Yearly Archives: 2009

How to choose the right project management software

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The IT Project Management Blog has posted some great tips on how to evaluate and choose the right project management software. Tip #4 is especially important: Set your goals – do not expect to do everything better and to include any improvement during the first phase (or the initial implementation cycle). Prioritize to get faster […]

Free Web Design Icons

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Over the last nine years of doing web design & development at Pelago I’ve developed an icon file that I use for things like edit buttons, delete buttons, etc. They are tiny icons designed to match the height of smaller type. Here they are below. Please feel free to download this file and use these […]

Weekly Timesheets vs. Daily Timers

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There are two popular ways to track time online. The more traditional approach is to fill out a weekly timesheet. The more recent and more popular approach is to track time using timers, applying your recorded time on a daily basis. Both methods have their pros and cons, but when it comes to our own […]

Web design beginnings… Pencil or Computer?

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Although most of the web design & development process occurs in the digital realm, there are many of us designers who give birth to our creations not with a tethered mouse but with an old fashioned pencil. Either approach can result in good design, but my preference has always been the pencil. I love my […]

Your app sucks and it’s all your fault

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I am an iPhone newbie. I just got it last week. So the first thing I did was sift through the app store in search of cool apps I could install. I instantly zeroed in on the Public Radio Tuner, an iPhone app that “features hundreds of public radio streams available for free!” I was […]

How to Market in a Recession

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From Harvard Business Publishing comes the thoughts of John Quelch on how to market in a recession. While there are several great points in the article, a few of them are specifically applicable to Software-as-a-Service. For example, our web-based project management software, Intervals, has grown significantly by focusing on the following items from the article: […]

Small Business or Micro Business?

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There is a lot of talk about small business in the news today, especially in light of the unpredictable economy, but did you know a small business is defined as having anywhere between 20 and 100 employees? That doesn’t sound very small to us. We prefer to refer to ourselves and many of our customers […]

Fuel Use Conversion Chart

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An interesting perspective on how much fuel we consume depending on our mode of transportation. Provides some good visuals on why telecommuting is a good idea, especially considering the availability of web-based applications available online today. So take a look at the chart below and ask yourself “How can I consume less fuel?” Click on […]