Constructive Playthings Ignites a Social...

Constructive Playthings, an online toy company, has ignited a social media firestorm this week.  A group on Facebook, Play at Home Mom, noticed that the company had a sale on and as a part of this sale, were offering a light table (regularly $300) on sale for $29.  The Play at Home Mom group sent their fan base over to the website, which resulted in 600 orders of the light table. Unfortunately, the light tables will never be shipped and these customers will not be receiving their purchased product.  Why?  Constructive Playthings made a mistake when lowering the price...

The Cost of Developing an App (Interview...

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be featuring interviews with various individuals and companies that have gone through the app development process. The focus of these interviews is specifically on the costs associated with developing and marketing an app. If you have any follow-up questions, please post them as a comment and I will let our interviewees know that they are here. The Cost of Developing an App - Interview #1 1. Tell us a little bit about your app. We developed sportsfangraph.com, an application that collects fan and follower data from Twitter and...

A Retweet Changed How I Use Twitter

It took me a few weeks to finally write this blog post and I held off on blogging about it because I didn’t want it to contain angst or snark.  I wanted it to have a few really great lessons and a-ha moments based on what I experienced.  Some people may just sweep a story like this under the rug and pretend that it never happened (or never happens ever) but the truth of the matter is, people are going to do things and say things that you may not particularly enjoy and it is up to you to decide how you want to handle it.  I hope this story allows you to see that...

Selling Services via a Storefront Like @...

It is not often that you see the words service and storefront come together. Most professionals sell their services on a very personally-driven platform. Client hires or retains your company, you provide service to the client and an on-going relationship is built. However, in a world that is going online more and more each day, one needs to consider the ability to combine the face-to-face feeling of a service with the ability to reach more people, in less time. Shopify is a service that provides a shop-style service to online business owners. The service combines an...

Top 5 Seamless Website Backgrounds Resou...

Looking for seamless website backgrounds for your next web or graphic design project?  We have scoured the web looking for fantastic resources and have come up with our top five resources for seamless web backgrounds. 1. DinPattern.com 2. ava7 Patterns 3. Pattern8.com 4. Pattern Cooler 5....