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There are many different kinds of web applications a small business can use these days, ranging from the simplest contact form to the most sophisticated AJAX user interface on top of complex server-side integration with custom client systems. The term 'AJAX' (asynchronous javascript and xml) describes an advanced browser behaviour that you have probably noticed in the last few years in most better websites -- believe me, the web is a lot savvier these days than it was then! We do in fact create AJAX websites, to date most have been back-office consoles and as such are not viewable by the public...

Sometimes we get questions about what projects we've worked on in the past, and there have been many. One such project was Eloquently Stated, the Document Creation System, which is a medical transcription software for doctors and other professionals. One of the main problems that doctors have is the amount of paperwork they have to generate for each separate case or office visit, in order to get properly remunerated. Eloquently Stated helps to minimize that problem by allowing a doctor to generate an accurate medical document for every circumstance, with a few clicks of a mouse. Integrated with Dragon Naturally...

A while back, I received the following email, which I thought was funny enough to keep: <quote> Dear CARFAX Customer, You may have recently received an email from "Carfax the Wonder Dog". Unfortunately, this email was not meant to be sent and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please delete the email. If you have any questions, please contact us at carfaxhelp@carfax.com. </quote> as a programmer I know all too well how something like this can happen... it's late, you're tired, you've been staring at the code for days, you need to do a test of an email application so you write a stupid note...