Communiqué

I've been on Digg for a couple months now, and I've always heard of the Digg effect. I've seen charts and blogs about how it works, graphs and such, etc. By now this type of entry is beyond cliche, so I want to tackle things from the other side.

The pure excitement.
I must first warn you: if you sense a giddy tone, you're not mistaken.
(Also, this is written as half-blog/half-live diary. Please, bear with me.)

Here's the whole story. Craig created a somewhat step-by-step tutorial on how to make me into a zombie. While we were getting coffee around 3:00pm (like always) and someone mentioned that if he added 'in x steps' to how his zombie tutorial, sites like Digg will pick up on it. So, we thought: let's try it. Read More

Yo! Before we begin, I want our super-sensitive visitors to understand that this blog contains graphic materials. By this I mean Blood, Bruises, Veins and our co-worker Fred. You've been warned.

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We are happy to report that Nick and Cheryl Grant welcomed their second son, Wyatt Edward Grant this morning. Everyone is healthy and doing great, and Nick reported that Cheryl is resting comfortably. Website URL to come.

Woo hoo!

Edit and update, 1/25. Cheryl is up and at 'em, prowling the halls of Beverly Hospital already and Nick is on Cloud 9. Cheryl says Wyatt got Nick's nose. We're not sure that's a good thing. Wyatt grabbed a hold of the nasal aspirator and started hammering on the basinet, prompting the nurses to dub him Bam Bam. Definitely a chip off the old block. Check the photos:

http://www.wyattgrant.net

All kidding aside, congratulations to the proud parents from all of us.

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A couple weeks ago, Dave wrote a blog about the importance of project planning, and I still agree that planning is an important part of the process, I now also know something equally as important: communication.

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If you've been following the iMarc blog, you may have noticed that we hate Comic Sans. It couldn't possibly have been meant as a serious, real typeface, could it? It's awful. Who would do that on purpose?

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A general day at iMarc will consist of me having my headphones on for six or seven hours of the standard nine-hour day. I can't stand listening to all the litle clinks and clacks in the room around me, it drives into my brains like screws, slowly twisting... driving me insane.

Click, clack, the screws tighten... Read More

So what's better than being stuck on an island with 1,000 bikini-clad women, drinking martinis and soaking your unbelievably chiseled features with sunshine? Photoshop!

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iMarc recently completed a web site for Wolf & Company, Certified Public Accountants & Business Consultants. With a century-long history of service, it was important to Wolf to show their community heiritage side-by-side with their wide range of expertise. Since staff recruitment and retention is key to a service-based company such as Wolf, the site also showcases career opportunities and growth potential.

Of course, the site has to be easy to maintain and keep fresh. So iMarc built easy-to-use content management tools, that make publishing content fast and easy, and ensures that new content is attractive and complies with the company style guidelines.

"iMarc delivered on our project needs and objectives! And throughout the development process, iMarc was professional and efficient. In addition to the inviting new look and feel and user-friendly navigation, our new site allows us the flexibility to easily administer a variety of content updates ourselves without creating a drain on staff resources or investing in monthly maintenance fees."

— Margery L Piercey, CPA, Principal
Wolf & Company, P.C.
Certified Public Accountants & Business Consultants

The site architecture is built on a dynamic, database-driven framework that makes it easy to add, edit and remove pages from the site. At the same time, the architecture preserves branding and navigation across all pages, so contributions to the site contain appropriate branding and formatting. This means the site can grow, without redesign costs, to satisfy Wolf's needs for years to come.

About Wolf & Company

Wolf & Company, P.C. is a certified public accounting and business consulting firm with offices in Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts. As a leading regional firm founded in 1911, Wolf provides its clients with comprehensive audit, tax and risk management services delivering extensive resources, specialized industry expertise and outstanding service.

Visit Wolf's web site at www.wolfandco.com.

After sitting on the Yahoo! Mail Beta waiting list for about two months, I was finally given access just before Christmas. I had been highly looking forward to this since earlier this summer I made the change from an OS email client (Mozilla Thunderbird) to a web client. I didn't want to just switch to a single web email account, I wanted to check all of my five pop3 accounts through a single web mail interface. In an earlier communiqué I expressed my frustration in finding a web mail client (even one with a yearly fee) that fulfilled all of my needs. One of my other early communiqués was a critique of the hype surrounding AJAX and its real usefulness on the web. This communiqué will cover both of these topics in relation to Yahoo! Mail Beta. Read More