Categories

May 10, 2012 | Craig Isakson: Responsive?

Here at Sundog we create a lot of responsive websites.  Essentially you create one site which scales its size and changes its layout and content based on the browser resolution.

April 30, 2012 | Charles Rowland: 1366, 768 and other random numbers

As of march 2012 a new study from StatCounter taking place from March of 2009 to March of 2012 shows that 1366x768 has overtaken 1024x768 for the top screen resolution used on the internet world wide. Looking at analytics data on the Sundog Interactive site from Feb 26, 2012 to March 27, 2012, 12.07% of visitors were using 1366x768 as their screen resolution and 8.7% were using 1024x768.

April 02, 2012 | Craig Isakson: iOS Salesforce SDK Tips

Recently I have had the opportunity to start to use the Salesforce SDK for iOS.  So far this has been a great tool which takes care of a lot of the leg work in dealing with the Salesforce REST api.  Until now I have mostly concentrated my efforts in the Android arena.  When I did start to write an app in iOS I had found that there were a couple of issues that I was having troubles with.

March 21, 2012 | Adam Konieska: 6 Tips to Make Your Web Forms Easier to Use

We’ve all been there, trying to complete a web form that was clunky and difficult to use.  Fortunately, there are some simple (yet often overlooked) steps you can take to improve the user experience on your forms.  Most of these are quick to implement and will provide incredible benefits to the end user.

March 13, 2012 | Rob Burke: HD Video - The Rise or Demise of Quality over Quantity?

In the last seven years we’ve seen the birth of a new generation of content and consumption.
HD video has fast become integrated into consumer equipment from cameras to phones. So how does this translate into the rise or demise of professionally created content?

February 23, 2012 | Paul Bourdeaux: Mobile Stats for 2011

Today comScore released its Mobile Future in Focus for 2012, and in it there are some pretty interesting stats from 2011.

February 17, 2012 | Paul Bourdeaux: Missing the Mark With QR - My Response To Jon Barocas

Jon Barocas, founder and CEO of bieMEDIA, recently made waves on Mashable when he blogged about Why QR Codes Won’t Last.  While I respect Mr. Barocas and recognize his success in marketing technology, I feel that he is significantly undervaluing QR codes and overvaluing his proposed alternative.  Here is why:

February 06, 2012 | Greg Ness: The Digital Abyss

Most of the time we talk about all the wonderful things the Internet makes possible, and it does! However, there are still too many people in this world who don't have access to the Internet.

December 29, 2011 | Anthony Suda: Using Google Chrome with multiple Google Accounts

Before, if you had a personal Gmail account and your work used Google Apps, and you wanted to have both open, you needed to have two different browsers open or at least make use of Google’s Multiple Sign In option. Well now with Google Chrome browser, things are a little better…

December 28, 2011 | Paul Bourdeaux: Mobile Sales Surge on Dec 25, 26

Online sales were healthy this holiday season, and mobile played a big part.  Sales were up 16.4% over the previous Christmas, and up 10% on Dec 26.  On both days, mobile sales accounted for nearly 20% of the total sales.

November 21, 2011 | Shannon Luney: Learning HTML and CSS one line of code at a time

I spend a lot of my time designing websites and working with developers to make them functional. When talking to developers about what design limitations I have, I think it is important for me to understand their explanations. I have learned a lot by working side by side with developers over the past 4 years, but I always want to learn more.

November 08, 2011 | Alyssa Dahl: Steve Jobs: One Last Thing, PBS

After watching a special on Steve Jobs last week on PBS, I sat on my iPad and felt inspired. Jobs was quoted, “Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact, and that is, everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you ... the minute that you understand that you can poke life ... that you can change it, you can mould it ... that’s maybe the most important thing.” The statement left me thinking —how can we have a positive influence on this world? What can we do to influence change? How can we have an impact with the people we interact with each day?