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Listening for the Crack: What Roasting Coffee Taught Me About Building Websites

by Tom Pasquini | May 30, 2026 | Design & Branding

There’s a moment about ten minutes into a roast when the beans start to crack. It sounds like popcorn, or like someone snapping toothpicks one at a time, and it’s the single most important sound in the whole process. That first crack is the coffee telling...

Buying or Leasing Your Website: WordPress vs. Squarespace, Wix, and Webflow

by Tom Pasquini | May 29, 2026 | Website Strategy

When a business chooses between WordPress and one of the all-in-one platforms — Squarespace, Wix, or Webflow — the conversation usually plays out as a technology debate, with strong opinions on both sides about which tool is better. That framing misses what’s...

Boutique Shop or Full-Service Agency: Which Web Partner Fits Your Business

by Tom Pasquini | May 27, 2026 | Website Strategy

When a business goes looking for someone to build or maintain its website, the choice usually gets framed as a question of price or portfolio. The more useful question is structural: are you hiring a large full-service agency or a small specialist shop? Those are two...

API Integration for Small Business: What to Look For and What to Expect

by Tom Pasquini | May 26, 2026 | API Integrations & Systems, Performance & Optimization

When someone proposes connecting your website to another system — your CRM, your booking software, a payment processor, an inventory feed — the conversation usually happens at a level of abstraction that leaves the business owner nodding along without a real way to...
Building a Digital Home for the World’s Largest Amateur Hockey League

Building a Digital Home for the World’s Largest Amateur Hockey League

by Tom Pasquini | May 26, 2026 | Enterprise Digital Systems

The Greater Toronto Hockey League has been part of the fabric of Canadian hockey since 1911. Founded by Frank D. Smith as the Toronto Hockey League, it has grown from a handful of teams into the largest single amateur hockey league in the world — more than 35,000...
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