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Sunday, June 07 2009 - News

You know, its not easy maintaining a website whilst trying to launch your actual job's page. I just finished launching www.tcicollege.edu, which is also built off of Graffiti, and let me tell you: I am just thrilled that it's up. It took me such a long time to get all the key integration points working properly, and get it past the red tape...

Take this example. I wanted to make sure twitter was integrated into the website in such a manner that would be understandable by the most technologically unsavvy. So, I added an option to enable twitter re-tweet after any new blog post. Also, using the same syntax for the retweet, fed the post into twitterfeed, keeping the RT count in sync. End result? All the writer has to do is make a blog post and POSSIBLY click the retweet button. Simple.

Now, I just need to monitor metrics... anybody out there know a good desktop app for monitoring google analytics?

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Why BuzzedWord?

BuzzedWord is an expression that I've chosen, almost as a satirical look at the way of the web and technology. Web 2.0 this, AJAX that, these are the buzzwords of the industry. What happens to the people and the technologies left in the cloud of dust after the buzzwords speed off into the sunset? That is the buzzedword; you do not have to keep up to the bleeding edge to be successful or competent in your field. Stick to what you know, and do it well. Expand at your own pace. You have your entire...