Blog
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Book Review: Here Comes Everybody
I recently finished reading Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky. For those of you who don't know who this is, check out his amazing TED...
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Books for Budding Web Developers
As part of our team, we have two people who have never designed a web site: Demond Drummer (Organizer) and Tahirih (TEA) Klass Metzger (Office Manager). However, since they are worki...
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The future of print magazines? Only a part of it.
While enjoying my morning homemade espresso, I stumbled upon a video of a prototype digital magazine reader called Mag+ and dubbed by some as the future (and the savior) of print mag...
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A DROID Convert
I was a Blackberry user until recently switching to a DROID. I liked the small form factor of my Blackberry Pearl but didn't like its small display or lack of applications (although...
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Donation Motivation
Recently, we had the opportunity to study what motivates people to donate online the lesson we learned from the experience was invaluable. The idea A new fundraising campaign h...
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There's a New Mobile Site in Town
Last month, we launched our first dedicated mobile site for the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers (CRB). The request started with a client's Board membe...
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Kindled by a Kindle
Since a young age I've been enamored with shiny new gadgets. As a kid these included Apple II computers (I often forfeited recess for screen time), the Atari 2600 (Space Invaders an...
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Webitects is presenting at Agile2009
If you have done any Agile software development, you already know that the biggest Agile conference will be in Chicago this year. Well, we got ourselves a presentation spot at Agile2...
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Opportunities and potential
Today is my oldest son's first day of second grade -- a milestone (one noticed more by parents than children). With the new school year comes a new teacher, new classmates, and new ...
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Transparency and consistency: A magic formula for the web
Overview As Webitects gets more and more projects that call for a Web 2.0 approach, I find that my skills as a web developer transfer surprisingly well to developing online comm...
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Learning from the Community
A few weeks ago, I attended a community meeting in Chicago's 4th ward. The meeting, held by the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee, was intended to provide an outlet for...
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Who uses fly-up menus?
The Weather Channel apparently does. I've only seen "fly-up" menus used on one other site that would have easily qualified for Worst Website Ever years ago and was amazed when I disc...