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Quote: To win big you have to…
by Josh Colter on February 24, 2010
To win big you have to make the right bet on the winning platform. – Jeff Raikes on Microsoft’s strategic error vs. Lotus 123 Tweet
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What Learning Chess Reveals about Business Strategy
by Josh Colter on February 23, 2010
“Strong players can quickly evaluate many types of positions because they’ve seen similar positions before. Of course, most positions in chess have their own quirks or involve other variables that require specific calculations to truly understand them, but chess players start from a base of common knowledge about the game … Continue Reading
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Dear Spammers,
by Josh Colter on February 16, 2010
Dear Thinnish Becker and Rudolph Propos, I don’t want your lists of 120k finance professionals, 4.8 million new businesses, or 150k criminal attorneys. Unless something recently changed with the United States legal system and defense attorneys are now miraculously requesting online Magento ecommerce stores, then I’m not sure why you … Continue Reading
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Virtual Work: 3 tips, 3 reasons, 3 pros, and 2 cons for NOT having an office
by Josh Colter on February 8, 2010
When people ask me about Elias, it is our team’s virtual setup that usually generates the most interest. I realized the world is different one day while driving down US 135 in Greenwood, Indiana. I was using my iphone to chat on skype with a teammate in New Zealand and … Continue Reading
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Friday Video Fun: SoundRacer
by Josh Colter on February 5, 2010
Our project management wiz, Eric, just had his first kid a few months ago and is already busy carting the family around in a new SUV. How domesticated can you get? So you can imagine his delight when he came across this product for SoundRacer, the gizmo that turns your … Continue Reading
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Day I'll Never Forget: Discovery with Marcus from CREO
by Josh Colter on February 4, 2010
The client wasn’t happy. We’d worked with her for a number of weeks now, and this was the second time she felt we “just didn’t get it” and she was getting frustrated. We felt we “got it”, but each time we met with her our presentation didn’t live up to … Continue Reading
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Pricing Strategy Matrix
by Josh Colter on February 2, 2010
Working on pricing for something new. Sometimes a simple drawing can help process ideas and determine where to focus your time. Tweet
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Magento Issue: Checkout Redirect With SSL Installation And Sub-Domain
by Lee Taylor on January 27, 2010
Considering the woes that can come with installing a SSL certificate. Yesterday, we ran into an issue with a client that I wanted to note, just in case anyone else may benefit from the scenario and solution. Scenario We had the Magento integrated with SVN and have a post-commit hook … Continue Reading
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Magento: Quick Change in Column Count for Products Displaying In Category Listing (Grid View)
by Lee Taylor on January 22, 2010
Hi All, Figured I’d share a quick Magento snippet (There are several I’d like to share each day. For some reason this particular one seemed quick enough to post). Want to change the number of products that display in the Magento Category listing? You’ll need to modify these two files: … Continue Reading
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7.0
by Josh Colter on January 13, 2010
7.0 That’s the magnitude of January 12th’s earthquake in Haiti. What devastation. What loss of life. The thoughts and prayers of our team here at Elias are with the victims in Haiti. We have been talking today about how to help. Prayer, money & helping hands. It’s going to take … Continue Reading