Smart Home Needs Government Kick-Start

January 26, 2010 – In the New York Times article The Smart Home Is Still Looking for a Market, Steve Lohr presents the hurdles facing the progression and wide-scale adoption of modern smart home technology. In short, he states that manufactures have yet to identify an application for smart home technology which entices home owners [...]

Wherever There is Contracting, There are Charlatans

January 6, 2009 – No amount of schooling or warnings can prepare you for all the tricks that slimy contractors will use to deceive their clients. The crux of the problem is that there are a small percentage of contractors, whether in construction or web services or any other trade, who prey on the good-natured, [...]

Search Engine Marketing Basics for Contractors

January 3, 2010 – Over the last few months, I have had several requests from jobtrio.com construction companies that I provide some basic information about search engine marketing, an essential tool for increasing your company’s Internet presence. In broad terms, search engine marketing (SEM) describes online practices which attempt to convince search engines (i.e. Google, [...]

The Funding Dilemma

I am always looking for black and white answers to problems, then to make a sure-footed decision, and move forward decisively . . . perhaps it’s the engineer in me.   So, I am very big on gathering all the facts so that an educated choice can be made with my eyes wide open.  I don’t [...]

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