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Mar 3 2011

3 SEO Myths Debunked

Unfortunately, there is plenty of SEO misinformation floating around and there are several ways these myths get passed around as true. The following myths all came about in the same way; an observation that somehow became an SEO truism.


Jan 17 2011

Fun With Telemarketers: A Primer

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Work and Business | 0 comments »

Every business gets their share of telemarketers.


Nov 10 2010

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shebang

written by David Haley | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

A shebang looks like this: #! I know technically it's not a shebang. It's just easier to say that.


Nov 2 2010

How to Set Up a Local ExpressionEngine 1 Development Environment on Mac OS 10.6

That's right. LOCAL. Right on your laptop or whatever.


Aug 25 2010

ExpressionEngine 2 and JQuery

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | placed in Web Design and Development | 0 comments »

Gabe presented on ExpressionEngine 2 and JQuery. Much more exciting than it sounds...


Aug 11 2010

First Rally Point Meeting

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

We've held our first Rally Point meeting and discussed Rails 3 and Bundler.


Jul 23 2010

Be the Master of Your Domain

Your domain name should be totally under your direct control.


Jan 5 2010

Announcing ‘TweetSack’, a new side project

written by Jerrod Blavos | 0 comments »

TweetSack.com is a rails project that aggregates and categorizes linked-to content from twitter, eliminating the short-url-itis that we all hate about tweets.


Dec 30 2009

Keep your assets organized with BlavoSync

When developing new features for existing (or new) Ruby on Rails applications, our UI people like to have some real content to use to optimize the design for an interface that works with the actual data. It's classic chicken and egg syndrome.

"I cant design that area because i dont know what the content is, but i cant put content there until i know what the design looks like." - designers everywhere


Nov 12 2009

Note to New Web Designers: Six Ways to Drive Your Clients to Imp Designs

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Work and Business | 2 comments »

I recently met with a new client prospect and their story inspired me to create this list.


Jul 13 2009

Accessibility:  Luxury or Neccessity?

Not everyone shares our enthusiasm for accessibility.


Jun 16 2009

The Fallacy of the 3-Click Rule

The myth of the 3-click rule deconstructed.


Feb 22 2009

Beware of SEO Telemarketers

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

Recently several of our clients have reported being contacted by an out of state search engine company


Nov 5 2008

Hot Diggity! A Creative Suite Update!

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

One failed download and twelve hours later, I've now got CS4 installed!


Jun 26 2008

Moving

written by Chris Basnight | 0 comments »

We're moving into new digs! By July 1st, we'll be in the Coastal Federal Credit Union building on St. Albans Drive.


Nov 4 2007

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…

written by Chris Basnight | 0 comments »

We've recently finished two very challenging projects using two completely different approaches; ExpressionEngine and Ruby on Rails.


Aug 3 2007

To Open Source or Not to Open Source

written by Imp Designs | placed in Technology | 2 comments »

Like a lot of web developers, we were once in love with open source software. These days.... not so much.


Jun 29 2007

All of Our Websites Are iPhone Ready!

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

Yeah, yeah... I know. I'm jumping on the media bandwagon here. But the truth is, we've been building websites to be standards compliant ever since we knew what that meant.


Jun 7 2007

A Million Things Happening and No Time to Write…

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Work and Business | 0 comments »

The last three months have been a whirlwind of activity here at Imp Designs. All this activity will peak in the next few weeks with multiple website launches.


Feb 26 2007

Do You Own Your Domain Name?

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

When's the last time you checked the WHOIS information for your domain name? If you have a website, and you don't understand what that question means, read on.


Jan 21 2007

The Problem with Blogs…

written by Chris Basnight | 1 comment »

Having a blog sounds all well and good. That is, until you realize the work involved in keeping one going!


Mar 21 2006

AJAX to the Rescue!

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Technology | 0 comments »

Our recent work for Ticon Properties presented us with a challenging problem: the efficient display of floor plans.


Feb 25 2006

Resumes 101

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Work and Business | 0 comments »

I receive about 4 to 6 resumes a week. Very few get more than a cursory glance. The ones that catch my attention have a lot in common.


Jan 29 2006

Credits and Inspirations

written by Chris Basnight | placed in Announcements | 0 comments »

A complete redesign of any website can be a big undertaking.


Jan 27 2006

Welcome to Impressive Blog

written by Imp Designs | placed in Announcements | 0 comments »

Welcome to the new and improved website of Imp Designs, and to our online journal, Impressive Blog.



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