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Resurrection of webrockstar.net!
It has been a while! About a year and a half ago Web Rockstar informally came to and end after accepting an awesome web developer opportunity for an organization. The site has lay dormant since then… I have been working on several new WordPress plugins and updating the existing ones. I needed a central place […]
Read MoreNewly Launched WordPress Plugin: WP Notes Widget
In the past, most plugins that have been made were project specific. WP Notes Widget is the first publicly available plugin which can be downloaded from the WordPress plugin repository. You can check it out at https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-notes-widget/. Here is the description taken from the plugin page: Posts and pages have their own characteristics and uses, but sometimes […]
Read MoreAnomalies in Modern Web Philisposies
Thinking of a new website or web application? Well, you are going to need a great visual design, a carefully planned interface, a solid social media presence, as well as many other considerations. This is usually the mindset many people enter when undertaking a new web project. To be honest, in most cases this is […]
Read MoreUsing Persuasive Technology to Address Energy Consumption
When doing some computer house keeping a few weeks ago, I noticed I had many documents and reports related to persuasive technology and social psychology concepts in web applications. Rather than lay dormant on my hard drive in .docx files, I figured it would be more useful to share these ideas with others. People can expand […]
Read MoreWhat does Google Search, Invoicing and Sandwiches have in Common?
Systems are all around us and we experience them everyday in all sorts of ways, in all sorts of contexts. Everything is a system. Wikipedia defines a system as “a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole“. Google search is a type of system. Interpersonal interaction is a system. Invoicing is a […]
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