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Last login: 33 hours agoJoshklein: Josh is a guy from New York, New York, USA.; Likes 313 pages, 10 videos, 6 photos • 65 fans • Received 11 reviews; Member since Nov 04, 2007

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A List Apart: Articles: Collaborate and Connect with Subversion: Jul 2, 7:31am 1 review business, programming, internet, subversion, versioning
http://alistapart.com/articles/collaboratewithsubversion; A good introduction to why you should be using version control and collaborative tool Subversion. Whether you have to work with subcontractors and freelancers who have code flying around that you have to keep track of, or you just want to be able to work with your future self without pulling your hair out (we all know code makes no sense after you leave it fallow for 6 months, and bugs are hard to quash), you need to be using SVN.

This article from ALA is spot on. Mandatory reading for web professionals.

Building A Brand Online | The Home Business Archive: Jul 2, 7:29am 3 reviews business
http://www.tlmarketing.net/2008/07/02/building-your-own-brand/; Smart advice on building your personal brand. It's never too early to start. Don't wait until you need something, like a job, before you get yourself out there!

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Social Media & OnlineMarketerBlog: Jul 1, 7:49am 1 review business, marketing, blogging, web-2-0, social-media
http://onlinemarketerblog.com/2008/07/01/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-social-media/; The 7 deadly sins of social media (for businesses), and examples of the people who screwed up worst.

A Comprehensive Guide to Twitter&|&BuzzBlogger.com: Jun 28, 10:17am 5 reviews blogs, twitter
http://www.buzzblogger.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-twitter/; Really solid guide to Twitter, and a resource for finding additional guidance as well. As someone who has gotten really into Twitter, and found it useful, I encourage everyone to get wise to the service and take advantage of its benefits.

Wordze Keyword Research Tool: Jun 26, 6:55am 1 review internet, search, seo
http://www.wordze.com/?roia=%21YzUxMgBVAAAQ1UEAAlyH; Keyword research tool for SEO. It has an API you can query with your own scripts, and lets you search for long tail search terms with estimated traffic and the difficulty of ranking for those terms. SUPER useful.