Archive - June 2009

Jun 23 2009

I wanted to make sure I let anyone and everyone know about the fantastic new Drupal module known simply as "Admin." For years I have heard people gripe about Drupal's admin screens as being too confusing and convoluted. Many people, mostly the less "techie" folks (marketing managers in charge of maintaining a corporate website) like Joomla's admin area better because it offers big candy-like icons and buttons for performing administrative functions.

Drupal
Jun 18 2009

Big news from Opera today.  Wait, who?  You thought opera was just a type of musical theater?  Well, you are right, but it's also the name of a web browser that holds a whopping 2%-ish market share.  However that may be about to change with the release of their latest version - Opera Unite.

Browsers | Opera | Software
Jun 17 2009

Regardless of any political differences you may have with the current administration (and believe me, as a small business owner I have a few), you have to admit that what the Obama Administration has done and is doing online is quite impressive.

Jun 09 2009

A good friend of mine who runs a marketing consultancy recently told me that he had a client who was looking to outsource their blog to a vendor.  Not the strategy, development or hosting of their blog – but the actual writing of the blog.  I told my friend that wasn’t something Accession Media does and I thought that went against the entire philosophy and tenants of blogging as a communication form.  How can you expect an outsourced vendor or writer to truly become a part of the fabric of your company for a few hundred dollar a month retainer?  You are your