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Hi, I am Paul Chiu, lead programmer for Marvel Internet Group (MIG) and soon to be blogger for MIG as well. I look forward to posting interesting information on software development issues from our own experience, as well as commenting on interesting developments in the field of web applications programming.

My current programming focus is on developing and supporting two main client projects with one being a professional networking system and another an administrative system. Client privacy issues prevent me from writing too much about the specifics of those projects, however, I will do my best to cover tips and lessons learnt.

MIG is also working on an in-house project called JustRosters.com that will be the first pure MIG project to launch. I should be able to share more about our experiences and challenges faced in the project. We are currently in the design stages of project so I have not yet started implementing yet, but given the existing design challenges it should turn out to be quite interesting to develop!

Marvel Internet Group has been around for almost a year now, so, over the Christmas period I decided that it was time to relaunch the site (well, 4 as it has turned out), which truly reflects my vision for where the company will be going in 2009. Before I plunge into any details I would like to share a few facts from 2008:

• The team logged 11,431.5 hours of work.
• Excluding hosting clients, we helped 42 companies with their design, development and marketing needs.
• We moved out of spare bedrooms into a 130sqm, centrally located, office (no more lunch time beach breaks ).
• We formed strategic partnerships with 2 decent sized companies, providing their clients with design, development and marketing, on their behalf.

So now the plans for ’09 …..

My first goal has been to build separate sites and identities for our 3 major service lines.

OK, so we started this one in November, but here they are:

marvelpromote.com – Marketing and reporting
marvelsites.com – Design and development
webhostingmarvel.com – Hosting and extras

These separate sites help us to stay focused on treating each major group of services like a stand-alone business. ‘Full service’ web development companies rarely offer this, and it can lead to overstretched, under qualified teams, and unhappy clients.

My second goal is to launch at least 2 web ‘start-ups’.

I feel it is important for any web service company to ‘walk the talk’ (displaying confidence in efficient, effective creation and promotion of new ideas). This will serve to demonstrate out competence in all aspects of web development and marketing and will hopefully expose us to new clients as well.

My third goal is for myself and the team to actively contribute to a blog.

We advise our clients to do it, and we have plenty to share, so its about time we started! Keep an eye on our blog for tips and tricks, new product launches, spectacular specials and any amazing, random information we find interesting. You can subscribe to the entire MIG blog, or your specific category of interest by using the links to the left (under categories).

My forth and final goal is to keep the team tight, the business profitable and above all else -keep the clients, employees and myself happy!