Eric Mann's Blog

  • Moral Absolutes

    Regardless of the culture involved, there are some things that are always wrong whether or not the culture recognizes them as such.

  • All Work and No Play

    All work and no play makes it hard to justify hobbies that look too much like your career.

  • Editorial Calendars and Unintentional Spam

    How can you best leverage a consistent publication calendar without also alienating your target audience?

  • [Survey] Salary Expectations

    Valuing your own skills isn’t easy – a fact evidenced by many freelancers starting their careers with laughably low billable rates. That said, it’s an important component of any job search or any long-term career strategy.

  • WordPress Permalink Performance – Part 2

    The overall goal of PerfPress is to build a command-line tool that allows for testing the relative performance of different structures and functionalities within WordPress.

  • Disruptive Innovation

    Real innovation is rare. Once a company, individual or organization launches an innovation and achieves mainstream success they back off a bit. They start playing it safe. They start giving in to the needs of a market’s vocal demands.

  • The True Cost of Shared Hosting

    Shared hosting might appear inexpensive, but the hidden cost of cut-rate service is higher than you might think.

  • Cross-Platform Software

    One operating system that runs on all classes of devices. The app you build for your phone can run on your desktop. The program you write for task management on a laptop can run on the phone. It’s the first real cross-platform system we’ve seen.

  • Customer Loyalty

    I like the idea of drumming up new customers with a discount, but there’s still value in rewarding existing customers for their loyalty.

  • Are You Ready?

    Before you say you’re “ready,” take some time to write down what that really means.