Looking for Interested Folks
By David Golding
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I’m working on a project that will launch next summer (2009) and have decided to bring others along for the ride. If you’re interested in participating with me in a tech consulting (esque) business endeavor, please fill out an application:
I’ll provide more details to interested persons via email.
Thanks for letting me make this shout out, and please forward it along if you think someone you know might be interested as well.
(I make the following very important disclosures in the event that some readers may be suspecting me of resorting to hype-ridden / manipulative / cheap business gimmicks :) )
- This is not a ponzi scheme, summer sales project, or pyramid/multi-level marketing ploy.
- The project is primarily web-based and will involve some level of web development.
- This is not an investment capital-seeking project, etc. It’s already got the funding it needs. But, heck, if anyone’s interested in putting some more cash into it, I’ve got no problem with that :)
- This is not a web gimmick with testimonials or “get rich quick”/”infomercial” type marketing tactics to gain returns.
- This IS a higher-level business-to-business consulting project.
Graduate School
By David Golding
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Hello all, and apologies for taking a hiatus for a while. Last month my family and I moved, I started grad school, and with that came several time-consuming chores to get settled that kept me away from this blog. Let me just say that I very much value the experience that graduate studies bring. I used to think that the inflation of undergraduate degrees in this country was the reason for stinking up the job market (at least when compared to my parents’ generation); then I read a book about why today’s 20- and 30-somethings can’t get ahead and decided to blame the baby boomers for everything. I’m coming to realize that the difference in education at most undergraduate schools and most graduate schools is at least one important factor in why a bachelors just doesn’t cut it as much anymore.
School has been great, and already the transition hasn’t been all the bad. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some time to resume blogging on CakePHP and other themes. Maybe I’ll even be able to add some posts to my grad studies in religion category.
Google Chrome and WebKit
By David Golding
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As a follow-up to my post on dropping IE 6 indefinitely, I think it’s very interesting how timely the Google Chrome release has been, and most interesting how it’s built on the WebKit engine. Neil McAllister posted his perspective on Google Chrome, listing its adoption of WebKit as one of the biggest advantages for developers, and I agree. The more that major software developers of web browsers adopt the mantra of standards compliance, the less deadweight loss that we’ll have to recover as those building the web sites.
I’m excited for Chrome, though it does have some minor things to tweak, but I’m thrilled they chose WebKit. Hopefully Mozilla can do the same thing with Firefox and then maybe push IE out the door. It is possible to edge out IE, and I think the more that we see offerings like this, not the Opera tactic of crying “anti-trust!”, the more the competition will give developers more effective means of developing, and users more secure and enjoyable means of interacting with the web.
