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Articles
6 Questions to Ask a Web Agency Before You Hire Them
30 Aug 2013
Are you looking to a hire a web agency? Consider asking them these questions before you make a decision.
How a photo of Doug Bowman's office view in 2005 inspired me
29 Aug 2013
2005 — the year we went from a freelancer company to an agency.
Interview with our 14 year old Ruby on Rails intern
27 Aug 2013
14 year old, James Anderson, Ruby wiz spent a few weeks in Planet Argon’s studio this summer. Upon completion of his assignment, we asked him a few questions.
Get Your Photo on Google Results with Google Authorship
14 Aug 2013
I know you have seen it. You are searching for a hack to make IE behave itself and you come across search results with someone’s smiling mug right there next to the link. If you are like me, you are more likely to click these results instead of the boring, all-text results. Something about seeing the author’s face right next to their link inspires an added air of credibility and expertise. Pretty good deal for those people.
So, now you are thinking, how can I get my photo up on my Google search results? Well, let me explain.
Ruby on Rails is Zen!
14 Aug 2013
Learn why Ruby on Rails is the right choice for you! Here's a simple technical overview of Ruby on Rails characteristics, advantages, purposes, and other!
Thank you, Rick Turoczy
7 Aug 2013
Let’s take a moment to thank Silicon Florist for being everything that it has over the past six years.
CreativeMornings July
6 Aug 2013
July’s theme was Space and the presenter, Brad Cloepfil, did not disappoint.
Brad Cloepfi founded Allied Works Architecture in 1994. His body of work is as informed by the land and the history of place as it is by formal training, and it is one that cuts a clear line through much of the infatuation with rhetoric and formal novelty surrounding the practice today. The approach to design combines a research-intensive focus on the specific character of each project with an understanding of the profoundly affecting possibilities of building. In addition to leading all aspects of creative work at Allied Works, Cloepfil has held guest professorships and given talks on the work throughout North America and Europe.
Exploring Tools of the Front-End Developer
5 Aug 2013
In the past month and a half of interning here I’ve made the role switch from Designer to Front End Developer. It’s been a really fun and rewarding process. I wanted to go over some of the new tools I’ve been learning about that have really changed my life for the better.
McMenamins Homepage Redesign
1 Aug 2013
McMenamins is a regional establishment that runs several restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters and more that are all steeped in history. The McMenamins homepage on their website was on it way to becoming a relic of a by-gone era. That is when we stepped in to pull this popular page out of the history books and into the present.