by Arthur Breur | Oct 28, 2020 | Newsletter
After moving from Tampa to Cedar Rapids in 2008, I took over The ACCESSline, Iowa’s LGBT+ community newspaper. One of the best decisions I made while working with the paper was hiring Angela Geno-Stumme as Assistant Editor in 2010 When I finally made the difficult...
by Arthur Breur | Oct 21, 2020 | HOMM Newsletter
First: you totally rock! Thank you so much for entrusting us with the care of your WordPress website! We take the responsibility seriously, and we very conscientiously set up both the monthly services that we offer for you, and the system we use to provide those...
by Arthur Breur | Sep 14, 2020 | FireSpike 101
What does the FireSpike “battle cry” have to do with an everyday eating utensil? Overall, probably not much. But I have a fairly specific mental image when I think of a “battle cry”. And FireSpike’s battle cry tells you a lot about what...
by Arthur Breur | Sep 4, 2020 | FireSpike 101
When the opportunity came up—way back in 2001!—to start my own business, I had some very specific motivations and intentions. The circumstances around FireSpike’s creation led to the company’s mission statement and the way that we do business with both our...
by Arthur Breur | Sep 1, 2020 | FireSpike 101
I get asked about the name “FireSpike” often, and there is an interesting story behind the name. For a web development company, the inspiration might not be what you would think, but in this video you’ll learn some things about FireSpike and some...
by Arthur Breur | Aug 21, 2020 | FireSpike 101
Nineteen is not the traditional “nice round number”, but I like it. It’s a prime number. It’s the punchline of one of my favorite jokes of all time. It’s a palindrome number in Roman numerals: XIX And to celebrate the 19th anniversary (birthday?) of FireSpike, we are...
by Arthur Breur | Jul 30, 2020 | Client Spotlight
At the start of summer 2001, I had just left my previous job and had decided to start my own new company. I was talking, long-distance, to one of the people I’d provided graphic design support for during my six years at Price Waterhouse in L.A., Elizabeth Aaron,...
by Arthur Breur | Jul 30, 2020 | Tips
For the 19-year anniversary (birthday?) of FireSpike, we decided to do a complete overhaul of our website. Admittedly our company website has always suffered from “Cobbler’s Kids” syndrome. (The saying is “The Cobbler’s Kids Have No Shoes”—meaning we often ignore...
by Arthur Breur | Jun 26, 2020 | Behind The Curtain
Behind the Curtain: Summer Food Summertime on the Water The stereotypes are true: people in the Pacific Northwest love their outdoor activities. Whether it’s hiking, biking, skiing/snowboarding, camping (or glamping), or boating (in which category I’ll include pretty...
by Arthur Breur | Mar 23, 2020 | Newsletter
Yesterday I received a call from Michael Littman, asking if I could set up online ordering on the WordPress website we had built for Hapa Ramen & Whiskey. Their phone and take-out ordering, to continue serving food during this early stage of the COVID-19 crisis,...
by Arthur Breur | Mar 20, 2020 | Newsletter
As I said in my announcement on Friday, March 13, 2020, at FireSpike we already work remotely, so there was no transition needed for us. Business here continues as usual. We have already helped a number of our customers with emergency messages on their websites and...
by Arthur Breur | Feb 26, 2020 | Behind The Curtain
People often express surprise when I tell them that the temperatures in Portland, Oregon stay within about the same range as those in mid to northern Florida. Our growing zone is just one step “colder” than Tampa! Now, the duration of warm or cold is very different...
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