Archive for August, 2008

Real Businesses using Social Media

Monday, August 25th, 2008

I finally got around to reading some old RSS subscriptions and I came across the following article: Real Life Examples of Business Owners Using Social Media from Small Business Trends and I was intrigued. I really wish I could have gone to the event. It would have been nice to have learn and listen to [...]

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Dreaming of Software

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

I am quite possibly the biggest dork there ever will be. I am one of those people who loses their eyeglasses, but soon realizes they are on her face. I am also one of those people who get so consumed with something that I hyperfocus on it (regardless of how real it is).
Now, here’s the [...]

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Border7’s Batcave

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I just wanted to introduce the Batman Caveman. He is the little guy who sits on the bottom left of my screen while I work during the day. We created a “batcave” that is basically our internal system and just helps us remember links to all the online applications we use. Anyway, we’re taking nominations [...]

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5 Ways to Improve Your Website – Per Inc

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Inc has an awesome slideshow presentation explaining a few steps to take to improve your website. Here is a list of the five I most agreed with.
1. Get into Analytics
Numbers, numbers, numbers. Metrics, metrics, metrics. Without this, you have no way to measure the effectiveness of your website. There are plenty of free Analytic software [...]

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Mahalo Meetup and Social Media

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Last night Michael and I had the privelage of attending the Mahalo Meetup. They had two presentations for us everyone to listen to. One was a discussion of what GNIP is and how it is the bridge between platforms. We also were able to listen to Chris and Kevin talk about OpenSocial.
We talked with some [...]

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The Happenings at Border7

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

We have been really busy and have only been posting once a week. I’m sorry about that. We have a lot on our plate right now so blogging has been put on the back burner.
We are finally developing our movie rating site. Once that’s completed, we’ll let you all know as we’re going to have [...]

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Lorem Ipsum is Latin – Not Spanish, French, or another Language

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Here is a lesson for anyone who doesn’t normally work in web design – or design in general. Look at the following paragraph:

Ok, now if that was placed in a space on a design, could you really gauge what it would like with your text? Look at the following paragraph:

Can you see why Lorem Ipsum [...]

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A lesson in Accounting, Sales, and Retention

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Accounting software should allow you to keep track of all your expenses and also how much you are making. The idea behind it is simple and easy and you would think that a monkey could do it. Well, with that said, I want you to all know, I HATE QUICKBOOKS.
Whew, with that off my chest [...]

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