Last Saturday at the Red, White, and Blue Festival show, a complex mix of people, music, fireworks, and fun filled the sky. 

The Steps in Selling

Cardboard Spaceship: The Steps in Selling

An outstanding post by Hamish -- "Complex selling is exactly that, and the ability to manage this complexity successfully is one of the main reasons that it is a rewarding process."

The swoosh may be dead or dying, but the Red, White, and Blue was alive at yesterday's Festival Parade. 

Design Clichés

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Marian Bantjes posts, "I warn against using them: or challenge designers to breathe new life into their rotting corpses. Welcome to the land of the living dead."

The Twin Lakes Computer Magic Baseball Caps have arrived, here is the proof of the embroidery, it looks great on the khaki caps! 

Logo Trends 2005 by Bill Gardner

Graphic Design USA - Feature

This is a nice article on recent logo trends, and as Bill Gardner writes, "it is better to realize how you arrived than to know you have arrived."

If you cannot see the lake for the trees, then broaden your scope! 

What Does the New Internet Mean for Business?

Wikis, Weblogs and RSS: What Does the New Internet Mean for Business? - Knowledge@Wharton

Kevin Werback discusses the question with three experts, producing brilliant moments like this: "It used to be easy to measure transaction costs especially when looking at economies of scale and speed. That's what helped justify centralization in vertically integrated firms. In the more dynamic and decentralized world, the value shifts to economies of scope."

On Flag Day yesterday, not as many people were present as on Memorial Day, but the presense of beauty was everywhere! 

How to research your web presence

How to research your web presence

Here is a brief article that gives links to three sites that help you get an idea of how well you are doing in making your website known and well thought of by others, a great place to start looking at how present you are on the Internet.

We saw a bunch of old cars and trucks, but this guy and his wife were dedicated enough to make theirs look like a million dollars. 

How to Make a Million Dollars, by Marshall Brain

How to Make a Million Dollars, by Marshall Brain

This is a great presentation on just how to do it!

At the Gassville in the Park celebration, we watched the parade and showed off our signage. 

HobbyPrincess: Draft Craft Manifesto

HobbyPrincess: Draft Craft Manifesto

Compelling thoughts on the increasing popularity of creating/crafting.

At a small party for a big guy at Hickory Park. 

Seth's Blog: Small is the new big

Seth's Blog: Small is the new big

This is a nice little article about the big idea that small is the new big, but only when the person running the small thinks big.

Memorial Day Weekend crowds down by Lake Norfork. 

Google Information for Webmasters

Google Information for Webmasters

If you are looking to stand out from the crowd, if you are looking to get good results from your website when people use search engines to find products and services, take a look at this article.