Whenever we build websites for clients one question we ask is "Will a CMS work best for this?" Most of our clients are good with computers (they can at least use a word processor to create docs) but don't know how to build a website. So we build it in a CMS, and then they can update the site with a simple point and click tool that makes it easy. Well, there is a new CMS in town - SilverStripe. Okay, so it didn't just spring out of the womb...

Around twenty percent of all our clients here at GigaVero come to us with a site already in hand. Usually, the website they already have is yucky looking, hard/impossible to update, and simply not working for them. Thus, they’re coming to us for a new website. Since many of these clients built the site themselves via some chintzy little “Five Minute Site Builder” program, we try not to dash their dreams of fame and fortune as an artist.

From June 1st to June 6th, I noticed that SafeEyes (a competitor to one of my clients - Net Nanny) started getting a TON of twitter attention. I jumped over to their blog and read up on what I think turned out to be an excellent case study on buying Twitter attention.

We all assume stalking is bad, right?  Net Nanny, a product I do a lot of consulting and web design work for, goes so far as to boast that it has the latest and greatest in preventing online predators from stalking little kiddies...

This sure beats the Google Docs Spreadsheet we have been using. If you're like us (and the rest of the entrepreneurs and small businesses out there) you've probably been stashing expense receipts in a shoebox and paid invoice amounts...

GIMP is a 100% free tool for photo/image editing and creation.  It works on every operating system, in most languages. While Adobe makes some great tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), GIMP is...

If you're reading this then you are currently experiencing the greatest emotional euphoria since sliced... cheese?  Okay, so we'll be the first to admit it's not as great as sliced bread.  That being said, we're pretty happy with it.