The Buzz @ Hale Multimedia

We have always appreciated a challenge, especially when it comes to helping an organization or cause that we support. Well, that was the case with Cowboy True, a local arts organization that was needing help bringing it all together in this new virtual world. That's where we came in. It started when I received a referral from one of our great friends and partners, Tana Dale of Star Expos. We have worked with them for over 10 years and the experience has been all positive.  Darren and Tana own Star Expos and put on three big agricultural trade shows each year in Wichita Falls, Texas, Great Bend, Kansas and McCook, Nebraska.  In fact, we relocated to Wichita Falls after being exposed to it through the trade shows. With less than one month before the show was to begin, we were asked if we could build a Virtual Art Show that would allow both Judging, Sponsors, Full Artist Galleries and give them the ability to conduct their auction, all online, in approximately 3 weeks...

Let's face it. The world as we knew it has turned upside side over the past year. Covering all that has happened is another story. This post is about moving forward, despite the onslaught of fresh lemons around us. How to make lemonade; - one full scoop of 2020 - add faith and resolve Stay Calm, Serve Chilled. Love others and we will get our country back.

  Synergy opens the door to amazing possibilities What is Synergy and Is It Automatically There? Synergy is one of my favorite concepts. It's much like Warren Buffett who enjoys "Compounding Interest", while athletes love "Big Mo" on their side. Synergy to a mathematician might be multiplication or exponentials, but whatever background you come from, Synergy is important in any relationship, and critical in business partnerships as you will see in the illustration below. Basically speaking, Synergy is the concept of the total being greater than the sum of two forces or objects.  Is it possible for 1 + 1 = 3? Scientifically, "Matter can neither be created, nor destroyed, only transformed", right? So what's going on here? This magic formula is brought to life through the art of building relationships. Unity, teamwork, and synergy itself can only be possible when great minds think and move alike in the same positive direction.  Unfortunat...

100% Security is a misnomer. That which can be secured, can be compromised.  As server administrators, we all work round the clock to fend off the more than 10,000 attempted attacks that hit our servers each day. That's a lot of blocked shots, if you're keeping score. As history has shown, hackers can sure cause some temporary grief for us all.  Most hackers simply steal resources rather than doing something malicious like stealing vital information or corrupting your data. The most common hacker is simply a robot that is stealing your bandwidth, comparable to a neighbor stealing your cable signal. It continues until they discover it and then the company shuts you down, not them.  There are several things you can do to constantly keep up with proper security levels to lessen the chance of a compromise of your resources. We can never guarantee 100% security, but we have beefed up our defense systems - which will cost all of us just a little bit more per month, but...

Our Easy-Update Technology developed for use in our custom Control Panels has always been powered by a   MySql   Database Server, for a good 20+ years now.  Now, it's a whole new ballgame with   MariaDB , the new MySql Engine of the database world, and we have it! N ow   our   clients will experience   MariaDB   and receive the same benefits as Nasdaq, Verizon and Walgreens – industry leaders who trust   MariaDB   to deliver unmatched speed & performance, operational reliability and drive collaborative innovation.  Learn more about MariaDB here .

Hale Multimedia began in 1998 as Hale Broadcasting and Website Design before the official name change in 2004. From the beginning, our emphasis has been on two primary areas; radio broadcasting and website design, as the name implied. For the past twenty years, they have operated independently. Howard Hale handled the radio network and Brian & Andi Hale handled the website business. Entering his 80's, Howard continues to amaze us all with his ability to ask the right questions and then listen intently as his guests share their knowledge and experience with his loyal listeners on his 3 daily radio programs. Howard also loves to raise, train and sell quarterhorses in his spare time. The time has come for us to help with the radio network management and broadcast duties at Hale Broadcasting, so you will be hearing more of Brian on the radio. Our 3 daily radio programs are The Harvest Report, The Horseman's Corner and The Cattleman's Corner and can be heard anytime onl...

Ah, the age-old question whose definitive answer has eluded us for over two decades, "How much does an average website cost?" Being from the computer programming world at the time when websites were first being created, this question has obviously come across my radar on numerous occasions. When I first started building websites, it was me asking the question. Now, after 20 years in the website business, I believe I have answered this question more times than the Army asked me my Social Security number (and that's a lot). It was 1996 and the popularity of the public web was growing rapidly with aol and yahoo leading the way. I worked for a small internet magazine in Oklahoma and had an idea for a website. My idea was to take a database of local businesses with websites and stick them into a searchable online website. I couldn't find a designer that could do what I wanted to do, let alone a cost estimate.  Thus began my journey to learn html, php and sql; the lang...