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.

May 02, 2012 | Craig Isakson: comScore Releases New Smartphone Numbers

In a recent press release, comScore has released data from their comScore MobiLens service used for reporting key trends in the U.S. Mobile phone industry.  The data is derived from an average of a three month survey which surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers.

April 22, 2012 | Rob Burke: Is 72ppi a thing of the past?

With higher resolution displays being put into devices that are viewed at arms length; standard web graphics will soon start to look less finished and more pixelated than ever. There are some options; when I met with Shannon she talked about how Sundog is already using vector graphics for the web due to their small file size and scalable nature. Video and photography is a little more complicated though.

April 11, 2012 | Anthony Suda: Desk Phone Exodus

Here at Sundog we’ve seen a recent reclamation of desk space. More than 10% of our users have chosen to forward their work extensions to their mobile phones so they not only free up some desk space, but are easier to reach when they’re away from their desk.

April 04, 2012 | Rob Burke: Creative interface and user interaction is expected

Have you ever been to a website and your first thought is “this site is shady?” Have you ever downloaded an app only to open it once and never again? This is what I like to call Back Alley Design Syndrome (or BADS for short).

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 29, 2012 | Shannon Luney: Responsive or Mobile?

When making a responsive website isn’t currently possible, mobile websites can serve as great in-between point and provide a great start to creating a responsive website in the future.

March 28, 2012 | Shawn Tennyson: If Video Killed the Radio Star, What Did the Smartphone Kill?

The Smartphone is rendering many of the products we use obsolete, replacing them with a simple app that is usually free.

March 27, 2012 | Alyssa Dahl: Importance to Engage in Real Time

Towards the end of February, Sundog held an event at the Plains Art Museum called Social.Mobile.Cloud. Sponsored by Sanford Health, Sundog partnered with Salesforce and Google who brought representatives to speak at the afternoon gathering.

March 20, 2012 | Craig Isakson: Underdog

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend Mobile March in the Twin Cities.  During the conference, I attended a four hour long Microsoft Windows Phone training session.  My reasoning for attending this session was to learn more about a platform I have little experience in.

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.