Project Management: Love It or Hate It? It’s that time again and I’ve been asked to write another post. This month we’ve been asked to theme our posts around “love”. What do we love about our industry, job, processes, and so forth. When I mentioned to my boss that I had to write a blog [...]
I have an adoration for many different types of design; from print to interior to interactive. I have been designing so long I can’t look at something without thinking about it’s aesthetic qualities. I can’t look at an object without critiquing it in some fashion. I’ll wonder why the designer made the decisions they made [...]
Web Development The terms “operating system” and “platform” are often used interchangeably in the technology industry. But should we be referring to Google’s Chrome OS as a platform? The World Wide Web is only 20 years old and people are already pining for its “good old days” of the web. We thought this discussion was [...]
For the month of February, we have decided to share what it is we love. As cliché as it might be to profess our love for universal web standards or pixel perfect website deployments, we wish to instead focus on what it is that brings us joy every day in our lives at Galvin. Whether [...]
Web Development Good news for organizations who strive to protect machines from malicious downloads: IE9 provies 96-plus percent effective in blocking malware, while other major web browsers like Chrome and Firefox fall behind. Non-webkit browsers will support the -webkit prefix, which is upsetting news to those strongly supportive of the standardization process. How do we [...]
My wife and I have recently been working on some home improvements in our house. As you could imagine, we are often online looking at ideas and “Do-It-Yourself” tutorials. Last night I was researching how to rewire a room for wall sconces while my wife was reading about different types of curtains. A majority of [...]
Web Development Facebook filed for its $5 billion IPO last week. Here are ten things that you might be surprised to know (but should know) about this social networking giant. I share my third search engine marketing game-changer on the Galvin blog. Despite Google rocking the SEO landscape with Panda updates and new search features, [...]
Web Development There is a new breed of online video consumers: those who consume via mobile devices. Is your business utilizing HTML5 video to tap this growing marketing? We share more of our Internet marketing predictions on the Galvin blog. 2012 is the year to really think about how you are engaging, converting, and retaining [...]
Quality Content Still Matters Google has seriously been shaking up the world of search engine marketing, but 2012 is bound to get even crazier. Since the introduction of Google Panda that aimed to reward sites with rich and high-quality content rather than those stuffed with keywords, the updates to the Caffeine ranking algorithm that was [...]