Location based applications and services have increased in popularity and usage recently. This explosion is in part due to the power of GPS (Global Positioning System) and the convenience of these tools. One of the newest location based applications to hit the streets is Foursquare. Foursquare is a location based social application that can also be viewed as a social networking site. Foursquare is only in the early adoption phase but has been growing very quickly. The latest reports on Foursquare's rapid growth are rather impressive. About two weeks ago, over the course of 10 days, Foursquare grew by nearly 100,000 users. The most recent estimate from the company puts Foursquare at almost 725,000 users (in less than a year of existence). As with the emergence of any new tool or application, there are many questions and misunderstandings surrounding Foursquare. This blog post should help answer some of these questions, shed some light on this new application and also offer insight into how this tool can be used. More...

In the recent March/April 2010 issue of Inside Business, Dan Hanson names Northeast Ohio's "Tech Elite" and Aztek's very own, John Hill was among them. The article names Cleveland's top technology leaders like AJ Hyland, Jim Cookinham, Roy Church, and Ray Leach.

John Hill is Aztek's CEO and founded the company 13 years ago, making Aztek the second oldest web design and development firm in Cleveland. Aztek passed the 500 mark in total clients this year and has no plans to stop anytime soon.

Congratulations to John and to everyone else named on the list.

Last week I took the 70-551  exam and passed.

This exam allows me to upgrade my current MCAD certification to the new MCPD Web Developer Certification and was one of the toughest Microsoft exams I have taken so far. More...