So after a blog post I made a few months ago that garnered a lot of attention on a scam outfit known as the ‘Business Filings Division’ requesting - nay - demanding, that I pay $239 immediately to file my supposedly late Statement of Information filing for my LLC, this same group is at is again. This time in the guise of the ‘Corporate Filing Unit’ (they have also gone by the Annual Filing Division), we just received the same letter from these jokers now demanding $225 from us to once again file our Statement of Information. This despite the fact that it’s been filed, and despite the fact the these scammers are being investigated by the Attorney General in California. Ugh. They just don’t know when to say when.
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Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note, we’re transitioning our phones over to a new system. If for some reason you get sent directly to voicemail, please leave a message and we’ll call you right back! (we get email notifications of voicemails). Sorry about the inconvienence, this should be taken care of in a day or so.
-Rob
UPDATE 9/3: The new system is in place and working now!
A couple of weeks ago Dani and I were invited to The Art Institute of California / Inland Empire. We were there to answer questions regarding their web design courses and to give advice on what they can improve to keep up to date with teaching web design.
As you may or may not know, Rob, Dani, and I are all tied to AI. Rob teaches web design and development courses at the school, Dani is back in school for their Media Arts and Animation program, and I graduated a few years ago with an Associates in their Interactive Media Web Design program (I also have a Bachelors in Graphic Design from Cal State San Bernardino). I guess we owe a great deal to the school and felt honored to take part in the advisory committee and it was our chance to help out the new crop of graduates.
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Posted on 12-22-2008 under Client Education, Creative Business, Design, Office Nonsense
Posted on 12-22-2008 under Client Education, Creative Business, Design, Office Nonsense
Dear Frye / Wiles Clients and Associates:
First of all, thanks again for all your business this last year, and happy holidays to all! It’s been another good year for us, and we’re looking forward to working with you on lots of exciting projects in 2009.
We wanted to let you know that Frye / Wiles will be on a skeleton crew from Dec 25 to Jan 5 so that our staff can get some much-needed rest and time with their families, so if you have a slight delay in contact us, please bear with us. All email and phone messages will be checked, but the response time may be a little less than instant.
Thanks, and have a wonderful holiday season!
As has been widely reported in the news media today, a very major security flaw has been discovered in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. The flaw has only been observed in Internet Explorer 7, but Microsoft has stated that it is theoretically present in all versions of their browser from IE 5 to IE 8. This flaw could allow malicious people to steal your passwords.
At the moment, Frye / Wiles is recommending the following action to all its Windows-based clients:
- Switch Browsers Immediately: We recommend Mozilla Firefox
- Update Windows in a few days - Microsoft has acknowledged the flaw and is working on an update. This update will probably be released through the Windows Update utility (it’s a good idea to keep up to date on your updates anyway).
- Be careful: So far the exploit has recognized on about 10,000 sites. If you are entering password information, I would be very hesitant to do it in IE, at least until the fix is made available.
This is a very serious issue. Please be cautious.
Icons have come along way in the world of web design and they can add that special flare that might be missing from your website. Lucky for all of us Six Revisions has a metric ton of free icons that might be overwhelming at first sight. There are some very cool looking icons from various sites, but make sure you read the terms of use for each of the icon packs first before using them. Have fun.
I like Photoshop brushes–don’t get me wrong, but illustrator’s where my heart’s at. It’s one of the most forgiving programs in the Suite that can save you time when changes are submitted for your designs. Have a tiny icon, and you want to enlarge it into the header? Time flies if you started with vectors. (more…)
We’ve been going through some changes over here at Frye / Wiles recently - refocusing on our core businesses, trimming the fat, etc. As part of our reorganization, we decided it was time to redo the ever-changing staff section, so without further ado, enjoy!
Frye / Wiles Staff
Over at Webdesignerwall they have a number of examples of a trend using large image backgrounds for websites. It’s definitely another cool way of sprucing up a website and could take it to the next level. With the availability of large monitors with higher resolutions and faster internet speed, this trend is becoming a weapon of choice for designers looking for a way out from the tiled background look. There’s a total of 80 examples on the site, so just sit back and start clicking.
Do you like change? I know I do! And on that note we just did an upgrade to the Frye / Wiles site. The sections that were overhauled were the Product and Services sections of the site. Vibrant, clean and color coded is what we were going for. We all felt the Frye / Wiles site was looking a little on the dark side and muted in color. With this new lighter look, the colors on the white background pops and grabs the attention of the viewer. It’s definitely a nice change.
