Author Archives: John Reeve

Our One Percent for the Planet Partnership

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Did you know Intervals gives back 1% of all our revenue to environmental causes? That means 1% of your monthly payment goes directly to preserving the environment, to keeping the skies blue and the grasses green. Through our partnership with 1% for the Planet every dollar goes directly to the nonprofit organizations we support. This […]

How to Kickstart Your Creativity, Without a Computer

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“Man is a slow, sloppy, and brilliant thinker; computers are fast, accurate, and stupid.” ― John Pfeiffer Every web designer I know, including myself, has experienced an utter absence of creativity at the time it is needed most. A deadline is coming up in a few hours, or 5pm is minutes away, and we are stuck. […]

Staying Active and Healthy at SXSW Interactive

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SXSW Interactive begins in just a few days. Over 30,000 people from over 57 countries will be pulling into Austin, Texas, for panels, workshops, and fun parties. As much fun as it is to attend, all that food and drink and sitting around can catch you a case of SXSW SARS. Want to stay healthy […]

Tracking Bugs with Intervals Online Task Management Software

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Our Web site makes it clear that one of Intervals core strengths is online task management. But what is not obvious is that Intervals is also very well suited to bug tracking. When we first started developing Intervals we wanted the task management feature to be more comprehensive than a basic to do list. We […]

Focus on Your Local Community to Grow Your Global Business

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Starting and growing a business may be easier today than it ever has been, but is still a difficult and challenging pursuit. The Internet has enabled a global economy like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Businesses can start from just about any country, in any city, and earn customers from all over the world. Regardless […]

Why Your Creative Agency Should Focus on its Core Strengths

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Fourteen years ago my best friends and I started a creative agency we dubbed Pelago. We started out as many do, trying to get whatever work we could by offering a wide array of creative services. We were a full service agency, right from the start. We had computers, ambition, and a decent amount of […]

When Projects Go Over Budget: The Usual Suspects

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Projects can and will go over budget. In my many years of running a web design and development agency I learned that no project is bulletproof, that even our best laid plans can go astray. And when the project did go over budget, it was typically the result of poor planning and a lack of […]