Inc. Magazine’s 2014 Grow Your Company Conference had a wide variety of speakers, discussions and workshops focusing on topics right out of the Inc. Magazine Table of Contents – Launch, Lead, Innovate, Build. Though each discussion throughout the conference was relevant, useful and interesting, one in particular struck a chord with our team members across […]
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Several of our bulbs attended the “What is UX?” event presented by information architect and user experience designer Rick Spencer. Here are a couple of highlights: UX stands for User Experience. Many people have the misconception that UX and UI (User Interface) are synonyms. UX is the emotional reaction the user has during and after
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In the very near future, Programmatic will do for media buying what desktop publishing did to T-squares and marker carousels. Meanwhile, Flash-dependent content will join 8-track tapes as a fading memory as HTML5 continues to shove it to the margins. Although I have no crystal ball, I recognize history when it repeats itself. First to Programmatic. While
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Hopefully you were not holding your breath waiting on me to post the follow up to my last blog about Ruby on Rails. This chapter runs you through some basic Rails commands to get an upper level view of how the language and extensions work together. You also get introduced to the different states or
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Three of our affectionally titled “Geeks” recently attended Code PaLOUsa, otherwise known as several days of software development madness. Judging by the looks of their faces the day after, it was indeed madness. (Meant in the most complementary of ways, of course.) I believe the phrase, “It was awesome but by the end of it
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From this point on in this Ruby on Rails Custom CMS series I will be dividing up my blogs on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Unfortunately, that means this one is going to be brief. I had already previously installed and configured Ruby, Rails, Ruby Version Manager, Homebrew and the majority of the other components that the
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Every year, new and innovative technology floods the scene. Unfortunately, the hype dies down after a while and we wait for the next big thing. I’ve learned a bit about Google Glass, as my professor uses it during class. We’ve discussed the future of wearable technology and I personally have no idea what’s next. Although
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Here at Current we have some exciting projects coming up that lend themselves to the conveniences that Ruby on Rails and the MVC model provide. To my mind there are three levels main levels of web development: You have your basic static sites that are composed of HTML, CSS and JS. These are great for
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As a front-end developer I straddle the line between the designer and code-monkey. I don’t really like to call myself a developer because it throws me into a pool with some very smart people who can write a Ruby application like they’re just making a sandwich. Sometimes when I’m coding a site after receiving
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Recently I learned a valuable lesson while transferring a WordPress site from a development domain to the live domain. The theme was written using the built in Text Widgets for both the sidebar and footer widget areas containing everything from navigation menus to scrolling sponsor logos. We were taking advantage of all four widget
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Ed brings 15 years of traditional and digital media sales experience to the agency, giving us a perspective most agencies don’t have. When he’s not working or seeking new knowledge, Ed hangs out with his wife, two kids, two dogs, one cat, and a hamster. And yes, the cat and hamster are best friends.
