Origins of Twisted Puppy

When I registered the domain TwistedPuppy.com in the 90s, I had no idea that the path would ultimately lead back where it started. At the time, I had been building my first bona fide startup, a website development firm called fresh ground software. We did pretty cool stuff then – ultimately “cashing in” when we sold the company in Y2K. Ironically, the nature of Twisted Puppy is to get back to what fresh ground was – a fast-paced web application development company staffed with creative, smart, boundary-pushing Internet fiends.

fresh ground software, circa 1996

The original fresh ground software logo (circa 1996)

 

Oh, my nickname then was The Beagle…

 

Welcome to Twisted Puppy.

Twisted Puppy (circa 2013)

Twisted Puppy (circa 2013)

Please enjoy your time here in the Dog House. We’re going to teach, learn, build, deconstruct, market, un-market, tell stories, and listen. We’ll blog regularly, sharing what we know (or learn) about website development, online marketing, social media, online video, customer relationships and user experience. Feel free to comment, ask questions or just observe. We’ll do our best to put on a good show.