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Designing for Emotion by Aarron Walter is the fifth release in the A Book Apart series aimed at those in the web industry. Don’t let the small size fool you -- Designing for Emotion is packed with a number of excellent points and examples for designers to reference...
Helping organizations succeed online means more than building a great-looking website; often web-based software and services are the tools needed to help people connect easier and work smarter. In the case of The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the...
Most of us have a close friend or family member in the elder adult community -- with one of the highest populations of elder adults in the US, Maine people recognize the importance of caring for and enriching the lives of our older citizens. That commitment is shared...
At web companies like ours, the "launch" of a project -- from a huge network of websites to a single, minor update -- is one of the best parts of the job. You've completed a bit of work, and if you liked it, it's your chance to show it to the world; if you didn't, you...
CSS3 for Web Designers by Dan Cederholm has been a very handy go-to for me this year. At RainStorm, we decided to begin practicing progressive enrichment at the beginning of 2011, which opened the door for some usage of CSS3. The browser-specific property declarations...
For Embracing Diversity, their name is their mission. The Maine-based educational consulting firm designs and presents workshops on diversity topics for college administrators, staff, and students across the US. Angel and Eunice Loredo, co-owners of Embracing...
Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for RainStorm Consulting, as we announce our plan to develop a new software product we believe will make a positive impact on education throughout the US. The product is CourseStorm, and we like to call it impossibly simple...
The challenge As the field of ocean optics continues to expand, researchers and professionals from the field had a bold idea: Resurrect an out-of-print textbook and publish it to the web, creating a continually-updated resource that is open for additions and comments...
The status quo Maine's Career and Technical Education schools -- a statewide network of 17 alternative high schools providing hands-on education in the fields of nursing, culinary arts, automotive, IT, carpentry, and more -- wanted to raise their profile, telling the...
The challenge Choice Literacy is a nationally-respected organization providing literacy training materials and resources for K-12 educators. When they wanted to simplify and streamline their workshop registration process and increase registrations, they turned to...
For our first website launch of 2011, we're happy to announce the all-new Town of Orono website, online at orono.org. Of course, all the websites we build are special, but this one is unique, as our offices are located in the middle of Orono Maine, and three of our...
We're pleased to announce a refreshed design and layout for the John Bapst website, online at http://www.johnbapst.org. The new site provides detailed information about the school's new boarding program, launching in fall 2011. Behind the scenes, the new site is...
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