Author Archives: John Reeve

Web-based Application Development Tip: Protect Your “Tenants”

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According to the New York times, thieves were able to capture the names, account numbers, e-mail addresses and transaction histories of more than 200,000 Citi customers, using the Citigroup customer web site. This isn’t the first time a financial institution has had its data compromised. What is so alarming about this particular security breach was […]

Clever release names for creative developers

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Ubuntu and its alliterative, animal themes, are the first thing that comes to our minds when we think of noticeable nomenclatures used by developers — in place of boring, old-fashioned numbers — to label significant releases. More recently they’ve released Lucid Lynx, Maverick Meerkat, and Natty Narwhal. As I write this they are working on […]

Four Ways Web Design and Development Agencies Can Give Back

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Web design and development agencies are typically small businesses where the creative and engineering types flourish in a loosely structured company culture. The few formalities us web designers and developers must comply with usually revolve around deadlines, workflow, meetings, and clients. Overall, it’s not a bad gig, it’s the type of environment where web designers […]

Intervals updates for May 2011

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We are excited to announce another round of features and updates for our online time, task and project management service. This most recent update is another step toward making Intervals more intuitive and responsive to our customer’s needs. Read on to find out more about what has recently been added, updated and improved. Add new […]

Speed Up Your Web Pages With Browser Caching

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A fast loading web page is an important factor that heavily weighs into a user’s experience on your web site. And it’s not just your audience taking notice of how quickly a page loads into their browser, Google uses this metric as part of their PageRank algorithm. Web designers and developers who are creating web […]

Web Designers and Developers: Are We Too Sedentary?

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A recent study by James Levine, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has uncovered some fascinating facts about how severely inactivity affects us. As it turns out, going to the gym, and exercising in general, may not be enough to overcome sitting in front of a monitor all day. From the New […]