Archive for August, 2009
Hiring 101
How we get fantastic people on the Foraker bus
We recently opened up a position in the Technology department for a Ruby on Rails web application developer. So I thought it might be a good time to write a post about how we go about trying to hire the very best people here at Foraker.
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The Best Parts of Boulder and Foraker
Sadly, this will be my last blog post, as I go back to college next week. For this reason, I wanted to write a comprehensive article on the most important things: the experience, and the people. After living and working in Boulder, Colorado for three months, I’ve compiled information on the best parts of the area, and the best people.
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Using WordPress as a CMS
With so many solutions out there for managing your website, you may wonder “Why would I use WordPress as a CMS when it wasn’t intended to be so?” There is no doubt that Wordpress is primarily intended for blog development, but that’s not all it can do. There are many advantages to using WordPress over other content management systems, but on the other hand, there are also some instances where WordPress may not be the right fit. Please note that WordPress is not a fix-all, do-all solution, so your first task in making a CMS decision is to weigh the pros and cons of each platform.
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