Maine Magazine features HardScrabble Solutions! Maine Magazine featured HardScrabble Solutions and Founder, Lillie Lavado, in the January 2019 Entrepreneur edition. People in Maine are taking notice of our unique business model. It is widely acknowledged that the solutions we seek Read more…
Project>Login podcast features Founder Lillie Lavado “The Project>Login podcast features Mainers working in technology jobs across the state. It is meant to be a career-exploration tool and will follow an informational interview format. Folks from across Maine are featured from Read more…
TeenzCode Offered in Caribou TeenzCode is an activity driven computer programming class where teens will learn the basics of web development and app creation. We will learn what it takes to become a full stack developer and start by building Read more…
Opportunity: Business and Marketing Intern Interns with HardScrabble Solutions gain experience working with a unique startup without leaving Aroostook County. Ideal candidates should have the skills necessary to work on basic business and marketing tasks. Duties will include processing contact Read more…
Introduction This WordPress Introduction is intended for anyone new to web design including those who have never before created a webpage. College students, small business owners, even folks searching for a new job should consider learning WordPress. Using WordPress to Read more…
Community at HardScrabble HardScrabble Solutions is a socially responsible business. We stand up for individuals locally and peoples globally. In response to Trump administration policies that are negatively affecting migrants to the US and resulting in the detention of infants Read more…
Here is Your Call to Action A Just Choice: Choose Humanity One year ago, 12 of us plus two children chanted: “End the separations, keep families together” in downtown Presque Isle. Unfathomably, this year we must chant against worse policies: Read more…
Community Members from the Aroostook Band of Micmac community hosted a month of events beginning in February 2019. Community members volunteered to offer free Friday night demonstrations and tutorials of traditional art forms. This culminated in an art exhibit on Read more…
The Star Herald covers KidzCode Robotics KidzCode Robotics is part of the children’s computer programming lineup taught by the UX & Web Design Team at HardScrabble Solutions. Here is an article published in the Star Herald and online on TheCounty.me…
Whether you work remotely or locally scheduling for can be difficult. Consider trying one of the below options to overcome back-and-forth negotiations over times, dates, and locations. Google Calendar – You can create slots using your Google Calendar. This option Read more…
We have a new Main Street Mural and exhibit up in HardScrabble Solutions for the month of December 2018. Local artist A. Gateau dreamed up the circuitry after observing one of the UX & Web Design team’s KidzCode classes. In Read more…
://Network/community/project/learn/teach/nosh/gab.now **Code like a Mother** is a meetup for women who work with computer technology and those seeking to learn programming skills in a supportive environment. Gatherings take place, at HardScrabble Solutions with opportunity to work on group projects, socialize, and Read more…
Digital Marketing: Your Options Digital Marketing encompasses all marketing and advertising initiatives that use new technologies and are typically disseminated via the Internet. Digital marketing should be employed alongside traditional marketing – newspaper content, broadcast radio and TV commercials – Read more…
://Network/community/project/learn/teach/nosh/gab.now Code like a Mother is a new meetup for women who work with computer technology and those seeking to learn programming skills in a supportive environment. Gatherings will take place, at HardScrabble Solutions in Downtown Presque Isle, Maine, with Read more…
The UX & Web Design team at HardScrabble is collaborating with the Wintergreen Community Arts Center to offer KidzCode beginning September 17, 2018. KidzCode introduces children to coding fun! We explore computer programming concepts with a different theme each week. Lessons include Read more…
An exciting and inspiring reading/gathering/discussion was hosted here at HardScrabble Solutions on Sunday, July 15th by Xan Joi, a Berkeley, California-based author and self-proclaimed radical Jewish and white lesbian anti-racist womonist/feminist. Roughly one dozen Aroostook County residents and their children attended Read more…
First Friday Art Walk – July 2018 Sharon Belanger is a life-long learner who has dabbled in many art forms over the years. Now, at age 72, she debuted her first public exhibit of acrylic paintings.HardScrabble Solutions was abuzz with Read more…
This blog series is meant to provide information for entrepreneurs and business owners that may not be familiar with the free basic productivity applications available with your personal Google Account. It is intended to help those searching for cost-effective solutions Read more…
KidzCode – Summer Daze will introduce your children to coding fun! We explore computer programming concepts with a different summer theme each week. Your children will be amazed at how we bridge learning with exciting and entertaining activities. We will Read more…
This blog series is meant to provide information for entrepreneurs and business owners that may not be familiar with the free basic productivity applications available with your personal Google Account. It is intended to help those searching for cost-effective solutions Read more…
Three Video Editing Options iMovie comes preinstalled on Apple computers and laptops. iMovie is great for beginners and simple to navigate with keyboard shortcuts to make editing faster. There is also a mobile application available for iPhone users to make movies Read more…
There are many cost-effective solutions to project management for startups. Each solution offers various functionality, features, and pricing. For cash strapped startups with few employees/interns, a free solution, such as a Google account, may be a good place to begin Read more…
Hardscrabble Solutions hosted a gallery opening featuring mixed media art by Brianna Gerrish. Several large canvases will continue to adorn the walls through June 2018. Gerrish also debuted a new main street mural. This is a regular feature at HardScrabble Solutions. All Read more…
We previously wrote about web accessibility. Check out the article at this link. HHS Web Standards and Usability Guidelines Last week we covered the web content accessibility guidelines or WCAG. Find it here. Now we will take that one step Read more…
Ian R Mowatt and HardScrabble Solutions will be hosting a silent auction of artwork from the April First Friday Art Walks Emotional Hills show. This will take place on Saturday, April 28 from 6-9 pm. Ian R Mowatt debuted the original Read more…
HardScrabble Solutions is evolving! We offer family-friendly coworking, private event space, and business incubation services in Downtown Presque Isle. HardScrabble Solutions Founder and UX & Web Design Team at HardScrabble Solutions member, Lillie Lavado, recently spoke to Shawn Cunningham of Read more…
Web Accessibility and Why it Matters How do most people operate a computer or mobile device? Generally, it involves two hands, your eyes and ears. Hands manipulate the input devices. While sight and hearing are used for Read more…
Website Design: Three Options A website is no longer something a business can get by without. Many smaller businesses are losing market share to their bigger e-commerce competitors. So where is the best place to start when Read more…
Last week we discussed Khan Academy. This week we will focus on another educational resource to help give your web skills a boost. Codecademy It can be intimidating, to find a place to start with coding and programming languages. One Read more…
On April 6, dozens of gallery goers passed through HardScrabble Solutions for First Friday Art Walk with artist Ian R Mowatt. Ian R Mowatt‘s first exhibit at HardScrabble Solutions was entitled Emotional Hills. Mowatt’s powerful ensemble of texturized oils and Read more…
Have you ever wanted to build your own website or learn basic coding skills but didn’t know where to begin? Access to information in some subjects can be limited by the geographical isolation and a small population. While books are great, Read more…
Our resident Girl Scout Troop worked with Darci Caitlin Faye of County Kids Theatre Company in Presque Isle, Maine yesterday!
Family Code Night is back! Join us on the First Monday of each month for this FREE event is designed to bring together families around coding and technology. Children of all ages welcome! “Family participation is a simple but profound Read more…
We have the freedom to experiment at HardScrabble Solutions where adults and children can work side-by-side. On Saturdays, Lillie Lavado hosts the Makin’ Mine – Sensory Playgroup and throughout the week children of coworkers and those in childcare explore these activities further. On Read more…
It’s shy of a year since Dahlov Ipcar passed at 99 in Brunswick, Maine… She was the author and amazing artist/illustrator of Hardscrabble Harvest, a children’s book about a young couple eking a hardscrabble existence in Maine. They raise animals Read more…
Girl Scouts of Maine Troop 805 recently visited the Presque Isle Utilities District water treatment facility where they witnessed a municipal filtration system in action. It was ‘slightly’ bigger than the one they designed here at HardScrabble Solutions! It also inspired Read more…
Aroostook County and New Brunswick feature a variety of organizations that publish full event listings. Publishing your events on most of these is completely free. You can boost SEO and reach of your products by taking advantage of these Read more…
HardScrabble Solutions recently joined hundreds of international coworking spaces by honoring the Coworking Visa. Coworking Wiki Project is a commons for all things coworking and the Coworking Visa organizational hub. The Visa program permits fulltime coworkers of another coworking visa site to Read more…
People make-do in rural Northern Maine and HardScrabble Solutions is doing the same by offering family-friendly coworking. There are few tech workers in an economy centered on potato and lumber harvesting so desk space isn’t in high demand. Most of Read more…
Today, our Nation remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader of the civil rights movement. He was not assassinated merely due to his leadership in the struggle for equal treatment of raced individuals, however. Dr. King was a Read more…
Postponement of First Friday Art Walk Featuring Anomic Chameleon Creatives artists Lindsay Trombley and Caitlin Sanipass turned into an inspiring Sunday. HardScrabble Solutions Features Caitlin Sanipass Lindsay Trombley both repping Anomic Chameleon Creatives out of Presque Isle, Maine in Aroostook Read more…
Children learn about coding in Presque Isle Melissa Lizotte • December 30, 2017 PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — On the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 27, children in Presque Isle learned about coding, a technology that many of them might use in Read more…
This is a list of resources useful to small businesses primarily located in Northern Maine. (Facebook Note here.) “A Guide to Resources for Maine Entrepreneurs” from NewHeight Group: https://www.mainetechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GuidetoResourcesforMaineEntrepreneurswithLinksFeb2017.pdf Made in Maine: Membership for Artisans and Makers, Retailers, and Wholesale Buyers: https://www.mainemade.com/join-maine-made/member-application/ Read more…
Stop in HardScrabble Solutions Friday, January 5th, 2018 anytime from 5 – 9 pm to view the newest collaborative mural painted by Lin Trombley & Caitlin Sanipass with original artwork on display! * This event is FREE with light refreshments served and children’s activities in the Read more…
Open for FREE coworking January 2 – 6!!! Bring in yourself and your devices, claim a desk or comfy spot… kids are welcome to use our play area, and staff will be on hand to assist. Also, open during First Friday Read more…
Family Code Night is a free family event that dramatically ignites coding and computer science learning at any elementary school, and in any family. The program uniquely engages children K-5 and their parents or guardians in the delightful experience of Read more…
A free activity and information session for girls and their parents/caregivers – come see if Girl Scouts is a good fit for your family! Come discover Girl Scouts and: -enjoy a girl-led activity -learn about volunteer opportunities -register as a Read more…
Family-friendly coworking space opens in PI Anthony Brino • August 2, 2017 With one of the first coworking spaces in northern Maine, Lillie Lavado is trying to solve some of the problems facing working parents and mothers especially. “More people Read more…
Stop by the new local family-friendly coworking space at 445 Main St. in Presque Isle from 5pm-7pm. For just $5 you can make your own bottle of bug spray (or tick repellent) using Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic Essential Oils. You’ll Read more…
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