Delivering Custom JavaScript

May 19, 2009 · 1 Comment

I learned a valuable lesson this morning and thought I would share it while it is still fresh in my mind.

As a freelance web programmer, I am often contracted by other web developers to write custom widgets for their projects. These widgets generally require adding some rules to the stylesheet and - prior to today - I would just write these rules into a CSS section in the demo page with a note that they needed to be included.

While this isn't a bad method...

On Search Engine Optimization

Jan 16, 2009 · 1 Comment

This entry was inspired by a friend of mine who is a partner in a local HVAC company. He mentioned a few months ago that he was approached by a gentleman offering to “search engine optimize” his web site. In fact, this gentleman went so far as to guarantee a #1 placement on Google.

My feelings about the legitimacy of the offer aside…

The Web-Entrepreneur Project

Dec 16, 2008 · 2 Comments

Hello and welcome to joesm.com! If you are reading this post then I suspect it is because you are digging through my archives because – at this moment – the site has JUST launched and I have ZERO traffic!

All of that is about to change. Quickly.