Graphics, marketing, editorial content and revenue development strategies for print, web and other digital media.

Remember, success means more work!

The Prime Ingredients
That Make Our Team Work

• Head Diva: Myra Anson Nicholas
• The Contrarian: H.T. (Nick) Nicholas
• She Who Finds Core Meaning: Shari Altman of Altman Dedicated Direct
• He Who Cuts Through the Chaos: Ken Cofield

Added Spices (those we team with for special projects):

• The Lens of a Master: Art Pierson
• Queen of Search Engine Tinkering: Kathryn McGeehan
• A Database in every language (but most recently Python book author): Steve Holden.
• Flash, Panache and Unique Effects: Jim Mole
• Audio Effects: John Runnette of Testimonial Advertising
• Life, the universe and everything: Our buds at several local printers.

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Myra Anson Nicholas Diva title earned over 25 years with her graphic design experience - traditional to computer graphics, desktop publishing (shudder-remember when layout and design was the term?) to multimedia and internet (yes Virginia, there was an internet before the web. And computer graphics, too!!) Familiar with all aspects of marketing and print and electronic publishing - including concept development, copywriting, (not just "brochureware") design, production and coding for "new media". Complete understanding of all processes involved in preparation of four color publications for film & print (means printers don't scream & holler when they get our files) and preparing materials for Web and CD-ROM publishing, slide and electronic presentations. Excellent direct mail and promotional writing, design, and production management. Experienced in initiating/managing marketing and fulfillment programs. Strategic planning for website development (that means we know your website will grow and change and plan for it). Currently involved in website overhauls, lead generation/direct response, product development, problem-solving processes, and improving existing marketing programs. Email: coyote@nanosite.com. H.T. Nicholas Specialty: Reality Checks..."Is this gonna work? Our IT guys say it will." Doesn't mince words, even though you may not want to hear it. Over twenty years of hands-on experience in the Information Technology industry.. Seen it all, done it all. Experienced with a wide variety of functions from programmer to project and corporate IT oversight. Will come in and play guru, or sneak in and observe quietly. Broad experience includes virtually every major platform and most programming languages in use over the last twenty years. You got legacy systems that won't talk to anything? He's your man. Areas of concentration revolve around visualization and human factors (i.e., representing data so users can deal with it and designing interfaces that work). Project work as diverse as epidemiology and military target acquisition. Comfortable in multicultural environments and easily adjusts to any background. (1974 BS in Quantitative Anthropology helps.) Technical Experience includes programming, systems analysis and design, communications, networking and project management. Email: raven@nanosite.com. Shari Altman Read about Shari Altman, a longtime team partner and good friend. Goddess of Direct Reponse. Email: SAltman@nanosite.com Ken Cofield Smart, fast and cuts through a chaotic mess of papers like butter. Just say he's great at graphics, codes websites like he's being chased by bees, and quarks faster than well, a quark. He can Xpress himself and enjoys a good pun. Ken comes to us with a diverse background involving graphic design, Web site design and new media development. Projects have spanned the gamut including graphic design; print pieces; advertising pieces; and Web site design, development and maintenance. For over 20 years, he has provided fast service to clients, with an exceptional eye for detail and with a final eye toward end results. His client list exceeds 100 companies, many of which are Fortune 500 and DC law firms. Working in close association with Myra Nicholas, he has been able to pick up a disaster and quickly sort through the mess to produce stellar results. We are happy to have him with us. Email: ken.cofield@earthlink.net Resume: Ken Cofield's Resume

WEB and GRAPHICS Commercial web site development apps, From raw HTML page construction w/extensions, to NetObjects, Cold Fusion Graphics Programs from Quark X-Press (Mac and Windows) with their various Xtensions to Adobe Photoshop (Mac and Windows), Streamline, Kai’s Power Tools, Power Point, Corel Draw! 3, through 7, Corel Ventura, Corel Flow, Pixar Typestry Business apps like Word Perfect, MS Word, Formsbuster, Mirage, Ami Pro, Excel, Quattro and others. Experiences with all types of platforms, dealing with legacy issues, Internet/Web navigation, communications, databases. Beta site for various graphics software/hardware, 1980-90’s. Extensive experience moving graphics file formats across platforms and problem-solving for atechnical organizations. PROGRAMMING AND IT OPERATING SYSTEMS/PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES/APPLICATIONS 25 plus languages and over 30 operating systems. Most recent Perl, c, HTML/CGI, variants of SQL and scripting languages. The operating systems most popular in the last couple of years have been Windows (95, 98, 2000 & NT) , linux and some traditional UNIX variants like HPUX and Solaris. SYSTEMS/HARDWARE Experiences with more than 30 distinct platforms from A to Z including (a) Amdahl, (b)Burroughs, (c)CDC to (x) Xerox 6500 CGP, and Zeta Instruments. In short, we offer platform independent experience ranging from mainframes to embedded systems. We make use of available resources and evaluate new and alternative hardware and software for applicability to the problem at hand.