It’s been a commenting kind of last seven days since Disqus started adding ads or charging what are extortionate rates for continued ad-free existence ($99/month for sites with from 50K to 250K visitors!). First some lively conversation over at WP Tavern about Disqus, wpDisquz (also very expensive at $29/extension), Postmatic, Replyable and our own Thoughtful […]
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Curtis Allen of TunedInLive.com does not pay his bills
If you are in video development and you are contacted by Curtis Allen from TunedInLive.com, you should know that he is highly unlikely to pay.
What to do when it’s too hot to work
Change things up when things aren’t working. A great cooldown like this left us all motivated to work hard on Friday.
WordPress Copycat Coders: WPMUdev and iThemes review
Who are the worst copycat offenders in the WordPress software sphere? There are two clear winners WPMUdev and iThemes.
How Teamwork’s new Observer Status can almost double productivity and triple profitability in a busy agency
Observer Status will change the lives of smaller service driven agencies growing into larger agencies.
What’s the best CRM software for Startups?
Eight years later, here’s the best AND most affordable CRM software out there. Remember: people make sales, not software.
Richard Branson, a whiner running down the road with a billion dollar cheque
The higher you fly, the more people will want to shoot you down.
Internet Marketing Superbowl: Post Panda Content Marketing
These days Internet marketing is three to five years in the trenches. Even those playing in the Super Bowl work awfully hard to get there.
Why we moved from Basecamp to TeamworkPM
37signals don’t do client work anymore and live in a bubble. If you face clients and billing, TeamworkPM is a much stronger solution.
Case Study: Jeff Utecht
Jeff Utecht contacted Foliovision when he needed to redesign his blog. The cooperation did not end there, quite the contrary.
Forbes ask for too much Twitter access: Doing Social Media Wrong
Just because a feature is possible does not make it desirable. Website owners are burdening themselves with overkill every day.
Marks and Spencer Teas Review with Marketing Notes
Nice packaging, nice marketing, really crappy products. When will companies learn that misrepresenting products just makes clients angry?
Case Study: Lorne Marr
Lorne S. Marr contacted Creative Director Alec Kinnear in 2004 to pose him a unique problem: how to start and build an online insurance business.
Case Study: DC Rainmaker Blogger to WordPress Migration
Triathlon enthusiast and blogger Ray Maker needed a website upgrade. Here’s how Heather Sander and Foliovision made it happen in just one week.
Case Study: US Soccer Players Typepad to WordPress Move
The US Men’s National Soccer Team Players Association asked Foliovision to transform their website. Here’s how it turned out.
Changes to Slovak Labour Laws 2013 in English
Big changes under the new Fico regime. Here are the changes and consequences in English.
Seven reasons creative designers should seek technical excellence
Being creative is NOT an excuse for being technically near incompetent and outright stupid in communication.
LinkedIn: Full profiles for 3rd-degree connections are available only to premium account holders.
The underlying problem is LinkedIn is runny by a Tricky Dicky, Reid Hoffman. We are just raw meat to LinkedIn.
Why does France’s SNCF hate European tourists from German speaking lands?
We’ve suffered through two world wars with you, you didn’t pay the reparations we wanted for the first one, you’ll pay those reparations now.
Visiomente: Modern Carpet Baggers or What’s Wrong with American Business
Visiomenté don’t produce anything except legal documents and hassle.
