Note: Please check the date of this posting (April 1, 2009!)...----------------------------RMIUG receives $10 million from Federal Stimulus bill, opens grant process:: For Immediate Release ::April 1, 2009Boulder, CO: The Rocky Mountain Internet User's Group (RMIUG)...

Yesterday, we received a wonderful note from a happy customer. We spent a lot of time working on helping them sell a deal... that got approved, then paused, due to the economic environment. We're very appreciative! Here's the letter: We love customer feedback!  Our...

It's always a good day when you find out that your photos will be published in National Geographic's Adventure Magazine; this was for a photoshoot that I did for my wife's organization last year in Moab, Utah. I'll post a link as soon as it's published.

We're so thrilled that the Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association (RMDMA) awarded Customer Paradigm the prestigious "Supplier of the Year" on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. It's such an honor to be nominated for the award by our clients, many of whom are also...

We're very excited to announce that we've just launched a new mobile version of the www.CustomerParadigm.com site (Try visiting it on your mobile device). The way in which it works: - If someone comes to the site, our PageDirector Content Management System (CMS)...

Bary Motlz posted a great 8 point article about what you can do to survive the market downturn... I'll post the first few items here, but visit his site for the complete list: http://barrymoltz.com/rants/articles/8-actions-for-your-business-to-thrive-in-a-recession 1....

Yay!! AllergyKids is scheduled to appear on Dr Phil’s new show The Doctors tomorrow (Thursday Oct 16th) on CBS. Here is the link for more info if you are interested:http://thedoctorstv.com/main/show_page/45

Pretty interesting look at the growth Wal-Mart has seen over the years...  Check it out:  Watch it Grow!

It's official... we've designed a new logo for the company. As we expand our ability to serve customers into the print design, trade show marketing and direct marketing arena, we're coming up with a new look for the company's website and a new logo. The three...

We're happy to sponsor this upcoming event in Boulder: Eddie Dombrower is a video game designer, programmer and producer who has created products for Atari, Mattel, Electronic Arts, Activision and Children's Television Workshop. A one-time ballet dancer, he designed...

Not yet! But do stay tuned for updates...And on that note, take a few minutes to celebrate NASA's 50th Anniversary on a beautiful audio-visual tour.

The new Google browser is fast, and I just placed an ecommerce order on a site to test out a lot of the functionality. Chrome is fast, it's clean, and is a refreshing non-bloated browser. As a web development company, we don't love the fact that we now need to test in...

So, I am the kind of person who will visit a website when they see it on the back of a bus... I justify it as research. But this is a great site. It uses videos and animation to tell a story, and has a nice layout. From an SEO standpoint, the site doesn't really do...

One of our client's servers and sites has been running a bit slowly... and after a lot of research, changes to the site and server configuration, I found out why: One person's email inbox had accumulated over 57,000 emails in their inbox. Each time a new message was...

So, last night I'm watching the women's marathon, and the leader of the pack and subsequent Gold Medal winner, Constantina Tomescu looked familiar. Oh, it's just a coincidence... she just looks familiar. Then the announcer said that while she is running for Romania,...

The last few weeks, it's been clear: we've literally run out of desks for the team. People have been working at the conference tables, and even doubling up. So we're excited that we're making the move at the end of the month to a new office. The good news: it's just...

Thanks to David Abrams, for responding to my latest newsletter about avoiding cheesy flash intros to avoid.Here's his suggestions:1. This one takes the cake. You have a 2048 by 1280 display? Too bad. We are going to open a 500 by 500 window to show you our store...

Take a look at our Sites of the Week These are the sites we're looking at this week for fun and inspiration. Amazing wedding photos: http://www.jessicaclaire.net/ Fight the Smears.com - A great way to combat negative press: htttp://www.fightthesmears.com/  

Ali on our team has a new blog... Fun reading for escape:TheKissingLessons.Blogspot.com

I think it's pretty common in the technology field to have a deep interest in space. So when we were able to work on the re-launch of the Secure World Foundation's website: http://www.secureworldfoundation.org/, our whole team was very, very excited. It's nice to be...

Always a wonderful thing when one of our clients gets on national TV. Our client, AllergyKids.com was featured on the June 23, 2008 Good Morning America segment, Additives, Allergies and ADHD: Is There a Connection?Read more...

I've seen quite a bit of out of the office messages (I get about 400-800 emails each day). But this morning, I got one of the better ones:I'm currently on a sandy white beach in the middle of the Indian ocean drinking cold ice beers. I wish I could be there, too!

While we had hail and big winds here in Boulder yesterday, one of our clients, Cross Country Warehouse, had their center hit by a tornado yesterday.Everyone is okay... nobody was injured, but it's a bit of a mess to clean up, and they're not sure when they will be...

It's so nice that after not going the VC route, to see a site devoted to t-shirts for VCs that sort of tongue in check makes fun of it all.I think my favorites are:* Your mom is not a valid test market* Your idea made me puke a little in my mouth* No, Not Even...

It's so wonderful that our small community in South Boulder (known as SoBo) was started by a friend, Liz Ryan, who always seems to be on the cutting edge of helping people get together. It's meant for South Boulder (CO) residents and friends -- sharing everything from...

Ryan is too lazy to post this so I am...  If you like the Simpsons check this out: Homer Simpson Animation

A potential client just told me about this site... it's a place that lists all of the phobias: http://phobialist.com/ A few of my favorites:Apeirophobia- Fear of infinityArachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouthCyclophobia- Fear of...

There is not a day that goes by in which you should not be utterly gracious for all that the mighty Earth has given you, and continues to give you successfully, each and every second. As human critters, we need air, water, pressure, cookies, and the companionship of...

Monday morning, a friend E'd me with Haiku Error messages. For lovers of Haiku, and for those who despise losing data under any circumstance, these capture the essence of frustration and disbelief at this shortfall of the technology that (seemingly) runs our lives....

Things are unseasonably warm, there are dead zones in the ocean, everyone's favorite Al has a new talk on Ted, and Earth Day is just around the corner. Green is the new black. Check out these sites to add some daily green to your daily 'surfs, and as Mr. T says:...

I found this a few months ago... but I figure this exemplifies the culture here at Customer Paradigm the best. Enjoy!   Design Rap

It's always great to wake up to a Google Alert that describes you in the NY Times Style section as a Web Guru 🙂 So that and $3.00 will get me a latte, but it's still fun

I was in NY this week, so we didn't have our usual staff meeting. But my favorite site of the week is http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com. What a great resource when you're trying to get through to a real person.BTW, if you do a Google search on:Please have a real...

I'm back at the airport in New York... a quick trip to the city for a meeting about a customized event registration system for a large religious organization, then off to meet with Random House's publicity team for my wife's new book, God in the Wilderness. Her book...

Avoiding php programming outsourcing pitfalls How to outsource your php programming effectively. By Jeff Finkelstein, Founder of Customer Paradigm   If you're looking for a way to have php programming done for your website (perhaps for a content management...

I just got the Canon 580 EX II Flash for my digital EOS camera, and it's amazing. I'm loving the built-in bounce reflector, and the fact that it will work with all of my lenses (including a 10-20 wide angle, Lensbaby 2.0 and 3.0 and telephoto lens) is amazing. It's...