Get ready for our new look!
December 16th, 2011
We’re up to good designing over the holiday season. We’ve started on our new website design and wanted to give you a heads up that we’re going to be looking good (thanks to our sister company MayeCreate) in 2012.
Our goals for the new site are:
- A streamlined help section, allowing you to search for answers and find them faster
- Video tutorials to replace the older step by step versions
- A cleaner, sleeker look
- Easier to understand service listings
- More prominent reminders about our awesome blog topics
We’ll keep you up-to-date on our progress. We hope to launch our new site in January!
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Gmail Gets a Makeover.
November 17th, 2011
Gmail has updated its look. The modern design provides a cleaner, easier interface. Users can switch from the old look now, or they can wait for Google to do so for them. If you think you are ready for change, the option to “Switch to the new look” will appear in either the upper or lower right corner of your screen.
Here are six new features that we are excited about:
1. Mail and Contacts and Tasks Button
It’s a mouthful, but Google has decided to include all three of these features into a single pull-down button. With the old interface, they were easy to lose. The space made available by placing them in a pull-down menu has allowed them to stick out, dressed up in a big, red font. Read the rest of this entry »
5 reasons to show up to our open house October 7th at 5.
September 24th, 2011
Social Media Resources
July 24th, 2011
Our sister company, MayeCreate, held a workshop on social media last week. From that workshop came a set of how-to guides, a handout and a Power Point discussing social networking statistics for various sites, frequency and more. Watch the workshop presentation or simply download the how to guides and handout by clicking the links below.
- Social Media Presentation Recap and Handout
- How to Create a Personal Facebook Account
- How to Make a Business Facebook Page
- How to Create a Linked in Profile
- How to Get Started with Twitter
The next MayeCreate workshop is “Get Found, 10 Things You Can do to Improve Google Rankings (SEO) on Your Own” go to the MayeCreate site and sign up online!
Google+
July 22nd, 2011
Ready to get out of the gossip ridden, mini-game filled, and SPAM covered cluster that has become the norm in social networking sites? There’s a new network in town that could clean all that up for us, Google+.
As of yet, Facebook and MySpace have dominated the field of social networking, and while MySpace fades away, Facebook has become a super power in terms of users (750 million active accounts.) Just as it appeared that Facebook had acquired a monopoly on social networking, Google has released it’s take on the social network. Google+ is the new social network on the block. Released in the last week of June, it is projected to already have over ten million users.
Alright, so maybe gossip will never leave the conversation, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could aim the gossip where it needed to hit? G+ took the idea of circles and forced it onto online networking. By keeping friends, close friends, work friends, family, extended family, acquaintances etc. separated, you don’t have the problem of discussing private matters with everyone you’ve ever met.
Google+, an up-and-coming social media, will allow users to group their contacts in circles. It allows you to limit or share according to these circles of networks.
Organizing between Friends, Family, and Acquaintances has never been easier. You can simply drag relevant contacts into the circle of your choice. When posting updates, photos, or videos simply select one or more circle you want to share with.
Looking at your current online social network feed, how many notifications do you have concerning a mini-game? Odds are there are quite a few. And who are half these people? Google has focused social networking back to meaningful updates on your people’s lives.
While you were sifting through the mini-game queue, how many SPAM messages did you run into? If it looks anything like my page, quite a bit! Something handy about G+ is you have a handful of other online endeavors created by Google that hint at what you’re getting yourself into. For instance, look at Gmail, they’ve dominated the field with a minimalist style. They’ve done this with their search engine, messenger, reader, news etc. and Google+ will be the next installment in a long list of successful online outlets.
Sounds like something you’d like to be a part of doesn’t it? Now all you need to do is get invited!
Join us for Artrageous Fridays!
July 20th, 2011
We’re hosting two fabulous artists in our office this Friday, July 22 for Artrageous Fridays. Stop by and view the work of photographer Jackie Rhodes and painter Leslie McCullough-Payne. We’ve got snacks and drinks, cool off with us from 6-9.
Meet Payden, Tranquility’s Newest Team Member!
July 20th, 2011
Paden Gentry is a fourth year electrical engineering student at the University of Missouri. His role at our sister company, Tranquility Internet Services, is to provide tech support for the Tranquility customers. Paden helps clients integrate and maintain their emails, troubleshoot modem, router, and computer problems. He plans on graduating in two years and wishes to pursue a career as an electrical engineer.
We’ve Moved
February 28th, 2011
We’ve joined offices with our sister company Mayecreate
You can now find us at 307 Locust Street on the edge of downtown near Providence. We are located upstairs along with MayeCreate Design. Check out MayeCreate online!
We moved our data center
To better serve your needs we upgraded and moved our facility this past weekend, in doing so we encountered a couple of hiccups. We appreciate your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Everything should be working correctly now; if you are still encountering problems, please contact us. Columbia: (573) 443-3983 All other service areas call toll free: 1-888- 326-TNET (8638)
We packed everything up
We will be working to put our new office together over the next week or two. We will however be hosting an open house this Spring so everyone will have a chance to check out our new location and chat with your supportive tech guys. Date and time to be announced.
Business Office Closed Yet Again Today
February 2nd, 2011
Dear Tranquility Internet Subscriber,
Our business office will be closed again today due to the winter wonderland. We will be monitoring the network, taking calls and checking our email so in the event a network emergency should occur, please don’t hesitate to call.
Be safe and stay warm today!
Best regards,
Travis
Travis Schumacher
General Manger
Tranquility Internet Services, Inc.
Business Office Closed Today
February 1st, 2011
Dear Tranquility Internet Subscriber,
Our business office will be closed today due to the winter wonderland on it’s way to Columbia. We will be monitoring the network as well as our email so in the event a network emergency should occur, please don’t hesitate to call.
Be safe and stay warm!
Best regards,
Travis
Travis Schumacher
General Manger
Tranquility Internet Services, Inc.