Being employed at RezHub definitely has its perks.  The biggest perk is that I get to do fun and exciting things for a great company!  One of the most recent things that we just started is moderating a chat using Twitter.  I know, I know…  That already sounds odd to you.  A chat on twitter is not all that different...

Earlier in the month, I spoke about DotNetNuke® in 3 different sessions at the Second Annual Southwest Florida Code Camp.  While there our Microsoft Evangelist, Joe Healy, always does a great job of not only promoting all things Microsoft, but doing so in an engaging manner through interviews, pictures, and video. ...

Well, that’s the title that our Director of Education, James Taylor (JT), at the Orlando .Net User Group has hashed up.  I like it.  It’s catchy and fun.  December user group meetings tend to fade in terms of attendance, so having a catchy title for the meeting might help.  Anyhow, this meeting is going to be about SharePoint, and is featuring John Holliday.  If you do not know who John...

In light of the recent changes in laws by the FTC, I felt that I should clean my slate to let you know about any and all compensation that I might be receiving for my content, links, words, and remarks.  This includes, my blog, and my social network profiles.  Even though I am legally obligated to mention these details going forward, you have no idea about my previous content, unless I have explicitly told you.  (Something I try to remember to do anyway for credibility’s sake.)

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One of things I love about my day job, is that it affords me the opportunity to bring great content to you through my blog, and the user groups and code camps I participate in.  At RezHub, we recognize that we have gained a lot through the use of open source software, such as DotNetNuke®.  This allows us to give back by affording me a bit of time here and there to address my blog, the DotNetNuke® Forums,...

I know a few of you have become fans of the Lightbox Gallery Module that I released a couple of months ago.  I think that is really cool – especially since it was just created as a proof of concept for a DotNetNuke® presentation I gave at Jacksonville Code Camp this year.  I never intended for it to be a production...

Like every other month, we had our monthly Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group (ODUG) meeting last week.  This was an important meeting too.  Since recently being appointed as the Vice President of the Orlando .Net User Group (ONETUG), my time is going to be more valuable...

In the world of DotNetNuke®, we have enjoyed the fact that we can easily include our own Terms of Use page, as well as a Privacy Statement page on our websites.  The simplicity of adding these two pages is almost too good to pass up.  In fact, I see very few DNN websites that don’t include it.  It’s simply there as a rule of thumb.  However, have you ever actually read either page thoroughly?  There might be things that you should be concerned about.  Both pages have items that may have an impact on the visitors to your website, or even have legal ramifications to you and your site.

Typically, the two links I am talking about are located on the bottom of your page, like shown in the screen shot below.

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Tampa Code Camp is right around the corner, on November 7th, at the KForce offices.  I only submitted my session(s) today, because I had to work out a scheduling conflict.  That day, there is a very important birthday that I need to celebrate.  Luckily, there were still a couple of open speaking slots left.

I contacted Keith Kabza this morning, and he hooked me up.  I am very grateful to him for working me in.  I know how hard that can be – especially...

First of all, in light of the recent FTC debacle in terms of bloggers, and users of social networks having to disclose relationships with companies, I will tell you that my only association with UserTesting.com, Steve Krug, and his book publisher is through being a customer, and later, a fan.  I am not being paid or compensated in any way from any company or entity for my remarks in this blog post.  If you’re unfamiliar with what I am talking about, do a news search for “ftc bloggers” and you will see a ton of news stories covering my disclaimer above.

At my day job, usability was a main concern of ours, even before our first line of code was written.  If your software product does not have a focus on usability, then it will undoubtedly fail.  But what is usability? 

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