Posts Tagged: Internet
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 …
TLC Explorations - Investment "Opportunity"
Posted by on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 in - 27 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 …
Toe Breaking
Posted by on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 in - 4 comments
Every year all of the slices of silverorange come from their various parts of the world to our HQ here on PEI for a summit. Years ago, at our first ever summit, this unfornuate event happened.
Why Most Web Twenny Companies Are Doomed to Fail
Posted by on Thursday, December 14, 2006 in - 4 comments
“ • “The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community [even if their intentions are ever so earnest], but the person who loves those around them will create community.” - Dietrich Bonheoffer • “
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.
Goodbye Spam, Hello Captcha
Posted by on Friday, July 21, 2006 in - 4 comments
Comment spam on here, and all of our other blogs, was hitting an all-time high. We had literally thousands of automated spam comments selling viagra, rolexs, sex, and a variety of other must have products. Yesterday we reached the limit of our tolerance and one of our developers implemented a …
Pirate Bounty
Posted by on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 in - leave a comment
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 …
Bubblesnaps
Posted by on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 in - 1 comment
Through a photoblog that I follow I stumbled upon Bubblesnaps, a new Flickr'esque photo sharing site. The site allows you to easily create thought and speech bubbles on your uploaded photos. Think Pop-up Video for pictures. Anyway, it's quite addictive and well done. Enjoy!
Web Twenny Hate-On
Posted by on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 in - 4 comments
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 …
David Holtzman Blogs
Posted by on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 in - leave a comment
About a year ago a friend of silveorange put me in contact wiht a fellow by the name of David Holtzman. David lives about half time here on the Island. He doesn't live the wussy half time either. He's more than content to be here in February as well as in August. He has a varied and often …
