tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:56:02 +0000http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/Ryan VanZanBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-6463667784614448673Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:56:00 +00002008-04-10T13:56:02.906-07:00crappyweb designYour website sucks ifhorriblesuckwebsitesdonkeyBecause if your website sucks, you suck (or at least that's what your potential customers will assume). Your website is the first representation of yourself, your business, or whatever, by which many people will judge you. I know it's harsh, you might be a really nice guy or gal who just happens to have a website that sucks. But the people out in Internet Land don't know that - all they know is http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2008/04/heres-why-your-website-should-not-suck.htmlRyan VanZantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-8300110700837863807Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:12:00 +00002007-06-13T08:22:53.349-07:00amazingunsubscribeemailyahoospameliminateEveryone except me complains about spam. Wanna know why I don't complain? Because, everyone except me gets a lot of spam! It's not because I never give away my email address or because I don't use it. It's because I have multiple email addresses. I have one email address that I actually use to communicate with people. And I have another email address that I use to collect my spam. The way I http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2007/06/get-rid-of-that-spam.htmlRyan VanZantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-8835268109634281468Mon, 07 May 2007 22:35:00 +00002007-05-07T12:57:39.736-07:00firefoxinternet explorerfreeW3CmicrosoftMicrosoft released Internet Explorer 7 a little while ago and it was supposed to be the answer to all of my prayers. I actually prayed to Microsoft many times: "Dear Microsoft, please release an internet browser that conforms to W3C standards. Amen." and "Almighty Microsoft, I know it's kind of a lot to ask. But, could you please make it easy for your users to view Flash content on the web? It's http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2007/04/have-you-heard-of-firefox.htmlRyan VanZantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-3288250159245290437Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:13:00 +00002007-09-11T11:58:31.513-07:00customerweb designtipsprogrammergnarphosisI've been officially designing websites as a sole proprietor for a little more than a year now, and I have some tips for those of you out there who wish to hire someone to build a website for you. I'll just get right to the list now and explain later. Getting a good website means more work for you.Your ideas and input are absolutely necessary.Having a cool website makes you cool.You absolutely http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2007/04/tips-for-ye-who-might-hire-web-designer.htmlRyan VanZantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-8586454889720181036Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:40:00 +00002006-12-23T10:15:19.995-08:00bloggerblogginggoogleYou may be wondering why I, a web developer, would chose to have the "Articles" section of my website hosted on Blogger. Maybe you think that I should just build my own blog application from scratch. I am perfectly confident that I could build a blogging application from scratch (in fact I built a small one here), however, I do not have the time or desire (I swear I'm not lazy) to program http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2006/12/why-i-chose-blogger.htmlRyan VanZantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-542543259736534341Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:21:00 +00002006-12-19T09:25:59.214-08:00introductionHi everyone! Thanks for visiting the "articles" section of my website. Here I will post my thoughts and advice on many (mostly internet related) issues. Check back often for informative and amusing reading.http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2006/12/my-new-website-is-up-and-running.htmlRyan VanZan