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A novice guide to how search works

August 13, 2013

Ever look at Google and wonder how in the world it actually works the way it does? If we didn’t do this all the time professionally I could easily see how this would be, almost literally, rocket science. To most this is a very baffling, extremely frustrating, process. While this is by no means a scientific look at how search works, if you are one of these folks, this could be the thing you are looking for. Aside from being a great primer on how search works it is also a great example of the use of modern web

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A lesson on reading contracts

August 12, 2013

In what can only be described as one of the single best articles ever written on an age-old theory of “payback is a b!*$#” we offer you this… http://now.msn.com/dmitry-agarkov-outwits-russian-bank-by-writing-own-credit-card-terms Let this be the ultimate lesson to you on both how to beat the banks at their own game as well, read your contracts; always. In this case what went out is not what came back in. Simply sign and release is a very, very bad plan. In this case I actually love it, but had this been your statement of work, perhaps you would be less thrilled.

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Can you buy a new phone every six months?

July 29, 2013

It often boggled my mind why this was not the case earlier. Someone at the phone companies out there finally wised up and realized that folks who buy smartphones, buy them a lot. We also break them a lot, drop them in a pool a lot, have their kids use them as frisbees a lot, and, well, you get the point. At $600 a pop, that can be an expensive habit. Enter the new upgrade plans. These new plans dramatically increase the flexibility of a consumer’s upgrade options. Now, instead of being stuck and bound to an 18 –

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Apps still heading up, up, up

July 29, 2013

A few years back we thought that that things were app-crazy. Some folks even went so far as to say that these were going to die off soon and that it was just a phase. Well, that might eventually end up being true but in our opinion, this is not the case. We have more mobile devices (and growing) than ever before. Stands to reason then that we would have more apps. Also not surprising is that, given the convenience of mobile in general, that we are seeing folks migrate their usage from any more traditional means over to

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MarkUp – The web designer’s screenshot tool

January 13, 2012

Envoy recently released its new app entitled MarkUp. (You can download it here). This is the tool for web developers that want to annotate websites on the go. Built native for both the iPad and the iPhone, MarkUp allows anyone to take a screen shot of a web page, add notes, and draw on the shots to outline update notes for developers, upgrade ideas for clients, or simply highlight unique features of a particular website. Made by designers, for designers, this tool also allows for bookmarking of frequently visited sites; a helpful tool for staging environments with multiple client

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Things that make us laugh

September 23, 2011

I admit, this post will only appeal to the few who are, well, that much of a design geek to actually find this funny. That being said, if you are ever curious what make a group of designer laugh, well, this is it.

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