Intervals Web-based Mobile App Beta Launch

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Say hello to the new Intervals web-based mobile app, debuting in all its Beta glory on your smart phone’s web browser. Simply open your phone’s web browser and load your Intervals account, Intervals will take it from there. Whether at a meeting, in the field, or wherever your business may take you, easily track time […]

Web Design vs. Print Design and the WIRED Interactive Magazine

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Back in March I was sitting in Ballroom C at the Austin Convention Center watching Scott Dadich, Creative Director at WIRED Magazine, demonstrate the rebirth of WIRED’s digital magazine — a Flash-based facsimile of the print magazine designed to run on the Apple iPad. Before I go any further, let me disclaim that, first, I […]

Intervals Online Project Management Software Review

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Kraettli Lawrence from TechVentureGeek has written an overwhelmingly positive review of Intervals. He has this to say in his blog post Review: Intervals for Project Management and Time Accounting: I have to give Intervals an unreserved endorsement. It does everything I need to run a professional services firm. It does it gracefully and works almost […]

Santa Barbara I Madonnari 2010 ~ Pelago

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This year’s 8'x8' square at the Santa Barbara I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival, sponsored by Pelago, paid tribute to Charles Sheeler. Our rendering of Classic Landscape, 1931, was chalked by myself, Thomas Hashberger and Lloyd Johnsen. The chalk drawing will be on display at the Santa Barbara Mission for the next few weeks, so […]

Growing a Profitable Small Business

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The creative and influential minds over at 37signals have begun a new “profitable and proud” series to highlight small tech businesses that have $1M+ in revenues, didn’t take VC, and are profitable. It’s a brilliant idea and a great way to share success stories other than their own. Any small business, whether they are just […]

Bootstrapping Your Creative Web Design and Development Ideas

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A web design, development, or creative agency is a relatively easy type of small business to start. You just need a few computers, some spare office space and a few creative minds who are willing to make sacrifices (you’d need an entire blog post to cover dry seasons, erratic cash flow, client conflicts, etc). Your […]

Online Project Management Software Review

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From the creative business and web consulting minds at Boston-based 829 studios comes a generous and uplifting review of Intervals online project management software: Intervals’ numerous visual reporting features allow us to understand where the most hours are being spent (whether they’re in consulting, programming, design, or social media) with each client, how efficient our […]