http://blog.imulus.com Ramblings, Random Thoughts and Coding Goodness Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:42:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the internet landscape has evolved at a blistering pace, universities have been left behind and often teaching skills and concepts that are years out of date. I was excited to read about The University of Colorado's Boulder Digital Work program. Their stated mission is, "developing today and tomorrow's digital ... http://blog.imulus.com/scott/web-design/boulder-digital-work/ Ok, I know the world is inundated with Michael Jackson news right now, but I am quite ok jumping on the bandwagon. Although you can bring up all the controversy that surrounded his life, I don't think anyone can discount the amazing talent in this guy. He is a legend ... http://blog.imulus.com/stephanie/opinion/mj-i-want-you-back/ They did it to Netscape, and they are trying it again on Google. Microsoft is stealing what works and refining it to suit their needs with just enough modifications to make it marginally unique. This time their effort is called Bing. If you missed the announcement earlier this month, Microsoft Live ... http://blog.imulus.com/george/search-engine-management/bing-will-take-market-share-from-google/ What would you saaay. . .you do here? I make sure the TPS reports have covers on them. Aside from that important job, I am also a Project Manager. I have all the day-to-day contact with clients. They tell me what they need, and I make sure it gets done on ... http://blog.imulus.com/scott/random/who-is-imulus-interview-with-project-manager-extraordinaire-stephanie-hoffman-aka-the-hoff/ My long time friend Erik Reagan (@ErikReagan) runs a website by the name of TextMate Tips. It's a useful resource for keeping up to date with interesting TextMate hints, shortcuts, and utilities. Further, the site is open for contribution and is always on the look out for new and interesting ... http://blog.imulus.com/bruce/development/keeping-up-to-day-with-textmate-tips/ Here at Imulus we're massive fans of jQuery. We use it on a lot of our projects. We're also fans of TextMate, an awesome text editor produced by the folks at MacroMates. Over the last few years we've refined our TextMate bundles (code highlighting and language recognition packages) to work ... http://blog.imulus.com/bruce/javascript/how-to-set-up-a-sexy-jquery-textmate-bundle/ If you live in Colorado odds are you've heard the term "fracking" on the news at least once in the last 7 years. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing is the technique used to force oil & gas out of the ground by injecting water, sand and chemicals deep into the bedrock. ... http://blog.imulus.com/george/opinion/frack-you/ We’re happy to formally announce the launch of Support Details, our first planned public product. This is one of those ideas which was in the works here at Imulus far longer then need be. In fact the idea was discussed in ’03 and sadly it fell off the radar until ... http://blog.imulus.com/george/aspnet/introducing-support-details/ Last week we were recognized as the 20th Fastest Growing Small Business (sub $2 mil in revenue) by the Mercury 100 for Boulder & Broomfield Counties here in Colorado. On the surface this might seem like a great accomplishment, however it's a false measure of success, and I'll tell you ... http://blog.imulus.com/george/entrepreneur/putting-perspective-on-success/ I read an article a while back about how your spouse or significant other can drastically affect your good and bad habits. Makes sense, right? If your sweetie is going to the gym, you’re more likely to tag along. On the flip side to that, if your darling honey bear ... http://blog.imulus.com/kathryn/opinion/eating-well-and-working-out-imulus-style/