We’re in the middle of hiring a system and network engineer and I wanted to share a few tips on how to get noticed if you’re considering applying for a position X-BAR.
I don’t know how these compare to what other companies—large or small—look for, but these are the things that we notice, for better and for [...]
A friend turned me on to Washington State’s Unclaimed Property website. I did a quick search and learned that I had about $200 waiting for me. One was an overpayment on my Seattle City Light bill from my last apartment and the other two were related to class action law-suits against Dell.
After a quick submission [...]
Get your plastic cups, kids, because there is free Wi-Fi all over the place and we now have a map to the party. Thanks to our beloved Lifehacker not only is the truth out there, it is closer than it appears.
For the whole skinny check out this and bask in the radiant glow of our [...]
I have long said that we work with some pretty great clients.
Our clients are enthusiastic about their pursuits and have created positive and engaging work environments—both for employees and for partners like us. And they value quality work.
So I was delighted to open the April edition of Seattle Metropolitan magazine to find not one but two [...]
When using the InfoPath to Word Wizard (part of the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 SDK), you may receive the following error when clicking the Finish button “to generate an XSLT file from your document”:
To fix this, you’ll need to manually register the following 3 DLLs provided with the SDK using regsvr32.
html2xhtml.dll
(C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2003 Developer [...]
We recently had a Qwest DSL installation for one of our small business clients turn in to a bit of a nightmare.
After the circuit was installed, the client reported that they weren’t able to log on to several websites, including their QuickBooks Online account and Hotmail. After some initial diagnosis, it became clear that there [...]
To keep up with the steady stream of new clients and project, we’ve decided to grow the team. Check out the system and network engineer position we opened earlier this week.
We recently had an interesting little adventure with Clearwire. We had a client who had an emergency need for a high speed network connection, and I had some familiarity with Clearwire because I helped some friends set up Clearwire in their restaurant so they could offer free WiFi to their patrons. So I recommended it [...]
Much of last year we focused on greening our own operations, and we’ve been excited to start using our muscle (ok, they may be small, but we’re working out!) to nudge our clients toward more environmentally sustainable technology investments. And why not, when it’s a win-win for both our client (in terms of electricity savings) [...]
I just came across this great resource from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation called the Entrepreneur Resource Center. They say the site is aimed toward "entrepreneurs on the path to high growth" and they’ve made available a great collection of articles written by entrepreneurs on topics ranging from operations to products & services.
Last week I mentioned that I had just been named the SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Washington State.
Just after I left work today, I received a voice message letting me know that I had won the Region 10 competition. Region 10 includes Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.
From what I understand, my nomination [...]
I found out late this afternoon that I’ve been named the 2008 Small Business Administration Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Washington State. An award for which I was nominated last December and submitted a rather lengthy candidate package (including a company profile, biography, photo, letters of recommendation, financials, and various other government forms).
Here’s a [...]
I don’t know why I get certain things get stuck in my craw, but lately I have been annoyed at having to close a command prompt in order to get out of a telnet connection. I use telnet sometimes just to see if a server is awake and touching the Internet–you know, as an [...]
Yes, it’s that time of year and “a year in review” can be a bit cliché, but the New Year does provide a convenient scenic lookout from which to gaze back and, more importantly, to dream forward. I know that in the hurry of my day to day work, I don’t always appreciate how all [...]
Late in 2006 we started laying the groundwork for a complete overhaul of our IT support practice. We had long grown tired of the reactive “break/fix” model that has dominated our industry and which has provided little in the way of long-term value for our clients. Rather than constantly battling IT-related fires, we began looking [...]
