Jacob joined Dinkum as a partner in 2010. As VP of Client Services, Jacob serves as chief project manager and oversees technical implementation on all Dinkum projects. In the business for 9 years, Jacob has led hundreds of projects for a variety of corporate and non-profit clients, and thus is allowed to get away with talking a bit too much at certain meetings… before Paul cuts him off.
Recent Blogpost
Nurturing a Million Comments, One at a Time
Through our connection with hosting company Voxel dot Net we sometimes get a call to help out with things that don’t directly relate to hosting. A few months back, such a call came in the form of MjsBigBlog.com. MJ runs a great blog focusing on American Idol and other reality TV shows, and the magic …
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Desire Paths and SEO
Matt Mullenweg, during his recent “State of the Word” presentation, fielded a number of interesting concepts that are driving development priorities for the ubiquitous open source software. The most intriguing, to me, was that of desire paths (wikipedia definition here), which Matt referenced to show how Automattic was watching the trends in plugins and themes …
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Calling All CEO’s – Are You Ready to Communicate and Are You Ready to Join?
I have been following the start up of a local company that has put together a website specifically for the use of CEOs but with a few things I have not seen elsewhere. CEOIntronet is a social media platform with specific parameters on who may join – namely you must be a CEO of a …
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Putting the Internet to Work For You
Sometimes how you frame the situation makes all the difference. For instance, I’ve often tried to explain our service and expertise that helps businesses and nonprofits ‘harness’ the power of the internet. That sense of control is comforting, especially with something as important and fast-changing as the internet. For many businesses, it’s the crux of …
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How Does Automattic Pay to Keep Developing WordPress?
I’ve been recommending WordPress as a stable and yet fast-moving CMS to clients for years. The first few times I was surprised to get pushback about those shaky “open source” projects that fail after a few years (anyone remember the darling of the first tech boom – osCommerce?). After a dozen times of receiving this …
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Multiple Google Account Logins
If you use Google services, you likely use a lot of them. And if you’re like me and my colleagues/friends and many clients, you might even have a few identities with big old friendly (free) ‘goog. Your personal gmail address, your Google Apps for Business account, etc. I use four Google Apps email accounts each …
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Fixing a Visual Editor Problem by Taking the Slow Lane
Have you ever gotten really stuck working with an application that is supposed to be easy, to the point that you want to rip your hair out or throw your Macbook Pro out of the window? Well, save for the MacBook Pro destruction aspect (that’s another story, relating to OSX Lion upgrades crashing my favorite …
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A Look at Google’s Recent Design Binge
If you live on the internet and do not happen to spend all of your time on Facebook, you may have noticed that the web is getting a bit of a redesign lately. I’m referring to the half dozen web properties that have either been released or updated by Google in just the last two …
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6 Months to Sales Success
Someone walks into your store and you ask if they need help. ‘I’m just browsing’, they respond. After a bit of a look around, they leave empty handed. Is this what’s happening with your website? Do plenty of people visit but no one is buying? You need the Dinkum treatment. Step One: Identify the Right …
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Interview with Steve Smolinsky
Recently, our own Rick Simmons interviewed Founder and President of Benari, LTD, Steve Smolinksy. Steve is a popular speaker, Professional Faculty and Region Manager Africa for the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum of the Wharton School, Consulting Professor Singapore University, and co-founder of Conversation on Networking. And he works with Dinkum Interactive for the tech ‘stuff’ …
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