Sites of the Week
These are some of the sites the CP team has been looking at for inspiration: Great site, although the animations take a while to load. Good use of 3D flash animation: http://www.theflagshipexperience.com/ Great use of animation and video on this site for medical...
Best out of the office message I've seen
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!
A fun discovery about a friend's new company
I always like to say that when I'm creating a software program, seminar or other event, my starting point is to design something that I would actually pay for.My wife started buying from a company called The Organic Dish, here in Boulder, Colorado. We love their food...
One of our clients hit by a Tornado on Thursday
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...
VCWear – great site
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...
South Boulder Community Talk
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...
My 3.5 Year Old Has Her First Laptop
On Saturday, my 3.5 year old daughter got her first laptop. It arrived by UPS, sent by her Zadie (grandfather). It's a small little laptop that is part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project at www.Laptop.org. It's still not a final verison of the product that...
Homer Animation
Ryan is too lazy to post this so I am... If you like the Simpsons check this out: Homer Simpson Animation
My new favorite site
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...
Restart the Apache HTTPD Webserver Web Service from Crontab Each Day
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein Server Hygiene Tip: Does your server seem to need you to go in every few days and restart the Apache Web Service via SSH or your control panel? If so, you might want to consider an automated solution. Each night at 1:00 am, you can...
The Ultimate site to Celebrate Earth Day, forever
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...
An Ode to Error Messages, in 5-7-5
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....
SOTW: spring greening
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:...
The Infinite Web of Health & Wellness
I've made and consumed a gargantuan smoothie everyday since High School (1995-1999). Sometimes two. Each year, with each non-passing health fadIt's a long held fantasy of mine to have a smoothie/juice/organic vegan cookie shop on Pearl Street (or, in North Boulder,...
A Good Mix: Music & Colorado
As spring is springing this time of year, the hills are alive with the sound of music (from the birds, mostly). And so are the blogs and the concert venues and the myspace music pages. Music festivals are being launched, the Red Rocks line-up is in queue and tickets...
Design Rap
I found this a few months ago... but I figure this exemplifies the culture here at Customer Paradigm the best. Enjoy! Design Rap
Variation on a theme of pirates
So this Pirate walks into a bar... And, well, I forget the rest of it, but the punchline had something to do with it's 'driving me nuts,' and I must confess that pirates, in all their inherent sovereignty and dazzling sea legs and their love of rum (all good things...
Site of the Week (or, SOTW)
First, a brief history of the SOTW: The SOTW started during our weekly project meetings, where we all get together for a company wide pow-wow around our massive conference table in a room pimped out with mellow colored walls and a projector, projecting the world-wide...
I've been called a "Web Guru" by the NY Times Style Section
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
Port 25 Block Workaround for your Linux Server
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein If you are having your outgoing email blocked by ISPs like Comcast that perform port 25 blocks, or can't send out through your server because you're at a wi-fi location, this fix may be for you. Please note that this may not work...
Site of the Week
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...
In New York, Hacking Free Wi-Fi
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...
Restarting Services on a Linux server from command line
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein If you have a slow server, sometimes restarting these services from the command line can clear up all of the issues. Here's the easy process: Please use caution when doing this... you could break things if you're not careful. Log...
Removing all root emails from your Linux Server from the command line
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein If you have a bunch of emails stuck on your Linux server for the root user, here's an easy process to remove the root user's email from the system. Please use caution when doing this... you could break things if you're not careful....
Avoiding Pitfalls of Outsoucing your PHP Programming
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein If you're looking for a way to have php programming done for your website (perhaps for a content management system, a customized blog, or other web application that needs to tie into a mySQL database), you have several different...
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Outsourcing Your PHP Programming Work
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...
eLearning: Websites of the Week
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein Websites of the Week Here are our websites of the week… what we’re looking at this week: http://www.ted.com/ (Really amazing stuff, according to Ali) If you need hope or inspiration for anything, please check it out Vector-based...
Canon 580 EX II Flash
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...
12 Strategies for Effective Email
Twelve Strategies for Effective Email By Jeff Finkelstein Most people do not send effective email messages. I know. I spend a lot of time analyzing email messages for our clients, and measuring and tracking their effectiveness. Whether you send large email newsletters...
Are your email messages being blocked or filtered?
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein Are your email messages being blocked or filtered? Make sure that your messages get through. On average, 15 percent of messages sent by companies do not get through to their customer's inbox. Despite strong filters and blacklists,...
Email & Web Marketing Doesn't Work?
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein During recent Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Assoication events, I've noticed two common, interwoven trends discussed among members and attendees. One is a near-religious defense that paper-based direct marketing is not dead, and...
8 Ways To Drive Targeted Traffic #2: Write an Article & Put on Your Website (Acquire)
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein Eight Ways to Drive Traffic To Your Website Tip #2: Write an Article & Put on Your Website (Acquire) When someone has a problem, one of the first things that they do is go to a search engine like Google and look for relevant...