Well we held our celebration of the Olympic Games at the office today (pictures coming soon!). We had a real blast as our staff competed in such games as Office Chair Relay Races, Mental Google and Staple Target Shooting.
Mark and Billy led things off with a rousing finish in the Office Chair Relay finals - totally demolishing their opponents! David and Jason finished second with a very hearty performance. Toby and Scott rounded out the top three!
The VW team demolished VC in the staple shoot posting 3 total point to VC’s big fat goose egg.
The Mental Google competition was a ton of fun and won by the team of Michelle and Mel! Way to go team!
Visionary Computers won the overall competition with a score of 8 to Visionary Web’s 7 total points. It was a hard fought battle and tons of fun.
Individual medals went to:
Billy - 5 total points
Toby - 3 total points
and Michelle - 3 total points
The winning team gets a lunch on Visionary! Billy will get a $20 gift certificate, Toby gets a $10 gift certificate and Michelle wins a game!
Visionary Web has been Duffy Electric & Automation’s web development partner for nearly five years. Visionary Web created the company’s public website as well as a small employee intranet. Visionary Web provides regular consulting on website additions, search engine optimization, and pay-per-click advertising. Visionary Web’s sister company, Visionary Computers, also provides services to Duffy Electric & Automation.
We are excited to highlight Duffy Electric & Automation has a featured client this month. If you have electrical or automation contracting needs, please be sure to visit their website.
Seven Days to Save The Firehouse! On July 25, 2007 the roof at The Firehouse collapsed. Today kicks off our net campaign to raise funds to rebuild The Firehouse, North Manchester’s premier music venue. I’m donating because I want to see this fantastic place emerge again as a great place for young people, and old people, to experience great music. Please join me. Donate today! http://www.thefirehouse.net
Visionary Web is currently seeking to hire a full-time Web Programmer. The Web Programmer will work on the web team developing customized projects including: web-based applications, web site enhancements, desktop applications, database-backed websites, and automation of web administration processes. The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent. Strong working knowledge of HTML, XML, mySQL, SQL, PHP, VB, and MS Access as well as a strong working knowledge of Windows and Linux platforms is required. Desired skills include strong time management, ability to multi-task, ability to research and stay up to date on current and emerging technologies in the field and the ability to work effectively in a team and independently.
Visionary Web will be hosting a business seminar on e-retailing on January 24, 2008 at the Wabash County Chamber of Commerce. Mark Sapusek, Visionary Web’s Director of Web Solutions will be the presenter.
Mark will cover topics such as: e-commerce and selling products online, merchant services, EBay, PayPal, Authorize.net, Security, and Shopping Carts. Mark will also take questions and provide insight from over ten years of experience in the industry.
The seminar is $59.00 and reservations can be made by calling the Chamber at: 260-563-1168. The seminar is part of the Triple Play Business Seminar Series sponsored by the Wabash County Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana Small Business Development Center. Other sessions included a Guerrilla Marketing seminar in November 2007 and an upcoming seminar on Customer Service on March 27, 2008.
PHP made me upset today. I’ve noticed this issue for a while, and it’s been addressed in forums, but few know of what seems to be the second most common reason for it. First, check the symptoms of you ill-returned web document. Does it ever popup as a download dialog box instead of the usual I-trust-you-Zend handling? Did you then download it only to find it is nothing more than a blank page? Stop sifting through your http.conf file! Stop changing those permissions! Well, you could do all this, but it’s most likely not the problem. For me, it was the amount of memory I had allocated to PHP script execution, specifically the memory_limit value. Oddly as it sounds, sometimes giving your PHP a little more memory seems to clear up this problem right away. Works so far for me with all the times I’ve seen this issue. You can either change the value in your ini file as:
I was thinking today on the importance of community involvement and realized that our management team is involved in a ton of community and civic-related activities. We are involved with our local chambers of commerce, school boards, economic development, small business development centers, community theater, main street associations, Kiwanis, Key Club, and various other activities throughout our community.
Why is it so important for us to be involved in our local communities? We stay really busy at work, but we find time to be involved because the communities in our area support us. It is right for us to give back to them our time and our talents.
Being involved in the community is more than just “our job.” Being involved means providing our communities with the necessary things they need to grow. Growing communities mean more business, more business means more jobs in IT in our small towns and more employees for us. Being involved is reciprocal. You get back what you put into it.
Our team and our company are dedicated to the communities in which we live and work and to that end I hope that everyone becomes involved in their communities. It is a much better place to live when you have had a hand in making it a great place.
This new website was developed to provide better and quicker access to important information to our existing and potential clients. The site is the result of a development process including several people:
Toby Sapusek implemented the core Joomla! content management system and provided development assistance throughout the process.
Scott Munday implemented the WordPress blog and developed all original functionality for the site.
Andrew Duffy led the project implementation, worked on the original design, and developed the content.
Christina Sapusek provided strategic direction, edited content, and provided designed feedback.
Mark Sapusek provided strategic direction, worked on the original design, and developed style specifications.
Eric Sanson provided design feedback.
Konrad and Julie Willmert participated in the sitemap development.
Justin Ross contributed to the original design development.
YouTube can be a great way to grow your audience. Two of our clients, Chris Bowers and Ryan Moran, both run successful motivational speaking companies. Chris and Ryan recently decided to utilize YouTube to help get their messages out. Check out one of their recent videos:
