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Copyright Protection for Those Who Didn’t Attend Law School

zbra — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:27 +0000

As a digital creative your days are probably too short to be slowed down by legal fluff and fine-print. Yet, Copyright is probably your main source of income. Don’t you think it’s imperative that you know how it works? Make sure yours is safe and understand why you should care. Today’s post is written by Max [...]

Wixel – a 2011 Review

bevmerriman — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:08:08 +0000

When we started Wixel in July 2010 (part-time), we thought we had done a lot of the ground-work – boy, were we wrong! 2011 really had us pinned down, bottom to chair, fingers to keyboard – hustling. Did we achieve as much as we hoped? No. We experienced teething pains of a fast-growing, bootstrapped company. [...]

Open Source Matters

bevmerriman — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:31:41 +0000

If your company uses and benefits from Open Source (which it probably does) then you should foster, promote and participate in the open source community. Giving back to the community you depend on should be an important aspect of your business identity. Don’t you think that if you are using Open Source, you’re indebted to [...]

News Roundup: November 2011

bevmerriman — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0000

It’s said that if two people in business always agree about everything, one of them is unnecessary. As a safety measure I make sure that I disagree with Sean at least once a week. Sean’s a proactive partner – in preparation for these days, he started wearing his kickboxing cap and gloves to the office. [...]

Work with the Right People – Those You Like and Trust

bevmerriman — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:10:55 +0000

Whether it be investors, business partners, potential hires or any other business stakeholder – working with people is one of the most difficult and critical tasks for building a successful business. The people behind companies are what drive innovation, move organisations forward and ultimately help societies progress. This is why it’s imperative to work with the right [...]

In Hindsight: What We Would Have Done Differently Launching Boxrockit

bevmerriman — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:13:02 +0000

We recently wrote a post, Perfect Code is a Myth. Just Launch It! One of the readers suggested we write a post on “What went wrong with the BoxRockit launch so others could learn from it”. We’re going to do just that – we follow a policy of what the reader asks for, the reader [...]

A Breakdown of the Tech & Tools We Use at Wixel

bevmerriman — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:00:02 +0000

We love seeing what other people use in their daily lives to get their jobs done. We also believe in karma – which is why we are sharing our list of tools and equipment with you. Here’s a list of the things we use daily that help make our lives easier. We hope you pick up [...]

Creating a Productive Programming Environment within a Web Design & Development Business

bevmerriman — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:07:26 +0000

Our previous post – How CEO’s can help programmers get into the coding zone – included several strategies on how to create an environment programmers love working in. We received a question on that post whether tactics such as developer estimations, zero meetings, verbose documents and reduced working hours could be applied to a web [...]

How CEO’s Can Help Programmers Get into the Coding Zone

bevmerriman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:27:09 +0000

If you are at the helm of a tech company, you should know that programmers need to be ‘in the coding zone’ to be productive. Most programmers agree that a coding zone is marked by isolation, uninterrupted blocks of time, music and good coffee/tea. For most developers these conditions only happen late at night or [...]

Perfect Code is a Myth. Just launch it!

SeanNieuwoudt — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:21:01 +0000

There’s nothing like a product launch to call to mind the things that you know but fight against. Our recent launch of Boxrockit reminded me of the fact that there is no such thing as perfect code. Although Boxrockit was a quick project in relation to our other projects, I confess that I still obsessed [...]