Here at Stone Ward, we’ve tried a lot of different approaches to creating websites and making content manageable. Our strategy for web development is to have developers spend time doing what they’re good at, and to empower clients and accounts team members with effective tools to do the day to day content management on sites…. Read more >>
We’ve all heard about how New York’s Mayor Bloomberg learned to code last year. Some people think that every student should have the chance to learn how to code. But, what does this mean to ad agencies? Let’s see what it looks like right now at Stone Ward. Here’s a breakdown of our staff’s coding… Read more >>
Just like Cody ‘s post said about Vine, there’s just no describing it. After browsing some of the randomness posted by other Vine users, I decided to give it a go. I call it “Ode to getting away from your desk from time to time.”
This is part of a monthly meeting series with Stone Ward brand management to talk about integrating digital to overall communications planning. In this March meeting we talked about brainstorming technology first, based on a session that I listened to at SXSW 2013.
Well, the Interactive folks are clearing out and the Music folks are streaming in, but here’s one final post from me before I go. I won’t try and give you a definitive summary of this year’s event, it’s way too broad for that, but I will leave you with some of the topics and trends… Read more >>
Kyle and I give a quick recap of our key takeaways from the fifth day of South by Southwest Interactive 2013.
In a technology conference as vast and cutting-edge as SXSW, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of learning and technology and opportunities that surround you. And agencies like ours are working daily to keep up to date with today’s software and tomorrow’s next innovation. Even personally, many of us have divided our… Read more >>
Making a good app is not an easy or cheap or particularly fast process. While this is not what clients want to hear, in the long run, it’s the right thing to do to make sure the app you’ve invested in is a useful tool for your customers instead of a brochure of your services…. Read more >>
We host a lot of sites. Most are PHP / MySQL sites, most of those are Drupal and WordPress sites. There are a few outliers like a big ColdFusion intranet, and some Ruby and Python stuff. Some are huge sites for a national audience, some are much smaller sites with a more local focus. We’ve… Read more >>
While many of these technologies were present in some browsers on some platforms before 2012, we believe 2013 will be a break-out year for some new capabilities in desktop and mobile browsers. Many new technologies that were once the domain of developers willing to test and experiment with the latest browser versions will soon be… Read more >>
The digital world is fluid and diverse. If your content is stubborn and cranky, they aren’t going to get along. Responsive thinking is the answer, and we’ve greatly oversimplified it here for your viewing pleasure. Filmed and edited by Dustin Jones, 360 Filmworks Music created by Chris Kindrick using Figure by Propellerhead
With more and more browsers now supporting embedded interactive 3D graphics using WebGL, developers and designers have the opportunity to create infographics and design pieces never possible before.
Statistically speaking, the likelihood of your website being mobile-friendly is very slim. When browsing from a mobile device, 96-percent of consumers say they’ve encountered sites that were clearly not designed for mobile devices. The reported stats vary, but 60-80% of brands don’t have a mobile-optimized website. According to recent Google research, this is an incredibly frustrating… Read more >>
Drawing inspiration from the cicada when designing tiling graphics for the web. I first read about this idea about a year ago, in this Design Festival article. In the article, the author proposed a technique for creating repeating backgrounds that avoid the monotony and repetition of the standard web page tiled background image. The first… Read more >>
Using Google’s mapping API and some free open source tools, it’s easy to get GIS data on the web as an interactive map.