Posts Tagged: Business
Why Being A Web Service Company Sucks And What You Can Do About It
Posted by on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in - 15 comments
Alternate non-catchy title: Why growing a small to medium sized web service business is hard and what we did that we think helped • At its traditional core a service company is a difficult beast. To grow, and thus make more money, you can either work more hours, bill more per hour, or both …
Zap Your PRAM 2008
Posted by on Monday, April 14, 2008 in - leave a comment
Zap Your PRAM, the cicada of conferences, is back. After five years of hiatus we're doing it again. • Zap Your PRAM is much more like a songwriters circle than a conference. The formula is quite simple: Excellent secluded venue (Dalvay-by-the-sea) + interesting & talented people + amazing food …
It has been a busy fall
Posted by on Friday, December 21, 2007 in - 2 comments
Today was the first official day of winter. It also wrapped up what has been the busiest fall on record for silverorange. • We usually launch a few websites a year. Sometimes just one depending on how existing client work is going. This fall we've launched, or been involved in a launch, of five …
Conrad Black Math
Posted by on Monday, December 10, 2007 in - 3 comments
So Conrad Black was sentenced to 6.5 years in jail today for defrauding shareholders of 60 million dollars. He was also fined 6 million dollars. • I haven't been following the case and know shockingly little about the details, but it seems Mr. Black really did quite well all things considered …
Three Years of Redesign
Posted by on Friday, October 19, 2007 in - 1 comment
We've been redesigning the silverorange site since 2004. As most service companies know, it's hard to concentrate on your own stuff when you're so busy working for other people. • Today we reached a tipping point. We received an email from a friend who thought our old site was broken due to the …
Dollar Parity
Posted by on Thursday, September 20, 2007 in - leave a comment
It's official. Briefly this morning the Canadian dollar, for the first time since 1976, was worth as much as the US dollar. • It has since been hovering tantalizingly close to parity.
The US Dollar's Fall From Grace
Posted by on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 in - 5 comments
We started silverorange just over eight years ago. Back then a cheque (or "check" as our neighbours call it....er.. neighbors) from a client south of our border was worth over one and half of its value in Canadian funds. It was like winning a small lottery every time you made a deposit. • Today …
Prince Edward Island IT Industry Stats
Posted by on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 in - 1 comment
I got an email today announcing a new provincial sponsored project for employers to find employees and vice versa. A nice idea really. On this page I found this chart: • Total Employees by Sector • Advanced Technology • 19 • Communications • 335 • Computer Sales and Services • 3 …
Dear General Electric
Posted by on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in - 7 comments
I must thank you for making a fridge that is only 61 inches tall. I was worried that replacing my fridge might have to involve a saw. Luckily for me your "GE 15.7 cu. ft. Top Freezer Refrigerator" fits exactly where my very old fridge was. • I bought your fridge from a local dealer and brought …
Looking for Another Web Designer
Posted by on Monday, July 16, 2007 in - 3 comments
The word just hit the information-super-highway: silverorange is looking for a new designer (again). • This time we are looking for someone who lives in PEI (and would work in Charlottetown) or someone who would be willing to move to Charlottetown. • This position will become a full-time …
