May 2015
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Blogging Like a Ninja
Ninjas are identified most with sneaky behavior, but that is a very short-sighted and limited view of ninjas. They are extremely disciplined, skilled, effective, and efficient. It doesn’t mater how sneaky a ninja is if they are prone to dawdle and have poor time management skills. Blogging like a ninja isn’t about writing posts in…
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Building a Blog
We recently built a blog for an engineer who works here in Northwest Arkansas. We’ve built a number of websites for engineers, and most contain blogs. This one doesn’t contain a blog: it is a blog. Note that we’re not saying it’s “just a blog.” Blogs are valuable for business, and we believe that every…
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Pitfalls of Website Meetings
I was first into the conference room yesterday for a meeting with a marketing director and a passel of engineers, so I had time to look around the room. On the table was a tray containing some awards, plus candy and a bottle of hand sanitizer identified as “Stress Relief” hand sanitizer. The unintended implication…
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Trying Out Trello WP
You may be familiar with Trello, the cheery virtual alternative to Post-it notes. It gives you a simple framework for tracking projects that lets you see what job needs to be done next, to color code tasks, and to add cute stickers that let you communicate quickly with your (future) self or others. While some…
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Observing Memorial Day
Haden Interactive will be closed today to observe Memorial Day.
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Specializing vs. Doing Everything
Some people love the thought of being able to do anything and everything under the sun. You look back at those old renaissance men who were carpenters/ mathematicians/ philosophers/ doctors/ painters/ sculptors/ writers/ cobblers/ bakers/ used car salesmen/ ballroom dancers/ cake aficionados, and you think – wow, I’d like to be like them. Being able…