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Programmers, designers, account executives… Start your engines – more specifically 20 horsepower electric motors. Back40 Design recently had a company outing at Pole Position in Oklahoma City. The carts are low slung, wide-tired little beasts capable of speeds up to 40 MPH. Zipping around the indoor track competing against your co-workers is a lot of…
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Two issues ago, Back40 News poked a little fun at our managing editor, Teddy Burch’s slip and slide accident – and subsequent trip to the emergency room. It turns out that was really the beginning of the story. Within hours of his examination, Teddy was in surgery. Within days of his surgery, Teddy was diagnosed…
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Neill Harmer, web designer, celebrated a birthday November 29th. Back40 Design acknowledges this milestone by immortalizing him in a cartoon portrait and turning on the heat in his office for 30 minutes. Dave Miller, CEO, is slowly but surely learning to enter addresses into his Blackberry telephone “thing.” Progress has been slowed by his reluctance…
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The benefit garage sale was a huge success! We collected over $5,900 for our editor, Teddy Burch’s chemo treatments. Friends, family and complete strangers delivered truckloads of items for the sale. News crews from channel 4, 9 and 25 did on location reports. It was truly an event. Thank you to everyone who worked, donated…
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BACK40 DESIGN CELEBRATES 5 YEARS IN BUSINESS Jan. 12 marks five years of business for Back40 Design, a web/print/marketing firm with offices in Edmond and Shawnee. Dave Miller, CEO, states “My wife, Sandy, and I basically started Back40 in the middle of the dotcom bust, yet we have thrived and grown. This is due to…
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Donna Walker, the Sale-inator, has vowed to only use her super powers for good. She’s able to overcome advertiser objections and has the unique ability to turn “maybes” into “yeses.” Her super powers focus on our publication’s ability to place area businesses or services into the minds and mailboxes of 50,000 Edmond area residents. Other…
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Sandy Miller, CFO, has a new toy and she is willing to share it with Back40 staffers. It’s a single brew specialty coffee machine. Sandy can now enjoy fancy coffee with the flip of a switch. Cappuccino, Chai Latte Tea, Mocha Swiss Decaf. The cost of leasing the machine? Under $10 a month. The cost…
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Publishing an interview with a toll booth worker involves a fair amount of red tape. After making numerous trips to the Turnpike Authority to arrange the interview, coordinate schedules and conduct the interview, Teddy Burch, managing editor,racked up quite a few toll charges. The final straw was showing up at the westbound booth to take…
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Matt Ledford, Programmer, arrived at work last week only to find his entire workstation wrapped in aluminum foil. Matt made himself comfortable in his reflective crunchy office chair and then vowed revenge on the parties responsible. Neill Harmer, Web Project Manager and Party Responsible, says Matt is a good sport and reminds him that it…
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Sometimes we work late. Sometimes we work way too late – we actually dream about work. I thought it was just me, but as Back40 staffers recently confessed, working in our sleep, while not billable, is practiced regularly. Jaimi Aycock, designer, has dreams of organizing large groups of new employees. “Well, Dave hired like 40…
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Neill Harmer, web project manager, broke into the modeling industry last month. Neill debuted as a prison inmate for a staged photo with a prison ministry article in April’s Edmond Outlook publication. Neill is hoping to parlay his newfound talent into appearing in police lineups. Number 3, turn to the right. Sandy Miller, CFO, was…
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