silverorange is hiring once again. This time around we're looking for someone who has an interest in managing the systems behind the web systems we build. You'll be in charge of running, installing, and managing our servers, managing our network (both server side and workstation side), and doing …

I’m off by a few months but I thought it was worth noting. Spring 2007 marks a decade of being a website creating entrepreneur. Ten years ago, in my senior year of high school, I started metamedia (an embarrassing name) with Steve. It is hard to believe what has happened to the Internet and our …

Taking unsolicited sales calls has become a little bit of a guilty pleasure here at our office. It's fun to ask the hard & ridiculous questions.  •  Last week we got such a call. It was from a company called "TLC Explorations". They claim to be a mining exploration company in Northern Ontario and …

A few weeks ago a server we were returning via FedEx (bad motherboard) disappeared en route to its Ontario destination. When the online tracking had not had an update in over a week we called FedEx and an investigation into our lost server was started.  •  This past Thursday the recipient of the …

This past weekend Becky and I were downtown shopping (yes, some people still shop downtown). While looking through her purse, Becky realized that we had a store credit at a local clothing company from a return we made last fall. We decided to use the credit to get Becky suited up for our winter of …

Silverorange, the company responsible for the popularization of the terms "web twenny" and "snack-O-clock", is looking for its next tribal member. We're looking for a talented designer to join our team. If you're wondering about the details of the position please check out our description.

It is always the same: You are trying to arrange financing for the start of your new company. You sit down with a banker or an investor and they immediately ask you for your business plan.  •  Their Questions:  •  What is it that you are going to do?  •  How long will it take you?  •  How much …

Today on CBC.ca there was an article saying that Canada has dropped in its pirate software usage. While that in itself isn’t really interesting, a little later in the article it states that:  •  ““Even though the U.S. reported the lowest piracy rate, losses there topped the list at $8.3 billion …

Those of you who know me in real life know that one mention of the term Web 2.0 will send me into a maniacal rant. Unless, of course, it's making fun of it.  •  Some readers are eagerly awaiting my public Web 2.0 rant. I'm going to disappoint you and simply point to another Web 2.0 criticism …