Giving back to the Austin, TX community, which has been so supportive of uShip over the past several years, is something we do with a great deal of pride. While we mix in smaller events throughout the year, we are thrilled to particpate twice a year in
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Last Friday , the uShip team started what I know will be a long and productive relationship with our new community partner, Communities In Schools . Everyone at uShip believes that companies, large and small, should have a positive impact on the communities
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We're very excited to announce that Charles McKinley will be starting tomorrow as product manager for both our Air Freight and People categories. Charles caught our attention back in 2003 when he shipped himself in a crate from New York to Dallas in the
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I was reading a great article in Fast Company about Wal-Mart and their plans for their entire 7,000 tractor-trucking fleet -- they are going green. As we all know, rising fuel prices are having effects throughout the economy and even a giant like Wal-Mart
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I hate that we are so cliché, but like internet companies from long, long ago (okay, the 90's), uShip has a ping pong table (table tennis for the snootier player out there). Now, during the day the table is idle while we are hard at work making uShip
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I talk a lot on this blog, the discussion forums, and in our communication with members about community and what it means to build and be part of an online community. However, we at uShip believe the concept of community extends beyond the online sort
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I am getting ready to fly home to see my family tomorrow, so I wanted to be sure and get a quick blog entry in before I left. My family is from Tampa , Fl, so I will be visiting there for a few days. I am looking forward to all the craziness of the holiday
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I have been pretty serious with the last few posts talking about community and the growth of the uShip marketplace, so I thought I would shift gears a little today and touch on the lighter side of uShip. Last night was the first, of what I suspect will
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Monday, October 17th was the start of a great adventure for the uShip staff – Buffet Week. That's right, we took on Austin's best (and, I use this word loosely) lunch buffets with the goal of stuffing our faces and crowing a daily 'Buffet king'. A couple
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Good morning uShippers and welcome to our newest feature that will combine community, corporate and marketplace information – Mickey's Blog! I, Mickey Millsap, will be your guide to everything uShip, and things not so uShip. Whether its getting the inside
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