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Get Your Bitsmith Here!

Andy Spero | July 8, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

Expert Subject & Information System Knowledge

We occasionally get comments (from folks that don’t know us very well) that our consulting practices seem broad and unrelated. Their (unsolicited) advice is usually that we should “focus.”

In those situations, our verbal response is simply, “thanks.” However, it is quite possible to be an expert in more than one field, especially if those fields are (1) related at a more basic level and (2) support each other.

More importantly, for knowledge workers, cross-field expertise applied to substantial and/or… Read the rest

Serendipity and the Web

Andy Spero | June 22, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

We have a new post at SperoWebDesign.com about the vagaries of the web and search engine results. It’s called, WWW: The Weird and Wonderful Web, and describes some unlikely hits from strange combinations of words, including misspelled words.

If you have an interest the topic, let us know what you think.

New Theme

Andy Spero | May 3, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

We recently updated the design template or theme at this site, and then we redid the theme at BWAMShop.com.

Unfortunately, we like the new BWAM? theme so much that–after less than one month–we have modified it to use it here (and have thrown the other one away).

We’ll add some graphics as we find the time and there are always a load of minor tweaks to make, but we–at least–like the new look a lot.

A Nationwide Dangling Feedback Loop

Andy Spero | April 28, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

We have a new post over at SperoWebDesign.com about something that we have observed at this site. It’s called Nationwide Market Intelligence, or not. It is mostly about the web; so, SWD seemed to be the best place to post it.

The new post involves our criticism of Nationwide Insurance’s silly and bad “blue phone” television commercials, and how that post, from mid-February, tops (or is near the top and ahead of Nationwide) in the results of searches like, “Nationwide commercial blue phone,” without the quotes.

Read… Read the rest

Press Release: Greve Consulting Site Goes Live!

Andy Spero | April 20, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

Greve Consulting’s new web site is now on-line, and we’re proud to say we made it happen.

Greve Consulting, formerly known as Metreks, provides expert advisory services in returns management, reverse logistics, supply chain management, and union avoidance. (Curtis knows his stuff and has the confidence and skills to clearly explain and implement his advice.)

When the new site went live, Metreks became Greve Consulting. (Metreks was one of our first web clients.)

We provided a completely new design template, including a new, brighter color palette and new graphics. The site… Read the rest

A Plea and Cry for Help!

Andy Spero | April 6, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

This post is primarily for regular readers who have visited our site on their mobile phones. We are asking for your help.

For several months we have used a very slick application that (usually) detects the visitor’s browser and automatically diverts them to http://SperoConsulting.mobi, which provides a stripped-down, text-based theme.

The theme available with that app is rather basic, but it is fast and has been working well; so, it the spirit of experimentation, innovation and self-destruction, we are testing a different one today. (It is much better to… Read the rest

Helping the Faith

Andy Spero | April 4, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

Happy Easter!

Easter seems to be a good day to write about problems in our Church: an organization that’s about 1,980 years old and has faced many and varied problems since its founding–both self-inflicted ones and those created by others.

As we will hear repeatedly during the next several weeks at Mass, immediately after the Resurrection, some disciples were hiding, some were fleeing, and all were doubtful and doubting. The eleven and the others needed repeated assurances from the risen Lord, and that was despite witnessing Christ’s miracles and ministry… Read the rest

More than a Mere ‘Web Presence’

Andy Spero | March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment(s) |

A Business Management Tool

Businesses Are Missing a lot of Opportunities

Because of the perceived costs of developing and the perceived difficulties of managing a full-featured web site, many owners and managers at small- and medium-sized firms want only a simple ‘web presence.’

Often that ‘presence’ consists of a single page that announces, “we exist, here is our telephone number,” or it consists of a few pages with not much more information.

Clearly, such sites are very cheap to develop and maintain although perhaps ‘not maintain’ is a more… Read the rest

The Excessive Use of PDFs

Andy Spero | March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment(s) |

In E-mails & on Web Sites

As Dreaded E-mail Attachments

Each week the elementary school sends at least one e-mail with a variety of PDF files attached. Those files remind us of nothing more than electronic barnacles that create friction on the internet and waste space on hard drives. (It’s not the only violator, just the most recent.)

Usually those separate files–which must be saved and opened, or at least opened–are simple announcements from the school or from one of the parents’ associations. There is no compelling reason why those… Read the rest

Press Release: Raspberry Photo Web Site Live!

Andy Spero | March 1, 2010 | 0 Comment(s) |

We have successfully completed the redesign and development of Raspberry Photo’s improved and expanded web site.

Raspberry Photo is a portrait photography firm located near Pittsburgh that specializes in  photographs of children and families. It is owned and operated by Bonnie DeMatteo.

Bonnie wanted her new site to:

  1. Showcase many beautiful portraits in her growing portfolio;
  2. Allow clients to view, compare, and purchase portraits;
  3. Be easy to self-manage; and
  4. Be search-engine optimized.

We were able to meet her requests while seamlessly integrating the appearance across the… Read the rest

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