Blink Interactive acquires Blue Flavor
Blue Flavor is happy to announce that we have been acquired by Blink Interactive. As part of the acquisition Nick Finck will be joining the team at Blink Interactive as User Experience Director.
Omni Group redesign launches!
You know when something good happens and everything just falls in place like peanut butter and jelly? This is one of those times. Blue Flavor is happy to announce that the Omni Group website redesign has launched. After a lot of hard work by the team here at Blue flavor and all the great folks at Omni Group we are happy to see the new design now live.
Blue Flavor's Nick Finck Speaking in Atlanta
Blue Flavor is proud to announce our very own Nick Finck will be speaking at the Atlanta’s Premier Web Meetup on February 25th in Atlanta, Georgia.
Recap: Connect with Your Client
Here are just a few key take aways from yesterday morning’s Business Breakfast Series. The focus of the first talk was how to better connect with your clients. Presenters David Sherwin and Erica Goldsmith did a great job on making the presentation fun and lively for the early hour. Not an easy task given the topic can be quite dense.
Game Changer
Who knew that in 2007 the mobile industry would make a drastic change? Yes I’m talking about the iPhone and how it changed the way we think about a mobile device and the mobile web. Get ready for another game changer.
MIX 10 Launches
The MIX 10 site boasts powerful, clean visual design and the fantastic user experience you’ve come to expect from Blue Flavor. Transparency, texture and tranquil colors with a dash of Ajax and jQuery create a pleasing site which guides the user to sessions, speakers, registration and technomania. It’s an honor to work on a site by, for, and in hope of a better web. As always, it’s a pleasure working with Microsoft. We celebrate the launch with you!
New addition to the family: Leslie Doherty
So, we have some big news to make today. After several months of searching and many conversations, often involving Dogfish Head Ale and geeky jokes, we are proud to welcome Leslie Doherty into the Blue Flavor family as Director of Development.
Leslie comes to us with a wealth of knowledge related to coding for the web, teaching, business management, and yes motherhood. She is highly experienced in PHP and represents the ExpressionEngine community as a developer and spokesperson. Recent presentations have included Blissdom 09, Type-A-Mom 09, and EECI2009 on the topics of blogging, web design, and coding performance. And that’s just scratching the surface. You can learn more about Leslie on her profile page.
Please take a moment to welcome her to the Blue Flavor family.
Vote for Blue Flavor
It’s hard to believe that the 2010 SXSWi panel picker for the is already up. It seems like just yesterday we were drinking at the Gingerman. Nick and myself have each proposed a panel and now it’s up to you.
The Ten Commandments of User Experience
50 word version: User experience is the result of your interactions with a product or service, specifically how it’s delivered and its related artifacts according to the design. In this presentation we will explain how following the ten commandments can boost your project’s ease of use, appeal, conversion rates, and more. Longer version: User experiences are your everyday experiences—anything from operating a car, to making a pot of coffee, to ordering a pair of shoes online. User experience is the result of your interactions with a product or service, specifically how it’s delivered and its related artifacts according to the design. In this presentation Nick Finck and Raina Van Cleave will explore the ten characteristics of a great user experience. They will cover all aspects of user experience design such as user research, information architecture, information design, technical writing, interaction design, visual design, brand identity design, accessibly, usability and web analytics. Nick and Raina will also explain how following the ten commandments can boost your web sites, web app, or mobile app’s ease of use, appeal, conversion rates, and more.
Designing for the Mobile Web, Now
The launch of Apple’s iPhone in the summer of 2007 has prompted designers to re-think the way we design and distribute content for the emerging mobile marketplace. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of mobile design from mobile web to mobile apps by providing you with a solid understanding of the best practices to meet the demands of mobile-savvy users.
WebVisions 2009
That’s right: it’s time for WebVisions 2009! WebVisions is a three-day conference that explores the future of web design, technology, user experience and business strategy. The event takes place every year in Portland, Oregon and continues to draw some of the leading experts in the web industry. This year is no exception…
Get Excited
Since returning from SXSW, Kenny has been diving into CodeIgniter like a mad man. He’s been learning the ins and oust of the system all in preparation for the next version of ExpressionEngine. If you’re new to working with the framework then check out Kenny’s article, A Gentle Introduction to CodeIgnighter over at EE Insider. It’ll help you understand the philosophy behind it.
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