet cafe on Whyte Avenue since October. With school out of the way things are finally starting to take shape. I’m in the throes of finding [...]