Posts Tagged: Business
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 … read more »
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 …
Care to Administer our Systems?
Posted by on Friday, June 1, 2007 in - leave a comment
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 …
Ten Years of Making the Web
Posted by on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in - 1 comment
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 …
TLC Explorations - Investment "Opportunity"
Posted by on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 in - 38 comments
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 …
FedEx Canada - Honesty Treat
Posted by on Monday, November 27, 2006 in - 21 comments
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 …
Lessons for Organizations: Distributed Authority
Posted by on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 in - 6 comments
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 is Hiring
Posted by on Friday, September 1, 2006 in - 3 comments
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.
We Have No Plan
Posted by on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 in - 3 comments
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 …
