Many companies today offer remote workspace options, promote social media connectivity and rely heavily on the conveniences of technology. From instant barista machines to video conferencing, grinding out the eight plus hours a day no longer requires landline phones, typewriters or snail mail. The water cooler has been replaced by instant messaging or inter-office “pings,” […]

I believe when you initially start a business, there are unending amounts of enthusiasm and dreaming to be had. In the beginning, you don’t mind pulling all-nighters, working on the weekends and giving of your heart and soul to your fledgling business. Now I’m not saying that you ever lose that enthusiasm and those dreams, […]

Dear Santa, I think we’ve been really good this year. Now granted I’m biased seeing as I am 1/3 of Rhyme & Reason Design, but really I think we deserve something other than coal in our stockings.  We’ve worked hard to build a company from the ground up and in an economic environment that took […]

Ahhhh Thanksgiving, the time for tryptophane to coax you into slumber, more pumpkin than you know what to do with, a few hours or in some cases a few days worth of family time and of course the inevitable quest to find out who’s thankful for what.  Here at Rhyme & Reason Design, we have […]

“Who do you know?” is a phrase often used by networking gurus and savvy business people in hopes of generating business from pre-existing contacts. Seeing as I am not afraid to eavesdrop in coffee shops to generate business, asking pre-existing contacts to introduce me to someone in their phone file seems almost like cheating. However, […]

Time: 4AM Subject: We regret to inform you we have ground our last coffee bean I was contemplating having my eyes checked except I already wear glasses, so I knew what I read was indeed true. Only two weeks after I waxed poetic about my barista knowing my name, the comraderie of the regulars and […]