Canadian resume (CV)

Resume templates: Duties: Consult with clients to develop and document web-site requirements Prepare mock-ups and storyboards for discussing them with clients Develop web-site structure as per clients requirements Source, select and organize information for inclusion and design the appearance, layout and flow of the web-site to attract customers Create and optimize content for the web-site ... Read more

robots.txt

robots.txt is a text file webmasters create to instruct robots (typically search engine robots) how to crawl and index pages on their website. Web Crawlers (also known as: web-indexing robots or spider bots) are programs that traverse the Web automatically. Search engines such as Google use them to index the web content, spammers use them ... Read more

news is bad for you

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogether Out of the ­10,000 news stories you may have read in the last ... Read more

15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy

Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves ... Read more

Why do people share online?

5 motivations for sharing: Altruism. We share to bring valuable and entertaining content to others. We think about what our friends want to know, and try to help them out. Self-definition. We share to define ourselves to others. Perhaps this notion is better phrased as, “you are what you share”. People consciously shape their online ... Read more

top 5 regrets before dying

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate ... Read more

It’s not a web app. It’s an app you install from the web

We received an email… “I heard about Forecast, but I couldn’t find it in the App Store. How do I get it?” “You don’t get it from the App Store: just go to http://forecast.io/ on your phone, and you’ll be given instructions on how to download it.” “Wow, this is great! I didn’t know you ... Read more

Before You Hire A Web Design Firm, Read This

This post will save you heartache and money. Your website can and should be one of the main drivers of leads for your business. Before you hire a web developer, there are some things you should know to ask. The majority of buyers go online to research their purchase decisions and your website needs to ... Read more

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

Say hi to Lucy. Lucy is part of Generation Y, the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. She's also part of a yuppie culture that makes up a large portion of Gen Y. I have a term for yuppies in the Gen Y age group—I call them Gen Y Protagonists & ... Read more