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Author Archives: Gary Galvin
A Good Lesson in Defining Website Design Requirements….From a Cake?!?!
Jun 16/10 – 10:32 am
Just by ordering a cake we got a good example of how necessary it is to document design requirements.
Business Lessons Learned from My Visit to Holiday World
Jun 14/10 – 8:56 am
There are many business lessons that Holiday World showcases. On a recent visit to Holiday World I got to experience those and I look forward to implementing them into Galvin Technologies.
Expectations – Exceed Them
Jun 09/10 – 10:38 pm
As a professional service company we have to constantly improve and exceed expectations.
Treating People Well (or Flies and Honey, which ever you like better)
May 07/10 – 8:44 pm
The key to making a sale and keeping customers is to make a positive and lasting impression
Better User Experience on “Forget Password” Processes
Apr 12/10 – 9:24 pm
Develop and design an better “Forget Password” process.
My 5 Favorite Things with Salesforce.com
Apr 09/10 – 1:53 pm
5 great things that I like about Salesforce.com – By Gary Galvin, President of Galvin Technologies
Business Lessons from My High School
Mar 15/10 – 6:38 pm
a business can succeed by working as a team.
Indiana is a Darn Good State to Have a Business
Mar 13/10 – 2:33 pm
Indiana is a Darn Good State to Have a Business. Indiana has good economic leaders and Hoosiers have true Midwestern values.
Galvin is Releasing a New Content Management System
Mar 05/10 – 6:20 pm
You may have worked with a Content Management System if you are a web designer, developer or maintain a pre-developed company site. And if you do not fall into one of these categories and own a Facebook page then you have worked with a CMS at its simplest form.
A CMS allows people to maintain and [...]
How My Dyson Vacuum is Like a Web Project
Oct 12/09 – 11:59 am
When performing a web and software development project you have to show your results. Building the end product is one thing but the process of getting there and properly communicating and creating deliverables is the most important part.
Estimating Website Projects
Sep 29/09 – 6:25 pm
There is a lack of understanding the clients requirements and the level of effort (billable hours) it takes to complete that work. Take time to understand what they want so you can put an estimate around it.
Wall Street Journal’s Web Watch
Sep 28/09 – 11:30 pm
Wall Street Journal’s Web Watch by Laura Lorber
Leadership is an Art
Sep 28/09 – 6:08 pm
Gary Galvin’s favorite excerpts of the first few chapters of Leadership is an Art
Technology is an Accelerator: Be a Pioneer and Not a Follower
Sep 28/09 – 11:26 am
when you instead become a pioneer in the application you are accelerating your momentum for for success. You are defining the requirements and the direction for your business.
Proper Project Management in Web and Software Development
Sep 16/09 – 10:42 am
When doing a web and software development project the project management is crucial. Make sure it is done right.
Stay Professional with Text Messaging in Business
Sep 15/09 – 1:30 pm
Stay professional when using text messaging in the business community
The Seed
Jul 27/09 – 11:38 am
A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.
He said, “It is time for me to step [...]
A Client Service Lesson From My Auto Shop
May 26/09 – 11:49 pm
Treat your clients well and rates won’t always be an issue
Terre Haute Tribune-Star Honors the New Sisters of Providence Website
May 16/09 – 2:52 pm
Sisters of Providence Launches Website with Galvin Creative Technologies – an Indianapolis Web design, web development and application development company.
The $300 Million Button – Better Ecommerce UI
May 10/09 – 9:50 pm
This evening I read a great article by Jared M. Spool of User Interface Engineering about the importance of the check out process in an eCommerce website. All the shopper wants to do is buy from you so don’t make it difficult on them. I wanted to share this article with you. Enjoy!!
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Giving Back by Developing Websites
May 04/09 – 8:21 pm
Galvin Creative Technologies offering pro-bono website design and development projects
7 Blackberry Sales Rules I Live By
Apr 22/09 – 6:48 pm
Know how to use a Blackberry in the sales call. Have it on you and use it but use it the right way.
Technology vs. Dale Carnegie
Apr 20/09 – 9:03 pm
When building professional business relationships you need to make it personal. Don’t rely in technology only.
The Home Hub Reinvented, I Miss Audrey
Apr 06/09 – 8:52 am
The Verizon Hub is similar to 3Com’s Ergo Audrey. Back in 2000 – 2001 Gary Galvin was part of a team that helped bring Audrey to life.
Behind the Galvin Homepage
Mar 27/09 – 11:49 pm
Galvin Creative Technologies changes the design of their homepage
11 Ideas Web Companies Should do to Help Client Relationships
Mar 27/09 – 5:24 pm
11 Ideas Web Companies Should do to Help Nurture Clients
The Changes in Web Design
Mar 18/09 – 12:23 am
This evening I was thinking about the sites I use to work on since I starting working in the web world in 1996. I recalled how I use to design with wallpaper and tile the background of web sites, the scrolling text, the blink tag, paint shop pro graphics, gray, gray and more gray. [...]
Congratulations Bluelock
Mar 13/09 – 10:16 am
Galvin Creative Technologies is glad to be able to house our infrastructure at Bluelock, an Indianapolis, IN data center. We were fortunate enough to build a relationship with the good folks over there and we want to pass onto them our congratulations on two successful years. dBusiness just released a nice article about their accomplishment [...]
Wordle is Pretty Cool
Mar 12/09 – 4:11 pm
I have seen wordle posted throughout the internet and today I decided to play with it. I find this to be a good tool.
Ruby on Rails Development
Mar 12/09 – 10:31 am
When developing web software applications Galvin Creative Technologies sometimes chooses to use Ruby on Rails
Practical Solutions – Use Google Alerts to Prospect
Mar 10/09 – 3:33 pm
Google Alerts is a great prospecting tool
Website Content Migration and Planning
Mar 10/09 – 9:24 am
Don’t underestimate the delivery of content in your website design projects.
We Are a Professional Services Firm
Mar 09/09 – 9:06 pm
When selecting a company to work on your web site or web application make sure you look at the character and the relationship first. Price will always be an issue but if the relationship has value then price will always work out to benefit both parties.
Twitter – I Bought Into It
Mar 09/09 – 5:28 pm
Last week at this time I did not believe in Twitter until this weekend. When talking with our design team and our internal web committee I listened to their sales pitch on implementing a Galvin Tech Twitter account. I honestly thought nobody would be interested in the fact that I am drinking coffee, [...]
Build/Debug/Build vs. Discovery
Mar 09/09 – 5:05 pm
37signals produced a great handbook for developing web applications – “Getting Real”. But still make sure you do discovery, a requirements workbook and most importantly use cases.