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How to answer a Craigslist Posting

by Greg on Jul.14, 2009, under software, tips, tools

Posting and answering posts on Craigslist are a part of everyday life now and I have had decent success getting people attention for both my company and personal life (not the missed connections, I’m married…). I’m talking about selling or buying anything. Anyway this was a document I was putting together internally for our sales efforts and thought it would be nice to share.

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Reading and Nodding to…Effective Strategy To Estimating (design) Projects

by Greg on Jun.15, 2009, under software

So infrequently do I come across an article that I just read while nodding my head and verbally agreeing with the words throughout the whole thing. That might just be due to the fact that I should be reading more. But that is neither here nor there. This article by Sam Barnes articulately mapped out what I feel all clients and consultants should be cognizant of before starting a software project. I will be eagerly awaiting his next piece.

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Symphony 21

by Adam on May.06, 2009, under opensource, software, tools

There are a lot Content Management Systems(CMS) out there. Some are quite specialized for one purpose: Magento for e-commerce and more or less WordPress for blogs. Others are supposed to be a scaffolding that any designer can use to build almost anything, like Drupal. Each has it’s purpose in its own light, but when it comes to a great light weight and easy to use CMS, I must say that Symphony 21 is certainly one of the best.

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Game Changing Inspiration – Wolfram

by Greg on May.04, 2009, under blog, business, software, startup

This weekend I was reading through some tech articles online trying to keep myself abreast of the latest and greatest in the tech world. I started to read about Dr. Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram|Alpha – An invention that could change the internet forever. It’s touted as the program that will be more significant than Google. What a bold statement.

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Proposing Website Costs and Timelines with Integrity

by Adam on Apr.27, 2009, under business, software, tips

When a potential client asks me, “How much and how long?” a million questions start rushing to my head. A seemingly obvious thing to do first is to figure out what exactly it is that they want; however, that’s very rarely well defined. Let’s assume though that you have at least a decent idea of what it is that they want, estimating the costs involved is such a delicate balance.

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