Archive for the 'Border7 Happenings' Category

Yes – We are humans too…

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Just a friendly reminder that behind the dinosaur avatar and spaceships, we too, are all humans… and unfortunately… humans make mistakes. This one however takes the cake for hilarious reminders to CHECK YOUR WORK!
Good thing we have clients with a sense of humor. So remember to Nazi proof your… proofs? before you send them. Enjoy! [...]

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Border7’s goals for 2010

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The new year is upon us and what does Border7 have in plan for 2010? Easy, increase sales, get more subscriptions, and update the site & blog designs.

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Time to be Thankful!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Wow, I can’t believe the year we’ve been done. In a month’s time, 2009 will be officially over.  Its crazy that a year ago, we were a lot smaller than we are today. Now, we’re a full fledged design firm specializing in e-commerce. It takes a lot to get where we are and its [...]

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Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

One of our favorite clients, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, just received the greatest news: Joan Cusack has signed on as the charity’s spokesperson. This plus Glad’s partnership has propelled Cookies for Kids’ Cancer to higher levels. We want to congratulate them for the wonderful announcement.
P.S. Their cookies are delicious and make great holiday gifts!

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FTW Friday – Design, Development, Freelancing, and Geeky links.

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day tomorrow! Why does my birthday have to be adjacent to a day like that? Kind of sad. I want them to be the same day! Do not forget that Border7 is celebrating this year of business and it’s amazing clients! Saturday, September 26th, at the Rancho Santa Susana Park [...]

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Border7’s New Client: StyleQ goes live

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Over the past weekend we signed on a new client, and rushed to get them ready for today.  Their site was designed by someone else, but when that company wasn’t there for them over the weekend, they sought us out. Our new client, StyleQ, is an online fashion retailer that offer “the hottest looks worn by the [...]

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Questgiving at the Office

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I am always the first to admit that the Border7 office is filled with nerdy people. But sometimes, things happen, where you just can’t believe how nerdy we are. The best example I have of this is this:
We’ve been expanding at Border7 and have been adding to our staff. We have one computer that is [...]

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New Design for Local Improv Group Holler!

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

We’re good friends with Mike, from Holler. We go to their shows whenever they have them, and we always leave with amazing laughs. Before their last show, they launched a website so people can preorder tickets, learn about the troupe, and also buy schwag. When you went to the site, you didn’t laugh.
“Well that’s why [...]

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Always backup – then backup your backups

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

There’s a saying in Vietnamese that [translated] goes “Don’t build the fence after the cows have ran away.” And today I really appreciate being semi-prepared. In the middle of the day I receive a text that apparently the blog template was overwritten by SOMEONE in an attempt to upgrade wordpress. At first I didn’t think [...]

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Pressing Buttons Can Be Bad

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

So, I just made a terrible mistake. I logged into the blog to write some posts and right at the top of the dashboard it said to upgrade to 2.7.1.
First off, thank you Wordpress for making the upgrade automatically buttons. They make life easier.
Secondly, Wordpress, why is their an update ALL THE TIME?
Thirdly, I really [...]

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