| December 15th, 2011
When it comes to time tracking, small businesses and freelancers alike either love it or hate it. On the love side are those who’ve embraced time tracking in a way that benefits their business, clients, and empowers individual team members. On the hate side, some track their time because they are required to, while others […]
| November 22nd, 2011
Last year, we published the source code we used to draw names out of our virtual hat to decide who would be giving a gift to whom as part of our annual t-shirt exchange tradition. However, a quick glance at that old code reveals its problems: 1. It’s inefficient. It uses brute force to match […]
| November 22nd, 2011
I recently took my car in for an oil change. They said it would take an hour and asked if I wanted to wait. No problem, I said. I had my laptop and the lobby at the Honda shop has free WiFi. I just plugged in, fired up the VPN, and worked for the next […]
| November 8th, 2011
Startups and small businesses have one thing in common, they both demand a lot from the owners and stakeholders — a higher than average time commitment, a high level of performance and sustained levels of mental and physical stamina. These demands can and often do burn people out entrepreneurs and their employees. We need to […]
| November 1st, 2011
As any freelancer and web design and development agency owner is well aware, regulating revenue is a difficult task. Ebbs and flows of revenue have lead to the expression “feast or famine,” the roller coaster phenomenon that occurs without any seasonality or predictability. During the many years we designed web sites and developed web-based software, […]
| October 25th, 2011
The team here at Pelago has been designing and developing web sites and web-based project management systems together for eleven years now — and individually since long before that. In this time, we’ve worked with a broad spectrum of clients. While we’ve been fortunate to work with a long list of stellar clients, we have had […]
| October 5th, 2011
We’ve come a long ways since the days of the all-seeing Webmaster — a relic of a bygone era when the Web consisted of little more than HTML pages and PERL-based form handlers passed around from site to site. Flash forward to today, and the only remnants of ‘Webmasters’ are advertisers squatting on the keyword […]
| September 20th, 2011
Project management can sometimes present a web design, development or creative agency, with a Catch-22-like conundrum. Given the unique and customized nature of many web sites and web-based applications, it is difficult to estimate how long it will take to develop, manage and deliver a new project until we’ve actually gone through the process. For […]
John is a co-founder, web designer and developer at Pelago.
His blog posts are inspired by everyday encounters with designers, developers, creatives and small businesses in general.
John is an avid reader and road cyclist.
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Jennifer is the Director of Quality and Efficiency at Pelago.
Her blog posts are based largely on her experience working with teams to improve harmony and productivity.
Jennifer is a cat person.
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Michael is a co-founder and product architect at Pelago.
His contributions stem from experiences managing the development process behind web sites and web-based applications such as Intervals.
Michael drives a 1990 Volkswagen Carat with a rebuilt 2.4 liter engine from GoWesty.
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