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Vern Masterson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:13:28 -0400

Customer service isn't always in the vocabulary of hosting companies, so this article stood out to me because it shows that Rackspace is clearly a dedicated server hosting company and that they clearly deserve all their success. The simple fact of at least bringing someone in to try and build a customer-service oriented business is about 100% more effort than most high tech companies usually expend.

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Vern Masterson — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:26:23 -0400

Even today, there's much less innovation in site design than there should be, especially with the widespread use of broadband and really great interactive web technologies. A friend of mine who does web design in Phoenix takes the technology approach and tries to incorporate at least 1 "unusual" feature into each of his sites. They have all been successful in their niches, which is a telltale sign about what's best to include in new sites.

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Vern Masterson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:59:30 -0400

The goal is laudable, definitely, but as is made clear by the expert, Mr. Howden, still a ways off. Adding on these efficiency boosting truck accessories is a start, but obviously won't do much to overcome the basic inefficiencies of a tractor-trailer rig. For their double fleet efficiency goal, I believe they'll need to invest in developing new automotive technologies themselves.

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Vern Masterson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:48:25 -0400

These days, getting larger banks out of the lending equation seems like a really good idea. The only potential downside I see is that these are essentially just private personal loans so there's probably not much in the way of enforcement of paying back except potentially being banned by the community if repayment doesn't happen.

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Vern Masterson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:56:57 -0500

It really is about time the solar power industry took off. The thing is, it's over a year later and we still have nothing to show from massive investments into this new global industry. Sure it's expensive to start up, but that shouldn't completely stop the momentum.

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Vern Masterson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:39:57 -0500

Personally I don't think any city on Earth deserves this sort of award, with the possible exception of certain very small places. However, despite their overall uselessness, the gardens on top of many buildings in Chi-town sound delightful... If I worked as a government employee, I'd petition to have my office outside for about 4 months out of the year, so I could breathe the fresh air and listen to the gurgle of the wall fountain while I do my part to make Chicago a less difficult place to live.

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Vern Masterson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:13:20 -0500

I've never been one for tech gifts personally, since most people would have a heck of a time just figuring out how to use what I got them. I wonder if the Russian Store sells anything like photo blankets with classic pictures of Russian landmarks on them... Now that, I would buy, especially for a few relatives of mine!

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Vern Masterson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:58:26 -0500

These days, there's no doubt that a smaller truck is the way to go, even if you need it for relatively heavy duty applications. The Ranger has always been a favorite of mine (along with its Mazda B series cousins) because of its ruggedness and upgradable nature. I've seen plenty of Rangers with a Jobox in the bed, ready to work and being used for construction, landscaping, etc...

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Vern Masterson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:11:03 -0500

Considering his mentor's views and teachings, it's no wonder Tiger has such an accomplished professional golf career. Teaching things like concentration techniques is what makes the difference between a great teacher and someone who is just telling you what they've heard.

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Vern Masterson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:11:20 -0500

Those are some really great results for PPC, but depending on the type of business being promoted, there's generally not much of a way to skip other SEO methods like link building and meta tag optimization.