Digital Design Solutions » Politics http://digidsolutions.com Apple Consultants - WordPress Consultants - Web Presence Specialists Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 North Carolina greets Apple and $1 billion server farm project http://digidsolutions.com/2009/06/03/north-carolina-greets-apple-and-1-billion-server-farm-project/ http://digidsolutions.com/2009/06/03/north-carolina-greets-apple-and-1-billion-server-farm-project/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:27:02 +0000 Kevin Gilbert http://digidsolutions.com/?p=780

apple_logoJust one day after North Carolina lawmakers approved changes to the state’s corporate tax laws designed to lure Apple and a $1 billion server farm project to one of their rural communities, the state’s Governor signed Senate Bill 575 into law and announced that the iPhone maker is coming to town.

via AppleInsider | North Carolina greets Apple and $1 billion server farm project.

Let the speculation begin. Why would Apple need a server farm on the east coast? Is the fact that it’s on the east coast even important? The fact that they are building a server farm at all indicates an expectation on their part to increase web services over the next few years. iTunes Music, Movies, Apps and Games Store growth? Maybe. Improved with more features and more reliability MobileMe service? Maybe. Whatever it is, I’m sure it will be good.

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Twitter in Plain English by Common Craft

]]> http://digidsolutions.com/2009/04/17/twitter-in-plain-english/feed/ 0 Let Start-Ups Bail Us Out – washingtonpost.com http://digidsolutions.com/2009/03/03/let-start-ups-bail-us-out-washingtonpostcom/ http://digidsolutions.com/2009/03/03/let-start-ups-bail-us-out-washingtonpostcom/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:16:25 +0000 Kevin Gilbert http://digidsolutions.com/?p=304

To translate the stimulus into sustainable growth, we need incentives for business innovators.

via Reid Hoffman – Let Start-Ups Bail Us Out – washingtonpost.com.

This is a good article by the founder and CEO of LinkedIn, a web service for professional networking. If you’re not familiar with it think of it as Facebook for professionals and your “profile” is your résumé. If you’re not familiar with Facebook…where’ve you been??

I like the ideas put forth by Mr. Hoffman as we are, in fact, a small business. We know the triumphs and tragedies of being a small business and working to build a small business. We are actually quite blessed and very fortunate to have some very good clients that are still in need of our services even during these trying economic times. So while we may not need some of what he’s proposing directly, having some of those options available and being able to take advantage of them would certainly be something to consider.

Any other small business owners want to contribute to the conversation?

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