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Due to company growth, PowerServe International is looking to a full time employee to expand its core development group. Our developers work on both existing Web-based products and help to develop new applications to meet client specifications.

We are looking for someone who has current experience developing Web-based database-driven systems using ASP and MS SQL Server technologies. 1 – 3 years of related, relevant and recent experience is preferred.

If you’re an web developer looking to be more than just a cog in the wheel, please check us out!

We are looking for:

We are looking for…

Proficiency developing applications with Microsoft Active Server Pages

Proficiency developing applications :

• Ability to design and manage relational databases using MS SQL server, MS Access and MySQL
• Ability to program to specifications with a high degree of accuracy

Strong problem solving and organizational skills

Ability to work in a fast paced environment as a team player while meeting deadlines

Ability to work under minimal supervision

Required Skills

Proficiency in ASP, VBScript and Javascript

Experience with SQL Server, MySQL and MS Access

Additional desired skills:

ASP.NET, COM/DCOM, ADO, XML, Crystal Reports

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/related field preferred.

At this time we are not considering candidates for sponsorship or relocation; candidates must be both local and eligible to work in the United States.

Salary commensurate with experience and skill level

About PowerServe:

PowerServe, based in Augusta, Georgia, is a leading provider of custom software solutions for middle market companies. PowerServe works with their clients to identify opportunities for business applications to make real and measurable gains in the bottom line of their businesses. The combination of business and technology expertise equips PowerServe to design, build, integrate and support our solutions quickly and cost effectively. Learn more at www.powerserve.net.

PowerServe offers competitive salaries, benefits and an awesome group of people to work with! If you’re an web developer looking to be more than just a cog in the wheel, please check us out!

Send your resume to jpartl@powerserve.net

Google just entered the Blog Search game. Head on over to http://blogsearch.google.com/.

Just read an article over at Wired.com about a new “social browser” called Flock that will be coming out soon. As Wired puts it, “it’s a clear attempt to be the browser of choice for the Web 2.0 user.”

Sounds pretty cool to me. I signed up to be notified when it becomes available, because I’m always looking to have a better browsing experience.

Microsoft just unveiled the new UI to Office 12, and I’ve got to say: it is a huge departure from previous interfaces.

The new UI – the most dramatic change to the way Office applications work since introduction of the toolbar in 1997 – will help users become more proficient with Office and produce better-looking documents faster.

I like the smooth look of the interface. Things are organized a lot better, though the area devoted to toolbars seems pretty tall… not really an issue with most people’s screens having higher resolutions these days. I love the shading and shadows… Nice work Microsoft… can’t wait to see more.

Read more about the new Office UI…

Breaking News on CNN.com: President Bush says he takes responsibility for the federal government’s failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina. Details soon.

It takes a real man to step up and admit to one’s mistakes – whether they are fully to blame or not. CNN just reported that President Bush is taking responsibility for the government’s failure in responding to Hurricane Katrina. Is this really government’s fault? I don’t think so.

The City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana are responsible for this tragedy. Those governments failed to act in a timely manner. They gambled with the lives of their citizens by assuming the levees would hold and New Orleans would be safe. If anything, I think the Federal Government has bailed them both out by coming in like they have done. Sure, one could argue that the Federal government should have come in sooner. But if they didn’t, I can only say that it’s because the state didn’t request them to come in quickly enough.

Why isn’t anyone pointing fingers at the state and local governments in Louisiana? This is as much their fault as anyone else’s…

I’ve been listening to a lot of Switchfoot lately. Their new album, Nothing is Sound, was released today. I downloaded it off of iTunes this morning.

I love songs like “Stars” and “The Blues”. I’m not sure I like it as much as their last album, “The Beautiful Letdown”, but I’m sure this album will grow on me as much as the last did.

Macromedia Flash Player 8 is out of beta, and is ready for public consumption.

Honey, he shrunk the iPod. How Jobs and his team of Apple innovators created this season’s must-have gadget.

Click here to read this article on Time.com

Revealed in a post by Jason Fried over the Basecamp Forums, 37Signals is now testing out email reminders associated with Milestones. Pretty cool, and couldn’t have come too soon if you ask me.

It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since that fateful morning in September where evil was unleashed upon thousands of Americans. It was hard to imagine, at the time, how anyone would be willing to go so far to destroy so much.

I was in the student building on the campus of Augusta State University the morning of the attacks. I was on a computer in the Phoenix magazine office working on a layout, or surfing, or something. My brother Matt called me on my cellphone and told me that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers. He told me to cut on the news to see it. I was intrigued and panicked at the time, and walked feverishly over to the TVs on the second floor. A crowd of over 20 students was watching the news. And then it happened – ANOTHER plane hit the second tower. We were ALL in shock. How? Why? What’s going on? We all sat there, collectively confused at what the images we were watching on TV.

Little did we know that it had only just begun. I was glued to the TV from that point on. There were fears that other planes might strike other targets – the White House, the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, Congress… DC was in panic. We were in panic. If planes could strike the WTC, we feared they might come down in our neck of the woods as well. (The Savannah River Site – a nuclear weapons facility – is within striking distance [no pun intended] of Augusta, Georgia.)We then watched as the plane crashed into the Pentagon… and then the reports of the downed plane in Pennsylvania.

I was numbed by this point. I couldn’t believe that what I was watching on the news could possibly be true. But it was. It was too true.

Days afterwards, we watched as rescuers dug through the rubble of the fallen WTC towers… We watched brave men and women, search for survivors, for bodies, for anything. We watched our country unite, disaster be damned! We were going to make it through this! We weren’t going to let the enemy beat us!

For a few weeks, America was whole again. We mourned together. We prayed together. We stood strong together. We were going to fight back, rebuild. We were not going to let this keep us down.

So here we are… four years later. We are still battling back. Our troops are still in Afghanistan and Iraq. America is fighting a never-ending war against terrorism. 9/11 was the spark that started us down the path we are travelling now. Never forget. They struck us. They provoked us. The killed our citizens. They took our planes and blew up our buildings. They thought they could destroy us and demoralize us, but they only made us stronger. I hate to make things sound like it’s us vs. them, but when you get right to it, that is the way things are today. It is a war of Good vs. Evil.

We are going to win this fight. They are not going to keep us down. They are not going to change our way of life. They are going to lose this battle. God willing, we shall prevail.