jQuery Local Storage done right (and easy)
This year we worked on a cool project (launching mid-2012) to help users plan their finances and retirement. The site involved lots of calculators to capture user data and return estimates for their...
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Easy Content Editing Plugin for WordPress
Good content makes for good websites. While we design for a clear and easy reading experience, it’s strong content that brings visitors back day after day. We’ve seen first-hand how a bad CMS can...
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New(ish) Work: Dreamforce.com
Sorry if the blog’s been a bit dead lately, we’ve got work coming out our ears. One example of such work is our recent involvement with Salesforce.com. They hired us to help them conceive, design and...
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A Template Language for WordPress, and more
We’re excited to release Timber, a tool for building sustainable WordPress themes with a template language. A template language separates the complex WordPress PHP calls from the HTML. Designers and...
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Fall Internship at Upstatement: Developer Edition
The halloween decorations are up for sale and we’ve even spied some pumpkin beers out in the wild. That can mean only one thing: Upstatement is looking for interns to join our team this fall! We’re...
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Comparing PHP Template Languages for WordPress
In creating Timber I went through lots of options for which PHP template language to implement. We had just concluded a JavaScript-heavy project where we had used handlebars.js to make the templating...
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Courier: Our Solution to Intra-office Link Sharing
Six months ago, I noticed a problem in the Upstatement office. Each of us browsed the web everyday, seeking out the best content, news, and tools. However, we rarely shared any of our best finds with...
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User Empathy Hits Mobile
I just returned from the Online News Association Conference in Chicago. The highlight for me was the “50% Mobile” session featuring The New York Times, CNN and BuzzFeed. In the last year or so, each of...
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SND Makes at Upstatement
SND Makes // Boston with Upstatement from Mike Swartz on Vimeo. This past weekend we hosted a great crew of designers, journalists and programmers for the quasi-annual SND Makes hackathon. The...
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The SPD Awards Reminded Me To Take Bigger Risks
I ended up at the Society of Publication Designers’ Awards Gala — sort of like prom for magazine designers — for my first time last year, and again this past weekend for my work on the digital version...
View ArticleApprentice Intro: Linda Gorman
I grew up primarily in Delaware, home of Joe Biden and tax free shopping. After high school I headed north to Syracuse University, where I tried to stay warm and worked toward a dual degree in IT and...
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