Steve Jobs today resigned from Apple and will now be considered the Chairman Of The Board. I think that everyone knew this was coming, but hoped he would somehow magically come back for one more time. There will be no return this time as he has done 4 times in the past (first one being coming back in Apples’s buyout of Next, the other 3 from health issues with...
Learn MoreIts been a while since I have blogged on here, I guess that is a good thing (for me) because I normally only write when I’m not busy with other projects. So here is an update on everything EastWave related. EastWave Media www.eastwavemedia.com We launched a website overhaul a while ago which simplifies everything our company does. Our main skills lie in website...
Learn MoreI just returned from a visit to New York City this week and figured I would post some thoughts on my trip. I have been to NYC before, but I was a kid and we only drove through the city, we didn’t actually walk the streets and experience the city. This was a business trip for my day-job at RoundTable Toys attending the annual Toy Fair convention. Much of the...
Learn MoreIs there anything positive that has come out of the struggling economy that our country has faced throughout 2009 and into 2010? I truly believe that there is… Although it is sad to see businesses fail… the recession helps to weed out merchants (both online as well as brick & mortar) who probably shouldn’t have been in business to begin with. It...
Learn MoreI have told my customers for years to diversify their chosen providers of domain names… web hosting services… development services & other internet related services. This simple concept can be applied to many more facets of your business though. In this post I would like to offer some advice on this concept as well as give real world examples of what...
Learn MoreThe secret is… SELL WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO BUY I know that its really not a secret… but you would be surprised at how many entrepreneurs completely overlook that simple idea. I have owned various types of internet stores & websites on the internet for years now in many different niches. I have made money from some of them… but I have also lost money...
Learn MoreNorth Carolina has passed a law banning smoking from all restaurants & bars (excluding private clubs & cigar bars). This law should take effect in January of 2010. Isn’t it an oxymoron that our state would even consider this… since North Carolina was built on tobacco to begin with? How quickly people forget that North Carolina’s history can...
Learn MoreI finally broke down and decided to get an iPhone… I have held off on this purchase because I did not want to have to sign a 2 year contract with AT&T. I did not want to pay for what is supposedly a 3G network when 3G is not even available in Eastern North Carolina. Well… I now have an iPhone but I do not use AT&T. I purchased a used iPhone…...
Learn MoreOur main website is now back online and features our new lines of products such as coastal decor, recreation & leisure products for your shopping enjoyment. Many of the products that we offer are unique & specialty products that can not be found in regular stores. EastWave originally started out as a website development & web hosting company in late...
Learn MoreRIP great Bodhi… You delivered the following words of wisdom to live by for many years: What’s the matter with you guys? This was never about the money… this was about us against the system. That system that kills the human spirit. We stand for something. We are here to show those guys that are inching their way on the freeways in their metal coffins...
Learn MoreWhat I will remember most about the year 2009 is that it was a year of change… This change was in nearly every aspect of my life along with change on a national level… Our country inaugurated a multi-racial president in this year and we are also facing the worst economic struggle since the internet was created. There have been closures and bankruptcies of some of...
Learn MoreEastWave Media is now available to be followed through your favorite social interaction network such as Twitter/ MySpace/ Facebook/ Flickr/ YouTube/ LinkedIn & more. Social interaction networks can bring a ton of visitors to your website… that possibly would never even hear of your company. The catch is you will only get out of this venture what you put into...
Learn MoreGoodbye Windows… great COC song also (legendary national metal band from NC)… That is Corrosion Of Conformity if you didn’t know from the initials… I made the switch… My main computer is now a new Apple 24” Widescreen iMac… 4 GB of DDR3 RAM… 650 GB hard drive… etc… I have been an Apple devotee all my life… and Steve Jobs has...
Learn MoreGoing back to work after a life changing experience is one of the toughest things that a person could ever face. There is a part of you that wants to get back in the swing of things… since you know that you can’t drown yourself in misery forever. There is another part of you that wants to just sit there and stare at the screen and feel contempt & hatred...
Learn MoreOver the course of the last few years… I was so focused on building a profitable business that I almost let it consume me. One way to get a huge dose of reality is to experience the death of a close family member… for me it was my father. You will hear things like this from others… but you will never know what it is like to experience it until it...
Learn MoreEvery web designer or developer usually considers offering web hosting services as a complimentary service that fits well with their design services. My company offered web hosting services for the past 5 years… but we limited it to only customers that we did design work for. The recurring revenue from web hosting helped my company get started… but it also...
Learn MoreAbout a year ago, I started to realize that I was spreading myself way too thin in trying to build my business up to achieve its maximum potential. No matter how driven you are to succeed, you must always make time for yourself and take the time to “stop and smell the coffee”. Without doing so you are hurting yourself and your business if you do not take time to...
Learn MoreMany changes are happening at EastWave, and I felt it was important to put my new blog online first to let everyone know what is going on in my world and throughout all the entities that I own. So let’s begin with an introduction to my life, and how I got to where I am today… Throughout high school, all I wanted to be was a rock star. I played in quite a few...
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