by Dave McKillen | Jun 19, 2015 | Conversion Rate Optimization, Gadgets 'n Gifts
OK so you have an email address, a nice form and a phone number prominently displayed as conversion points, but wouldn’t it be nice to be able to respond to customers even when you aren’t at work? There have been several pretty nifty live chat options for...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 9, 2015 | Lifestyle and Wellness
The answer to the question, incidentally, is Black bears of Asheville are everywhere it seems. (Read part 1 of this bear story). Having left the UCD Science crowd (shout out!) and the Zoology dept. in 1999 to work in the IT sector, I never thought I’d come close...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 1, 2015 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
It’s official! Windows have announced July 29th as the release date of the much anticipated Windows 10. But you need to reserve yourself a copy before the year is out! The free upgrade applies only to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. If you haven’t already...
by Dave McKillen | May 27, 2015 | Lifestyle and Wellness
I can’t quiet believe I didn’t see this before … the perfect combo – tomatoes and potatoes growing on the same plant! No this is not an April fools joke (it’s May duh) but rather an ingenious invention some years ago by Thompson and...
by Dave McKillen | May 19, 2015 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure – Benjamin Franklin. At the end of the day every business takes on some degree of liability and all you can really do is mitigate the bad things as best you can and accept that it is a part of doing business. We...