We start our new blog series about apps we like with this first post focused on apps for nothing but fun. That's right - games! Read More >>

Google has made an important change to Google Apps for Business - it is no longer free. Read More >>

You have a little shop tucked away on the cutest street in town, but the patrons aren't coming through the door. How can you let people know where your business is and help them discover you? Read More >>

When it comes to connecting with your local audience - and by that I mean the people who are physically local to your business - there are a number of options and a collection of strategies your business can employ to help improve the likelihood that customers will come knocking at your door at the time they are looking for what you offer. The very first thing that every small business serious about taking advantage of local search traffic must do is ensure that their website has all the basic things covered: Make sure your website features your telephone number prominently. For Read More >>

The holiday yesterday, a slammed schedule of client work and proposals due coupled with Phil being a slacker taking today off (something about "family" and "holiday" PFFFT!) the normal release of Friday Props got the short end of the stick today. But it looks like I've still got an hour or more to get this in before it becomes Saturday Props so I'm going for it. Since it is getting late I'm feeling a bit tired. And since it seems appropriate to at least pay some amount of homage to the Thanksgiving holiday I thought I'd hand out Props to a turkey of tires. Tired Turkey   When we hand out Props we like to think big. And when we hand out Props to turkeys we want to recognize the seriously big of big, so we're tipping our hats this week to Tom. Tom is (was... ) the world's biggest turkey (No, the biggest turkey is not the Republican party though some might disagree) standing at sixteen feet tall. Tom was a resident of Frazee, Minnesota. Tom was made from white-painted fiberglass, cardboard and insulation attached to a steel frame. Big Tom put Frazee on the map as the home of The World’s Largest Turkey. But [....] Read More >>

Congratulations to the attorneys and staff at Marsh & Wagner, P.C. for the release of their redesigned website. This firm in Middlebury approached us with a few goals in mind. These included: A fresh look for the website taking into account their logo branding Complete details for every staff member and attorney Details of the services they offer Prominent phone number We took what had been a pretty drab website and utilized what we could and what we must (the color scheme and logo) and turned the site into something Marsh & Wagner could be proud to point their clients to. But more than that, we also worked to make sure that all the local listings for the firm on popular third party sites were accurate and completely filled out. This was done in an effort to help boost their local search relevance.   Read More >>

When we were asked to create a small website for the author of a book recognized by the British Medical Association's Book Awards for 2012 as "highly commended" we were thrilled to take it on. Author, educator and licensed massage therapist Barbara Goldschmidt's new website, ElementalTouch.org, presents information about using touch to provide comfort and healing. Barbara's incredible wisdom, garnered while working in the field of integrative health care for the past 30 years, is featured in her highly commended book Comforting Touch in Dementia and End of Life Care: Take My Hand. The book, available on the site, describes hand massage exercises that may be used to bring comforting touch into the lives of people with dementia or at the end of life. The website was built using the Edgeworks CMS and Blog. Barbara and Cynthia have a long standing working relationship, and Cynthia was pleased to work closely with Barbara in developing the design of the site. Congratulations to The Elemental Touch and Barbara.   Read More >>

Friday Props turns 21 this week. If anyone wants to send Friday Props a drink for it's 21st just let us know. You'd think I would have bundled together some interesting category of things to celebrate the 21st week, but you'd be wrong. I've done no such thing. Q: What do remote control cockroaches, paper horses and lamps have in common? A: Nothing until now. Remote Control Cockroaches When disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis strike, the sad fact is oftentimes there are people who die buried in rubble that could survive if only they could be located.  The difficulty in locating people trapped in these situations is getting deep enough down inside the devastation to actually find them. Well Props are going out today to the engineers and scientists of the North Carolina State University for pioneering control of cockroaches for exactly this purpose. By outfitting the cockroaches with a backpack capable of delivering small electrical impulses to the antenna and rear of the insects, scientists are able to control where the roaches go - effectively giving scientists the opportunity to use these critters as miniature eyes beneath the surface of a disaster and potentially helping to save lives. The program still has lots of [....] Read More >>

We're thrilled to be able to announce that we've provided a new web site for the fine folks at the Waitsfield Elementary School just in time for the new school year! When principal Kaiya Korb approached us with the project there were only a couple weeks to get the job done. We worked closely with Kaiya to develop the structure and design of the new website and are pleased as punch to be offering a greatly improved resource for all the intended audiences of the website:  Teachers, Staff, Students and Families. The Waitsfield Elementary website is built using the Edgeworks CMS for Schools.  We have two more planned release cycles for the Waitsfield website that will round out the schools' offering with Teacher Blogs, subscription services, print-friendly pages and more. Congratulations to the Waitsfield Elementary School on a successful launch of a brand new website to go with the opening days of a new school year! Read More >>

Tag! You're It! This week we're asking you to hand out the Friday Props either here in the comments on the blog or over on our Facebook page   Read More >>