Category Archives: General

A Hands on Post From and About Google’s Chrome OS

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Ben

In order to get my feet wet with Google’s Chrome OS (in it’s current developer build state, Chromium OS properly) and test a real world workflow with this “web only” device I figured I’d put together a blog post with … Continue reading →

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Installing Google Android for Mobile Browser Testing on Mac OS X

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Ben

Browser testing is critical to any web developer, designer… really any web professional. You need to know how your users or customers are seeing your work through the multitude of browsers and devices available to them, new ones become available … Continue reading →

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Embedding my first Google Wave into WordPress!

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Ben

This is a test! Below I embedded my first Wave “Hello World… I mean Wave!”… The first of many likely… let’s see what it looks like out in public… I know many of you probably can’t see it… This is … Continue reading →

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Best Buy speaks Google App Engine at Google I/O 2009

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Ben

I was very excited to not just attend but be a part of Google I/O 2009, Google’s annual developer conference. A Best Buy contingent of Steve Bendt, Gary Koelling and myself as well as uber developers Curtis Thompson and Thomas … Continue reading →

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I’m a “Web Development Elf” cool?… Yes cool!

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Ben

Didn’t want to let this pass in the night, blogger and strategist at Undercurrent Mike Arauz picked up on the apps I have been exercising my brain on lately (retweetradar.com and spy.appspot.com) out of the blue and wrote a couple … Continue reading →

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Getting Windows 7 Beta running on Ubuntu Intrepid via VirtualBox

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Ben

I’m throwing this post out there that brings together the things I learned as I worked to get the free Windows 7 Public Beta running on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex via VirtualBox. Hoping this post helps those trying to do … Continue reading →

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Responsible Corporate Laptop Stickering!

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ben

So lets say you are a web guy at a big mid-western corporation and you at the Web 2.0 Expo this year and pick up a handful of cool stickers, then you see folks like Scoble (Mac, PC) and everyone … Continue reading →

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I’m ready to build for the “cognative surplus” – thoughts from the Clay Shirky – Web 2.0 Expo Keynote

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Ben

Photo: Duncan Davidson Shortly after the keynote by Tim O’Reilly at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last week we were treated to a talk with Clay Shirky author of Here Comes Everybody, his talk for me crystallized why … Continue reading →

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Returning from Web 2.0 Expo – Going to start writing…

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Ben

Just returned from the Web 2.0 Expo, learned a lot, talked to and heard many smart folks talking about what is going on today on the web and where we believe it is all going. By writing this I am … Continue reading →

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