Posts Tagged ‘social media’

Well the unthinkable has happened. APS has entered the blogosphere. After over a decade in web development and the crushing pressure from peers and colleagues "we've" decided to contribute the insights, successes, tidbits of knowledge and trials and tribulations of running a small web firm in Chicago. By "we've" I mean most of the responsibility will fall on the sole proprietor (Mr. Abbott) (until APS can afford a social media minion full time!). Social media isn't unlike most other human socialization - it's most successful for those who have the personality and acumen for it. I've always been an introvert with a one track mind that likes to focus on complex problems - hence the career in programming. Despite this crippling handicap I've decided to take a lot of the advice I've been giving clients and take an active role in marketing. We've actually had some outstanding success in this area for our clients so it's time to practice what we preach. I just rebooted the website design for the third time in 2 years and chose Wordpress as the blogging platform of choice. All content management systems are evil in