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Websites, Blogs, and Web 2.0 Apps: 3 Separate Things?

For years I have been trying to avoid being like that guy- chained to a desk. 

My strategy has been to let machines do everything they can -  a rapidly expanding category to be sure. To get this done requires face-time with the machine. But which one?

A few years ago, I would have said a really fast and reliable laptop or desktop.  But now the only critical machine is a server, the others are just ways of getting to it. I prefer a Macbook or iMac, but in a pinch any computer will do. 

This brings me to my point - Websites, blogs, and Web 2.0 apps.  All these run on servers yet many people set them up as separate things.

Should my firm have a website or blog? Really?


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Blogs, Websites, Web 2.0

By Seth Azria, Esq.

 

 

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