TJ Gamble

Month: April, 2009

Giving Magento Commerce A Try

The very first e-commerce site I built was using an open source perl shopping cart when I took the job.  I quickly dumped it because it was horrible and feature-limited.  At the recommendation of someone who had been in the business a while, we setup Miva Merchant and redesigned the site. After two years of [...]

Google Buying Twitter?

There has been a lot of buzz on twitter today regarding rumors that Google may be gobbling them up.  TechCrunch first reported it this morning citing unnamed sources.  I have been curious since it first came out as to how twitter would grow.  With apps like TweetDeck, it has already almost completely replaced my Instant [...]

Jamersan vs Inferno – Updates

The contest has been on for nearly 12 hours so far, most of them I slept through.  However, I have spent about two hours on it thus far.  I solidified my idea for the website, found the right domain name, registered it, setup hosting, and designed the logo.  Unfortunately, I am formatting my computer today as [...]

April Fools Day Gags

Well, Shoemoney is joining the Dharma Initiative, and google will answer your emails for you.  I’ve never been one to really take much part in this foolery.  However, I usually like the jokes and how it catches everyone by surprise.  This just seems to be a down year.  Maybe because I was up at midnight [...]

A Challenge To My SEO Manhood – An SEO Contest

Joey Bacon from Inferno New Media has challenged me to a duel, and I have gladly accepted. We are both looking to push ourselves to explore new ideas and money making opportunities online.  We sat at AK’s Coffee in Opelika (our usual hangout) last Friday, tossing around ideas.  Joey proposed that we have a small little [...]