Why is SuperStore killing brands’ stories?

Perusing this week’s SuperStore flyer I saw the “Holiday BIG BRAND$ Sale” (yes they used a dollar sign for an “S”). Anyway, I thought it was odd that they’re associating a number of products with their larger, parent brands. Not only do I think these brands are big enough on their own, the real problem is that they’re undermining...

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Why would anyone follow my business on twitter?

Why would anyone phone your business? Why would anyone email you? Go to your website? Google you? Purchase your services?

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Mobile websites and responsive design: The Internet isn’t just on computers anymore

Displays keep getting bigger and better, but they also keep getting smaller and better. Over the last few years something interesting has happened, I think probably starting with the iPhone: Just when bigger was always better, people started to be perfectly happy with smaller screens. Crazy eh? Everyone wants mobile devices. They’re basically pocket computers. Now there’s devices like...

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hi there wins an award

Good news everyone! Our work for Carbon Sense won “Best SME Website” at the this year’s AIM Conference. The site really came together well. The result of good planning and design direction, we produced a gorgeous looking site that engages prospective clients with key questions to help them navigate to appropriate offerings. And it’s a responsive design, meaning it...

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Fabulous new package!

Our brand new welcome package includes a handy quick reference sheet, official certificate, stickers, and more! Packaged in a handmade, hand spray-painted envelope. Delivered at the end of a project, we don’t see it as a goodbye, but a hello and welcome to the Internet.

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Hey, new website!

It’s that time of year (well, sort of). hi there recently celebrated its 2nd birthday in a state of quiet busyness. Each year since we started the company we’ve redesigned our own website – finding time for yourself can be tough but it’s something we think is pretty important to keep current. And you know, we sell them. This...

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Where do the +1’s play? [updated again]

Update September 8, 2011 And now we’re rolling:   Update August 29, 2011 Looks like Google is working on integrating a “Share on Google+” feature to go along with the +1 button. I think this is great – it just makes sense – and kind of figured it’d be coming along at some point soon anyway. And I say...

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In the kitchen with hi there: the one where we make a really hot burger

Slider, actually. Because they’re cool, and as such, we’ll never make anything but sliders ever again. This time we’ve got a patty infused with cayenne, fresh ground pepper, and a pinch of sea salt to season, topped with jalapeno havarti, bacon, red onion, fresh jalapenos, and our super-secret sauce featuring the Bhut Jolokia or Ghost Pepper, and garnished with...

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We’re up to something…

Excited? Intrigued? Go sign up to be notified, or don’t, but we’d prefer if you did. You can win one of whatever it is we’re making! Sign up to be notified and we’ll enter everyone in a draw, and when we launch you will be overcome with joy as you are the very first to possess what will surely...

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#ie6countdown, why everyone bitches about Internet Explorer, and other true stories

The short: Internet Explorer (aka IE or Internet Exploder) doesn’t display web pages they way they’re designed to be, let alone work with any code that is relatively new, yet there are still people using old versions of it. Ok, so basically the way browsers work is they look at the code of a website (the HTML and CSS,...

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