This video isn’t the typical ClearDev blog post.  Has nothing to do with a specific project, a server upgrade, a client site, or company activity.  However, I found it to be really important to our work in general, and it may help you with that nagging project you’ve had in the back of your head.  [...]

This weekend I’m the solo ClearDev-ian in Philadelphia, PA doing the LiveStrong Challenge.

Next year, look for a ClearDev team so we can raise more money and get more techies out from behind their keyboards and on the road.  Shoot us an email if you’re interested.  Commit early so you can’t back out later!

One of our super-clients, Jake Wheat, is at the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend promoting his upcoming production of “EVIL DEAD: The Musical”. When he first told us about his idea to put on the musical in Louisville, Kentucky, we thought it was a cool idea. Then, when he [...]

We’ve been meaning to make badges for some time, plus we get a number of requests for them.  FINALLY, they should be ready early next week.  I’ll post them individually with a code snip if you want to pull them from our server.  Let us know if you like them, hate them, or, worst of [...]

We have some new stickers on the way!  If you want a couple, just send a “self addressed stamped envelope” to:
ClearDev
P.O. Box 1751
New York, NY 10113
We’ll get them out to you as soon as we get our hands on them!

Andy Ihnatko “twittered” this deal the other day and I wanted to pass it along…  You can get “The 99 Most Essential Mozart Masterpieces” for $7.99 on Amazon.com. Hell of a deal if you’re a fan or just need something different for the background.  
Around here it helps to keep the servers calm and [...]

Happy 2009 to all of the ClearDev clients and those thinking of making the switch!  Can’t wait to see what you come up with this year!

ClearDev Plug
Thanks, Jake!  Check out the station here!

Oxford University compiled a list of top ten irritating phrases and I think they’re on to something.  Here they are:
The top ten most irritating phrases:

At the end of the day
Fairly unique
I personally
At this moment in time
With all due respect
Absolutely
It’s a nightmare
Shouldn’t of
24/7
It’s not rocket science

Here are a few we’d like to add:

game changer
net net
leverage synergies [...]

It’s election day here in the U.S.  It only took me about 10 minutes to vote but now I can spend hours checking out the coverage.  This year there’s a new site that mashes up Google Maps, and Twitter’s tweets to produce TwitterVoteReport.com.  
The site publishes a steady stream of reports coming in from Twitter [...]