Author Archive
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.
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.
Enjoy!

Game Changing Inspiration – Wolfram
by Greg on May.04, 2009, under blog, business, software, startup
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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.
3 Tips to Approaching a Company to Build your Website
by Greg on Apr.03, 2009, under blog, business, seo, software, startup
Too many times I come across clients and potential clients that don’t know what they don’t know regarding how to approach building a web site or application. Not that it is completely their fault, this technology stuff can be pretty confusing, costly, and complicated. I wanted to simplify 3 basic things that you should know and consider when approaching a design or development firm for the first time.
New Xgineer Solutions Website
by Greg on Mar.24, 2009, under blogging, business, opensource, seo, software, startup

After several months of planning, programming, and designing, we are happy to introduce the new Xgineer Solutions site. Adam, Leo, and I have been excited to give our old website a face lift and make it a bit more personal and modern. A couple tidbits and shout outs:
- Site and CMS built on the Symphony Framework
- Sliders animation using Javascript
- Enne Bi Communications provided the photos for us, thank Nick
Though this is the new Xgineer site, we realize that this is for you, our customer, clients and peers. We want to make sure that you are coming back to the site for the things you need. We would be forever indebted to you for you thoughts and feedback on the new Xgineer site. Anything you can think of we would love to hear it.
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Thanks in advance,
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