Boycott Microsoft Outlook

by | Jun 24, 2009 | News, Web

Or, if you’re tied to it – maybe you can just help Microsoft fix it – http://fixoutlook.org/ Why is this important? Microsoft is holding back the creativity of the web by forcing web designers to use old, broken, and outdated methods to display and...

WordPress MU – Taming the Beast

by | Jun 10, 2009 | Web

I just finished up a project that involved an impromptu introduction to WordPress MU – THE mother of all blog-related projects for Absolute (so far). In about one month, we set up 27 blog sites (one of which is a site to rule them all), developed 3 unique themes...

5ives: How Fargo Got To Twitter

by | May 22, 2009 | Strategy, Web

Having lived in Fargo for all but six months of my life, I can comfortably say I’ve been around the block once or twice. For those of you outside the area, I should make it known that “been around the block” is just a figure of speech. Fargo has more...

A Writer’s Portfolio: A Book Without Copy

by | May 22, 2009 | Writing

Dear Minnesota State University Moorhead Mass Communications Professors: Please refrain from blacklisting me. You taught me admirably and prepared me for my quest into this treacherous industry. Though I proudly rave about your wisdom and methods, I must recant on an...

Going Against Green

by | Apr 30, 2009 | Strategy, Writing

As a marketing gimmick, “Going Green” must be destroyed. People throw around buzzwords like they’re a good thing. Living in Minnesota, where mosquitoes could be the state bird, the term buzz doesn’t conjure up images of trendy hype. To me,...

5ives: Fargo Falsehoods

by | Apr 30, 2009 | News, Writing

We’ve already established that a Fargo Factor should be used as the economic indicator to measure the intangibles of the human spirit and drive for success. But before that can happen, we need to expound on five crippling myths about the people in the...