If you’re curious about the difference of MySQL engines, here they are. Comparing and contrasting what MyISAM is and InnoDB. First ISAM is the acronym for Indexed Sequential Access Method, generally it is fast, compressable, and allows full text searching. Second InnoDB is transaction safe and includes automatic foreign key checking so it’s a bit slower. The important part is… read more
Forget about CSS hacks as they should only be temporary solutions and will eventually break upon browser updates. You want robust CSS with minimal amount of HTTP calls for the best performance. So here’s the code using conditional comments adding a class to theelement: [code]<!–[if LTE 7 ]><html class="ie7"><[endif]–> <!–[if IE 8 ]><html class="ie8"><![endif]–> <!–[if IE 9 ]><html class="ie9"><![endif]–> <!–[if… read more
This is a book review of Jim Meisenheimer’s book 57 Ways to Take Control of Your Time and Your Life. What a long title, but the book remains succinct in length. I like how the author redefines time management in this book. He puts it in a different perspective. You can not manage time, but you can manage yourself… read more
Fixed position prevents iOS devices from scrolling the overlay div. You are probably here because you were coding a website with overlaying divs and you discovered there’s a scrolling problem in iOS. This happens in the css position property of fixed-size or fixed position div. At first you will try the 2-finger swipe on your device and notice nothing happening.… read more
This is a tutorial on updating a unqiue mysql field in a matrix grid of elements by using PHP and jQuery. In this tutorial, we are presuming you are familiar with PHP and MySQL. This is the example we will use. The scenario is giving users access to special features on movies created by producers. This will be useful in… read more
What comes to your mind when you think of marketing? Spending money to advertise? During my education of marketing I can tell you that you can leverage the cost with time. If you have more free time you can get free or very cheap marketing. I do spend wisely and pay up when I recognize value even if it’s to… read more
MOTIVATION This is the important word that comes to mind when thinking of sales. I’m writing this article on my journey of really getting to know the sales approach. The “Go Getters” are good people. People change their state of mind frequently but there is always hunger for more. If the product is just right and I can find a… read more
When thinking about commerce the World Can Be Flat such as the book by Thomas Friedman. However in sales I recommend starting to reach out for prospects locally than reach further out. I say this because it’s likely you believe “word of mouth” is the best type of marketing. It’s is the social proof that people follow. Newspapers and media… read more
Why use education-based marketing sells is because today just about anyone can research a product before buying it. In the old days you had to trust the salesman because they knew most about the product and there was no access to internet. The only resource you had is knowing someone who already bought what you wanted. Years ago I’ve actually… read more
Definition: in·san·i·ty [in sánnətee] [NOUN] Lack of reason, or an act of doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results. When you realize it’s time to make a change because something is not working it may be too late!!! Or is it better later than never. How about I just tell you? Policies at a startup business may… read more