Putting a College in the Cloud

Putting a College in the Cloud

When Mcdaniel College’s infrastructure requirements had outgrown their previous web hosting solution, they relied on Willett + Associates for a technical solution and a roadmap for their expansion.

Refreshing the McDaniel College Website

Refreshing the McDaniel College Website

Change is inevitable, and while McDaniel College wasn't ready for a full site redesign, the original fixed width templates of the site were not responsive on mobile devices. More then an inconvenience for their mobile users, a fixed width site takes a significant hit...

Learning 2015 – Top 5 Takeaways

Learning 2015 – Top 5 Takeaways

You know it's a great conversation with Sal Khan when you forget to ask for a picture together. (with Elliot Masie) I was very fortunate to be able to attend Learning 2015 this year.  For those to don't know, it's a 3 day conference of Learning Professionals in...

Take One Off the Shelf…

Take One Off the Shelf…

I had a conversation with a potential client regarding the value of a custom built Content Management System (CMS) as opposed to one available commercially "Off the Shelf" (COTS).  They had been told their needs were unique and only a Custom application would work. It...

Neuroscience Department – Johns Hopkins Site Launch

Neuroscience Department – Johns Hopkins Site Launch

While no one was looking, we went ahead and produced a new website for the Neuroscience Department of Johns Hopkins University. The site just launched with a fully dynamic homepage designed to highlight the world class faculty, the research and the publications. The...

WikiStim.org Site Launch

WikiStim.org Site Launch

We recently launched a new site for physicians searching for peer reviewed research on modulation based pain remediation.  Using Wordpress behind the scenes, we pushed the boundaries of a typical WP site with over 1500 pages and 200 (!) custom fields.  It also have...

The Lisa Vogel Agency Site Launch

The Lisa Vogel Agency Site Launch

Kevin from CSDG designed a beautiful homepage concept to introduce The Lisa Vogel Agency.  We developed the site (http://www.lisavogelagency.com) with responsive design and full HTML 5 standards compliance.  There is substantial jQuery work to handle the typography...

BillDenisonPhoto.com Launched

BillDenisonPhoto.com Launched

With CSDG responsible for design, we just finished development on a new website for photographer Bill Denison.  The site, built on the ExpressionEngine CMS, needed to be flexible enough to showcase Bill's extensive portfolio, but also support modern APIs to embed new...

Twitter’s Bootstrap Framework – Worth a Look

Twitter’s Bootstrap Framework – Worth a Look

If you like to work with grid frameworks you've probably already looked at 960.gs and Blueprint packages.  If you prefer to work with HTML 5 and are looking for something responsive and modern, take a look at Twitter's Bootstrap framework.  It has quite a bit going...