http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog News & info from ClearDev's designers, technicians, and developers. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:56:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ClearDev Plug Thanks, Jake!  Check out the station here! http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=111 One of the worst things about getting organized is the trap of getting obsessed with organizational tools.  It happens to a lot of people.  Just look at the number of visitors going to sites like LifeHacker or 43Folders.  Getting your tasks organized can't be so difficult that you need post ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=106 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 ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=102 We do a lot of work with artists and galleries in case anyone has missed that, so I thought I'd pass this along.  We received an email regarding the Pool Art Fair in Miami Beach, December 5, 6, and 7.  Here's a bite of the release: ABOUT THE POOL ART FAIR The ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=99 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 ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=96 A festive wreath found on the upper east side.  Happy Halloween! http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=93 American Express recently posted a series of videos from Seth Godin and Tom Peters from the "Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind: New Perspectives on Business" conference.  Being a fan of both (and maybe a super-fan of Seth's), I think the videos are fantastic.  If you have a business, a passion, or ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=84 Judging from the number of MySQL databases created on the CD servers, databases are driving just about all of our websites.  From blogs to collecting visitor info, there's a lot of information floating around in "the cloud."  And it's really powerful stuff.  The part I could never get my head around ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=77 I've been a fan of Brian Gardner's "premium" Wordpress themes for sometime.  In fact we bought the whole developer pack from him earlier this year.  They're great out of the box but the real power is in customizing them to give them just the right look.  Plus we mix and ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=74 Just a quick update to let you know that ClearDev is now on Twitter.  I reckon we'll use it to keep you up-to-date with daily stuff that's happening around here and even use it in the case of "emergencies".  You can subscribe to us here:  http://twitter.com/cleardev Here's an idea - if ... http://www.cleardev.com/cdblog/?p=69