Wednesday, March 10, 2010 –
Patrick: ...mmm, lunch from Abe's
Dave: You know, Abe's was named after Abe Vigoda.
Patrick: Really?
Dave: No.
Patrick: That's the second time I've fallen for that.
Dave: Really?
Patrick: No.
Bill: This sounds like Lunchroom Banter®
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 –
Flipping through the book Lost Crafts, I came upon this gem. Advice when building a dry stone wall…
A skilled waller will never pick a stone up twice; in other words, they won't waste time picking up lots of different stones, then discarding them, but will choose a stone and use it.
Monday, January 4, 2010 –
For the past 975 days our website looked the same.
Some of the content changed. Some of the graphics changed. But basically the design template that launched in May, 2007 was still employed in December, 2009.
That design held up well for two and half years. However, since we're a web design company, we should eventually redesign our own website, right?
Not really. A full-blown, big-splash redesign is rarely the ideal solution.…
Friday, November 13, 2009 –
It seems like we've been making hiring announcements quite frequently, yet here we are again.
This time we welcome PHP developer, Matt Sahagian to the team.
Matt is a true jack-of-all trades with a core focus on programming, open source, and PHP.
Matt's a unique breed whose resume combines phrases like C-based GUI Toolkit, CSS 2, Computer Repair, Web Design, Object Oriented PHP, AJAX, and Postfix. Over the next couple months…
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 –
On Monday, iMarc added our first front-end developer to the growing team. Welcome Angelo Simeoni.
Wait... did you say "first" front-end developer? Yes. Until now, all front-end HTML, CSS, and Javascript has been shared by the developers and designers. We've benefited from programmers who understand usability, typography and design; as well as designers who are comfortable cutting up comps and writing Javascript. However, we also…
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 –
iMarc is 12 years old
Yesterday we had a little birthday party as we turned 12 years old.
As we enter the awkward 'tween years, we look back with fondness at some of our own strange old websites.
But we also look forward. Here's a sneak peak at our new website about to be launched...
Happy 12th Birthday To Us
Thursday, October 22, 2009 –
Our office is no longer an office. It's a mini-golf course.
On Monday, we play for a green jacket.
One of the best features is Rob's Tweeting Webcam. He set up a motion activated web cam that posts images and tweets whenever someone plays his hole. Genius!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 –
Time to toot our own horn. A number of iMarc-built and iMarc-designed websites were recently recognized by technology associations and publications.
Ounce Labs
Ounce Labs (ouncelabs.com) was recognized by Crain’s B-to-B in a list of 10 Great B-to-B Sites. We’re in with great company like Getty Images, 37signals, and Office Depot. See the full article, Crain’s B-to-B: 10 Great B-to-B Sites, or view Crain’s article specifically…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 –
I recently heard the following gem from Jared Spool. In his Userability #10 Podcast, Jared talks about persona documents, relating the documents to vacation souvenirs:
"The document itself is like a vacation souvenir. It really doesn't hold much meaning except to those people who had the experience."
How true.
In an older blog, Jared equated persona docs to souvenir picture albums.
Consider a friend who sends you a link to…
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 –
When iMarc posts a job opening, we include instructions for How To Apply. This section typically includes the following:
Send us a link to your online (HTML) resume or email us a PDF or plain text resume.
Inquiries without links to web-based work will probably be ignored.
Resumes sent as Word documents will also likely be ignored.
Inevitably, the line about ignoring Word documents causes issues. In fact,…
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