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Hello, my name is Daniel Ice. I am a software developer in the Dallas, TX area. I enjoy learning about new technology. I mostly focus on PHP and Ruby on Rails.

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Learning to Test: Images vs Text

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

We recently redesigned DSNews.com.  We had a tight deadline so some of the polishing elements have been added on over time.  Rather than add them in a careless manner, I decided to develop my testing skill set by always introducing new elements with a 2 or 3 variation test.
The first new feature to be developed [...]

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Tips for Setting up a website

Monday, June 8th, 2009

So I have been working on a new product for affiliate marketers.  In designing this site I started with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in mind.  My goal in making SEO a key value was to get to the top of the search engine for relevant terms.  However, through the process of learning about SEO, I [...]

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