We spend a lot of time contemplating the culture we are creating at AEQU. It’s critical for us to think about this now, while we’re small, so that we can bring the right people into the business. The reason it’s so critical is because we are a business of people. Our team, our collective vibe and brain power is our product.

That said, maybe the best way to share our culture is to share what we are and what we aren’t. Here is a list of things you should know about AEQU. They aren’t in a specific order.

• We really value being honest.
• We seek out new things. Our team likes change.
• Communication is our biggest asset. Our business revolves around communication so this is a big one.
• We try to make everything easier. We like efficiency.
• We take pleasure in the simple things. Great music and great meals.
• Technology is simply a means to success. We think great tech should work for us, not the other way around.
• We genuinely like meeting people and hearing good stories.
• We focus on feedback.
• Degrees don’t really matter to us.

Big announcement today.  We’re officially a LightSpeed Retail Reseller as of today.  If you’re a small, large, or growing retail store in Oklahoma Lightspeed is an excellent solution!  The best part is it’s available exclusively on the Mac platform!  Call us for a consultation today!

LightSpeed is the complete retail Point of Sale solution for single or multi-store operations that combines Mac innovation with powerful backend business tools, a streamlined POS interface for fast front-counter sales and a tightly-integrated Web Store for selling online.

Need to calculate a tip or sales tax real quick?  Don’t bother finding the calculator app on your Mac, let Spotlight take care of that!  Here’s a quick video to show you how easy it is!

We’re giving away a one year Spotify membership!  All you have to do is make a fantastic Spotify playlist, go to our Facebook page, ‘Like” us, and enter your playlist for a chance to win!

Spotify has a free service anyone can sign up for.  You can use this free service to make your awesome playlist.

Click here for a video on how to make your playlist and enter it into the contest.

Then go to our Facebook page (here) to enter!  It’s so easy.  We’ll be picking the winner at random but we encourage everyone to be creative making their playlists.  The more creative, the more fun.  Good luck!

When trying to plan activities (yes that was a Step Brothers reference) it’s nice to be able to look at a snapshot view of your calendar and see when your busy and when your schedule is full.  In Lion, just click the ‘Year’ tab at the top center of the window and you’ll get a view of the full year.

It looks like this:

The busier days are dark red and your more open days are light yellow.  It makes planning long trips and weekly events much easier.

Today’s tip of the day is more of a recommendation.  Wunderlist is a great app for keeping track of your to do lists.

It’s easy to share and collaborate with friends or colleagues, it’s cloud based so you can login on multiple devices and see the same tasks, and best of all it’s free!

Check it out here: http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/

Spoiler Alert!!!! I’m about to tell you our secret sauce. I’m going to reveal the real reason why our clients love us and why we are adding new clients every week. Psych! (1990′s reference) There is no special sauce. We’re normal, just like you. We are trying to build a business organization based on one principle alone. Help people. Do good deeds.

Here are the three main things we focus on.

1. Don’t be a turd. We genuinely care about our clients. We consider it a privilege to get to meet new people every week and we think it’s fun to help people succeed. LIfe is short, so we consider bringing happiness to the job a key ingredient.
2. Know your stuff. We’re legit experts on the Mac platform. Wayne and Cameron know more about Apple products than anybody else in the state. They’re also very knowledgeable about many other technology related topics such as video equipment, home audio and web design.
3. Sometimes we say no. This is critical. We will tell you when we can’t help you. If you run into a problem that we can’t fix, we will quickly tell you that we can’t meet your need then we will do everything we can to send you in the right direction. Gaining your trust is all we care about.

In our business trust is everything.  Trust is earned when you do what’s right for the client no matter what.  That’s what we do.

We finally have our new website up and running. Much thanks to Andrew J Austin for the design help. Many of our customers have expressed interest in more online resources, such as tips & tricks and video tutorials. Expect that and more soon. In the meantime if you have feedback or ideas feel free to e-mail us.