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In the first six months of 2012, Google brought in more revenue than the entire US print industry – 20.8 billion vs. 19.2 billion.  This is an obvious sign that organizations are focusing more than ever on digital advertising over printed ad formats.  Now I’m a browser-thumping Internet evangelist if there ever was one, but [...]

I’m a huge Bill Evans fan so I will take any opportunity I can to listen to him play and share his music.  I was delighted to find him talking about his creative process in a way that dovetails perfectly with a cultural attitude predominant at ArcStone – strive to create a rock-solid, simple and [...]

I was contacted today by Allison Morris from OnlineCollege.org about an infographic they had put together underscoring the importance of learning to code.  She thought some of our readers might be interested. I thought it was entertaining / educational so I’m passing it along. I have to say I’ve been impressed by some of the [...]

We have a number of clients that are interested in online training and education. Google has recently (9/11/12) made their online course software free to download. Learn more here or watch the video below.  

  You’ve got a great idea for a web application and you want to hire a developer to make it a reality. Before you start gathering bids from programmers and designers, here are nine hard-earned lessons I’ve gathered during twenty years in the web development trenches… 1. You need a blueprint. Just as you would [...]

Lisa and I just got tickets for next year’s 99 Percent conference – now called 99u.  This is a fun and inspiring event focusing on the best techniques for taking an idea and making it a reality.  If there is any criticism for the event, is that it’s too web application, web design and technology [...]

We’re just wrapping up a custom web application development project called Capacity Connection. Capacity Connection is a creative, rail-based approach for reducing deadheads – not the peace-loving, concert going hippie types, but the wasteful trips an empty truck, plane, or train makes back to base after it has dropped of its freight (called a deadhead [...]

Our Minneapolis colleague and Minnedemo friend Ben Edwards is involved in a new project that you can help fund on Kickstarter.  I got the email from Ben yesterday morning and within 24 hours hours they’ve raised almost $125,000.  Amazing… I’m not bragging or anything, but I did get in on the Super Early Bird deal, [...]

The snippets of wisdom in the picture are from the swag bag handed out at the 99% Conference Lisa and I attended in NYC last week. The conference is all about how to make ideas happen in the real world, setting goals and achieving them. The name “99 %” (which now has a bit of [...]