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How to digitally prepare for disaster

Sean Perkins — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:00:46 +0000

Hurricane Sandy demonstrated how even companies that depend on their websites for revenue can go down during natural disasters. Major websites that went down included The Huffington Post, Gawker, Jezebel, and Gizmodo. If large websites managed by skilled IT staff can’t stay up during natural disasters, are small businesses doomed? I say no. If they do a [...]

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How we build great websites

Sean Perkins — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:31:56 +0000

Building great websites does not happen overnight or after a single meeting…that doesn’t mean we don’t try to make it seem that way. Successful projects happen because we align purpose, audience, content, and narrative with the resources available. These items should be discovered early and refined through the entire project. They do not have to [...]

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5 Things That Can Kill Your Web Site

Mike Weaver — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:22:22 +0000

Most web content articles focus on what you should be doing, but almost as important is what you should not be doing. Some ingrained habits are as detrimental to your website as not posting content. Here are some of the worst offenders: 1. PDFs: First and foremost, stop locking data up in a PDF. I [...]

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Overview of WiFi Antennas

Mike Weaver — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:57:12 +0000

One of the first methods users employ for more performance is to upgrade antennas. Here is an overview of some of the different types of antennas: The most common is an omni-directional antenna, which comes with just about every WiFi router or Access Point on the market. The default SoHo Omni-directional antennas transmits a signal [...]

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Wireless Workshop

Mike Weaver — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:46:47 +0000

Wireless-N is rapidly overtaking G as the the standard for new implementations. 802.11N offers higher speed, better security and longer range. Tips for a successful wireless-N implementation: Buy the right equipment. An inexpensive AP from Staples may be fine for home or small office, but for anything over 5 users it is worth purchasing a [...]

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Affinity Lab brown bag lunch

Sean Perkins — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:07:33 +0000

This post is the companion piece to the brown bag lunch presentation I did at Affinity Lab today. Collaboration Collaboration apps are any apps that encourage collaboration with clients or coworkers. These include productivity suites like Google Apps and cloud storage like Dropbox and Box. The top contenders for space on my smartphone, laptop, and [...]

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Connected Intelligence Study: Tablet Users Prefer Wi-Fi

Sean Perkins — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:28:02 +0000

According to this report out of The NPD’s Connected Intelligence group, 65% of tablet users are using Wi-Fi only. This means that 90% of tablet users are using Wi-Fi some of the time. These are consumers but this applies to enterprises because the reason consumers are using Wi-Fi is the lower costs associated with Wi-Fi [...]

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