The Corey Story

Ebay announced today that it will be cutting listing fees by up to 50% in an effort to stay competitive with up and coming e-commerce sites. They will offset the reduced listing fees by charging more commission for sold items. I first used Ebay when I was in 7th grade and it was and has been a terrific e-outlet to make a few extra bucks on stuff you don’t find useful, but that someone else will. However, I have never thought highly of the way fees and expenses are reported and displayed to customers of the site. It has always been very sloppy and delivered in poor fashion. How many times (more…)

During the summer of 2007, I was lucky enough to participate in the Google Summer of Code with the WordPress organization. I was given the task of trying to improve the content management capabilities supported by WordPress. In my analysis, I crafted a concrete definition of what is included in a high quality content management system. In this definition, I listed four main pillars that a CMS must include to be an efficient system in terms of managing content. These pillars include: (more…)

One of the things I love about working with technology is user interface design. Since I am not overly artistic in terms of physical drawing skills, I feel as though CSS is my means of an artistic output in the field I work in. I search the web all the time for handy sites that provide solid resources to users. Recently I came across a site, 13styles, that provides wonderful CSS menus for free (some cost a minimal amount of money). I have used these menus for sites I have had to develop in the past and they are simple in nature and very effective.

The link will also be added to the links page on the site, in case you ever forget it and wish to access it again!

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