Author: Shawn Jackson

I’ve spent the last 18 years in the world of Information Technology on both the IT and Development sides of the aisle. I’m currently a Software Engineer for Paylocity. In addition to working at Paylocity, I’m also the Founder of Resgrid, a cloud services company dedicated to providing logistics and management solutions to first responder organizations, volunteer and career fire departments, EMS, ambulance services, search and rescue, public safety, HAZMAT and others.

Stock Market Tidbit – The Fear Index

This will be a quick post and I’m sorry for two off topic posts in one day. I recently learned about an Index on the stock market called the CBOE Market Volatility Index, VIX, also referred to as the fear index. An index that measures fear? Pretty whacky. You can get VIX quotes from CNBC
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Website Pet Peeves (Auto Refresh)

As more and more newspapers move to digital content I’m seeing more and more poor website design. The primary, and most blood curtailing design element seems to be that websites, again primarily websites for newspapers, have their site automatically refresh. I can hear the meeting now… Boss: “Our content is so important and updates so
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