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New Site is Almost Done!

Tim — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:39:28 +0000

I’ve been working with the wonderful and talented Jehan Abon to bring a new version of this site to life. It’s long overdue. The original version (the one you’re looking at now) was built in four hours (give or take) with Whit Nelson and a theme we did a bit of customization on.

All I’ve got left to do is good time content fun. Tweaks, edits, proofreading, etc. Then we flip the switch.

Here’s a sneak peak:

Worms in the Kitchen!

Tim — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:55:45 +0000

urban_worm_girl_13 a photo by TimFrick on Flickr.

Urban Worm Girl came to the office this week and set us up with a thousand new colleagues. And I thought the office was crowded before.

We blogged about it on the Mightybytes site and embedded a sweet slideshow of the Flickr pics:

http://bit.ly/urban_worm_girl

These new roommates will eat up to a half pound of organic waste per day and offer a fantastic fertilizer in return. Why not consider adding some worms to your own kitchen?

Headed to Drupalcon

Tim — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:26:45 +0000

Am heading off to Drupalcon this morning for the first of three days chock full of all things Drupal. Interesting tracks in the conference this year: Coder, Implementation and Config, Drupal Community, Business and Strategy, Theming, and Design and UX. Today starts off with a keynote by Drupal founder Dries Buytaert followed by sessions on accessibility, wireframing, UX strategy, and designing for mobile. And that’s just the first day! Other sessions include jQuery Mobile, Avoiding a Frankenstein Website: How to Collaborate with Clients, Interface Patterns, Internet Marketing, Semantic Web, and a whole lot more.

Most of the Mightybytes crew are going. Anyone else headed there?

New Portfolio on the Mightybytes Site

Tim — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:10:41 +0000

I’ve been putting a lot of time in lately, along with Steve, our new content developer, updating the Mightybytes site portfolio. For years, most of our projects featured only a paragraph or two of descriptive text at best. The original thought was to let the work samples speak for themselves, but we have found our new take on describing projects not only offers potential clients the context they need for how we approach both large and small projects, but also offers us plenty more opportunities to use SEO-friendly keywords as well. Because keywords are fun.

Here’s what we are now trying to include on all projects:

Our Approach, in which we outline details for doing the project.
Implementation, wherein we discuss how we actually did a project.
The Return, in which we cover tangible benefits clients derived from our work.

Not every project warrants this level of detail, but we have already overhauled our fair share of them. In addition to new project copy, the portfolio also includes the following features:

Larger work samples.
More testimonials from happy clients.
Captions describing image content.
Links to awards, press releases, and other relevant project info.
One sentence pull-quotes to briefly sum up each project.

We are also in the process of including a list of services provided on each project as well. View the portfolio and let me know what you think!

Chicago Artists Resource At Work Forum Presentation

Tim — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:43:03 +0000

A huge thanks to all the folks who came out to Chicago Artists Resource Artists at Work Forum on Monday, October 4th, 2010. I really appreciate that nearly everyone stayed for the entire duration, despite the fact that we were almost a half hour over time. If you would like to review the slides used in the forum, you can download them here (3MB PDF file).

Also, if you have any feedback, suggestions, or ideas for how this presentation could be improved, please drop them in the comments field below. I would love to hear them. Thanks again!

CMW Social Media Workshop Presentation

Tim — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:31:17 +0000

The Social Media for Non-Profits workshop at Community Media Workshop was a sold-out affair with a great audience of very engaged attendees. Thanks to everyone who came out for the event. If you would like a copy of the presentation, check out the link below.

Download Social Media for Non-Profits >> (17 MB PDF)

Return on Engagement Review on Sparxoo

Tim — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:42:31 +0000

David Capece, a blogger for Fast Company, just reviewed the book on his blog and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars on Sparxoo.

Check out the Sparxoo review of Return on Engagement.

From Twitter: great job on “Return on Engagement”. We were impressed with how comprehensive the book is. Some great, actionable advice.

Thanks much David! Really appreciate it.

Content Marketing Workshop

Tim — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:57:08 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Arts and Business Council of Chicago’s Content Marketing Workshop. I appreciated the level of enthusiasm from attendees. And some great questions too. If you want to grab a copy of the presentation slides, here’s a link:

Download the presentation (16 MB PDF) >>

And of course if you have any questions whatsoever on the content, please feel free to contact me.

WordCamp Chicago 2009

Tim — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:31:51 +0000

Tim Frick – Mightybytes
Originally uploaded by LisaSabin-Wilson

WordCamp Chicago was a sold out show. Many kudos to organizers Lisa Sabin-Wilson and Brian Gardner for putting on such a great event. The closing session from WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg was worth the price of admission alone.

At right is a pic from Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s Flickr photostream of my presentation. Jacob Santos also recorded the session and posted it to Daily Motion.

WordCamp Chicago – Tim Frick
by jacobsantos

If you want a copy of the slide deck from my presentation, you can check it out at the link below.

Download: WordPress vs CMS: What’s the Deal? (1 MB)

Loss of a friend

Tim — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:41:44 +0000

Today my heart hangs heavy in my chest and has for the last week. My friend Ron Ziebarth took his own life and has left many of us wandering around in a daze obsessing over how we could have prevented it. Truth is, I don’t think anyone could have. He seemed pretty determined. Knowing that doesn’t make it hurt any less though.

Ron and his brother Don were two sides of the same very popular coin. They completed each other and I think I can safely say Ron was never the same after Don passed away in 1992. Below is a video I put together with help from my friends at Mightybytes for Ron’s memorial service. It uses the same song played at Don’s memorial service. May they both rest in peace. Their departure leaves a large vacuum in the heart and soul of Chicago and an emptiness in my life that won’t soon be filled.