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INTERACTIVE AGENCY
Join us for the August Interactive Mixer next Thursday!
It is that time again! Come by our offices next Thursday, August 26 for our next Interactive Mixer!
This month we are having a PET FOOD DRIVE for the NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY! So many pets are finding themselves in need because their families are facing hard economic times. Please make a donation of an un-expired and unopened dog or cat food. You can help make a difference in their lives.
It’s getting pretty hot out there! Come in, cool off, and mingle with the Nashville Interactive Community. Great food, great conversation - don’t miss it!
Centresource’s Evan Owens recognized as a Nashville ‘Top 30 Under 30′
We are thrilled to congratulate Evan Owens from our team as a Nashville 30 Under 30 award winner this year.
Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 recognizes the city’s most active young philanthropists while benefiting the CFF. Honorees were nominated by co-workers, friends and family for their charitable and professional endeavors. The top 30 honorees were then selected by the Top 30 Under 30 selection committee during the month of June.
“This honoree class has once again shown that Nashville is full of young professionals that care about their city. We hope the community will help the CFF congratulate and honor them by supporting the Top 30 Under 30 celebration in September,” said Top 30 Under 30 co-chair Anne Elizabeth McIntosh.
Building the Game Day Experience: Coastal Carolina
We are really excited to announce the launch of a new interactive portal for Coastal Carolina University’s Athletic Department to help promote football ticket sales. They shared with us this press release they sent out earlier this week about the site.
You can check out the site at www.CoastalTix.com.
Spinning Beach Ball? 8 Ways to Speed Up Your Mac
If you own a Mac, you know what the “Spinning Beach Ball” cursor means: it is going to be a while before you get to use your computer again. At our June Interactive Mixer, we handed out sheets of paper with a few tips for keeping your Mac as fast as the first day you bought it. Several people have asked to have an extra copy of it, so here it is for your reference.
8 Ways To Optimize Your Mac’s Performance
- Clean Out Startup Items
- Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items
Tuned In: Centresource picks up a pair Telly Awards for online videos
Our downstairs fireplace mantel is getting a bit more crowded. We picked up a Silver Telly Award statuette for our work in creating the online video for the Two Futures Project. This is the second major award for the site, the first a “Best in Show” from the W3 Awards. The second Silver Telly Award is given for our work in creating a video called “No Charity” for Blood:Water Mission.
More than 11,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents were received for the 2010 competition, honoring the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions and work created for the Web.
New Features in Rails 3
Here at centresource, we’re all about following the newest technology in web development. Rails 3 is coming soon, and it promises to be a significant upgrade. With the 4th beta version pushed recently, and a release candidate right around the corner, I thought now would be a good time to go over my two favorite new features.
All New Router
The router has been completely re-written and borrows heavily from the Merb router, but has a more developed DSL.
Regular Routes
Regular routes are more concise, but I’m not sure how I feel about the “controller#action” syntax yet…
Progressive Enhancements with CSS3
CSS3 is great! The themers and designers here at centresource all love the improvements that are now available to (most) modern browsers. The best part of CSS3 is that the changes are subtle, and a site can still look fantastic without using any of the new styles.
The idea of “progressive enhancement” is to get a site looking the way to want in all of the current browsers, then add some enhancements that most of those browsers can understand. It’s kind of like a bonus for the users of the more progressive browsers. Since they are savvy enough to know what browsers are on top, they can reap the rewards of the polish that CSS3 allows for a website.
Symfony 2 Conference Hub at the Castle
When the Symfony Live Online conference was first announced, Brandon came up with the great idea to get the entire Nashville Symfony/PHP community to watch it together at centresource. “It’ll be an amazing gathering of nerds the likes of which have never been seen!” he says.
Well, Sensio decided to steal our thunder by suggesting Symfony 2 Conference Hubs a few days later. Hey Sensio, we still take credit for the idea. We thought of it first. And now that’s off my chest, the sales pitch:
My favorite iPad Apps
After a few months with the iPad, I’ve settled upon my favorite apps (thus far). I could go into deep detail as to WHY I like each of these, but I decided to save you the preaching. However, you should always remember that the value of many apps is how well you learn them & incorporate their value into your work flow. The best example: Evernote. You either get it (and love it) or you don’t - kinda simple. So, without further adieu, here’s my list:
Centresource reports from the 2010 HOW Conference
This week, three members of our design team headed to 2010 HOW Design Conference in Denver, Colorado. Jason Jones, Jason O’Brien and Jared Scheel all turned in video reports to share their experience and some of the things that they’ve learned. Take a look!
