by FIRESPIKE LLC | Sep 23, 2020 | Client Spotlight
The Powell Group The Powell Group is a hands-on homebuilding company that specializes in the construction of custom homes and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in the greater Portland metropolitan area. Drawing from over 20 years of experience, The Powell Group is here...
by FIRESPIKE LLC | Sep 23, 2020 | Team
SciFi, Crafting and Home Revitalization By Angela Geno-Stumme Umbrella Academy on Netflix … “will suck you in until it’s 2 o’clock in the morning and you wondered how it got so late but can’t stop watching!” Good Bones on HGTV is what I’m...
by FIRESPIKE LLC | Sep 23, 2020 | Team
The Expanse By Chris Bond The Expanse is a space opera set 200 years in the future where instead of Earth-centric tensions between governments, there is intra-solar system tension between the factions of those raised in the asteroid belts collecting ice for water, a...
by FIRESPIKE LLC | Sep 23, 2020 | Team
SciFi Junky Paradise By Arthur Breur I’ve loved science fiction my entire life, probably starting with the original Star Trek series—or perhaps even earlier with children’s books or TV shows. I’m a full-on scifi junky and I need my regular “fix”. Recently there have...
by Arthur Breur | Sep 14, 2020 | FireSpike 101, News & Updates, Videos
What does the FireSpike “battle cry” have to do with an everyday eating utensil? Overall, probably not much. But I have a fairly specific mental image when I think of a “battle cry”. And FireSpike’s battle cry tells you a lot about what...
by Arthur Breur | Sep 4, 2020 | FireSpike 101, News & Updates, Videos
When the opportunity came up—way back in 2001!—to start my own business, I had some very specific motivations and intentions. The circumstances around FireSpike’s creation led to the company’s mission statement and the way that we do business with both our...
by Arthur Breur | Sep 1, 2020 | FireSpike 101, News & Updates, Videos
I get asked about the name “FireSpike” often, and there is an interesting story behind the name. For a web development company, the inspiration might not be what you would think, but in this video you’ll learn some things about FireSpike and some...
by Arthur Breur | Aug 21, 2020 | FireSpike 101, News & Updates, Videos
Nineteen is not the traditional “nice round number”, but I like it. It’s a prime number. It’s the punchline of one of my favorite jokes of all time. It’s a palindrome number in Roman numerals: XIX And to celebrate the 19th anniversary (birthday?) of FireSpike, we are...
by FIRESPIKE LLC | Jul 30, 2020 | News & Updates, Newsletter
Essential Every month, FireSpike performs the following essential services: domain check (so you don’t lose your web address!) confirm site backups update WordPress update plugins manual malware scan site review (to make sure nothing broke! contact form test (to be...
by FIRESPIKE LLC | Jul 30, 2020 | News & Updates, Newsletter, Team
An Early Single-Handed Design & Development Project By Arthur Breur When I look back at my 19 years of work in this company, an early subcontract project sticks out as one of my most impressive solo achievements. It wasn’t as music- or animation-rich as some of...
by Arthur Breur | Jul 30, 2020 | Client Spotlight, News & Updates, Newsletter
At the start of summer 2001, I had just left my previous job and had decided to start my own new company. I was talking, long-distance, to one of the people I’d provided graphic design support for during my six years at Price Waterhouse in L.A., Elizabeth Aaron,...
by Arthur Breur | Jul 30, 2020 | News & Updates, Newsletter
For the 19-year anniversary (birthday?) of FireSpike, we decided to do a complete overhaul of our website. Admittedly our company website has always suffered from “Cobbler’s Kids” syndrome. (The saying is “The Cobbler’s Kids Have No Shoes”—meaning we often ignore...
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