Boston Web Studio http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ Blog and Portfolio entries from Boston Web Studio. en info@bostonwebstudio.com Copyright 2011 2011-12-15T19:33:53+00:00 User Interface Conference 16 http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/user-interface-conference-16/

Screenshot of the User Interface Conference 16 website

We turned Dave Shea’s beautiful designs into a great website for UIE using HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery.

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 2011-12-15T19:33:53+00:00 Tufts: Wellness Trail http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/tufts-wellness-trail/

Screenshot of the Tufts: Wellness Trail website

Using media queries & GPS features, the redesigned Tufts: Wellness Trail website is incredibly versatile.

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 2011-08-29T20:43:53+00:00 Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/carnegie-mellon-universitys-college-of-engineering/

Screenshot of the Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering website

We updated CMU’s College of Engineering site with a fresh design that scales well in modern phones.

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 2011-05-23T19:10:51+00:00 Riker Danzig http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/riker-danzig/

Screenshot of the Riker Danzig website

We provided Riker Danzig with front-end development expertise & bespoke CMS integration.

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 2011-04-04T14:26:16+00:00 TVnext http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/tvnext/

Screenshot of the TVnext website

We provided Hill Holliday with wonderfully written HTML and CSS for their TVnext event website.

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 2011-04-04T13:54:04+00:00 A Doubling of Brains and Skills http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/blog/entry/a-doubling-of-brains-and-skills/

I’m excited and pumped (to the max) to announce that Ruthie BenDor will be coming onboard in early April! Her official description will be permanent part-time strategic partner, which is a mouthful that effectively means she’ll be working on BWS projects with me on a part-time basis for the foreseeable future.

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 2011-03-21T16:15:10+00:00 Armstrong Ambulance http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/armstrong-ambulance/

Screenshot of the Armstrong Ambulance website

A new look for one of Boston’s oldest and most recognized ambulance service companies.

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 2010-10-11T21:54:39+00:00 User Interface Conference 15 http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/portfolio/project/user-interface-conference-15/

Screenshot of the User Interface Conference 15 website

We made a fresh & engaging website for User Interface 15, UIE’s premier annual conference.

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 2010-08-26T17:21:30+00:00 Request a Quote Forms: Good or Bad? http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/blog/entry/request-a-quote-forms-good-or-bad/

I’ve always wondered if it’s a worthwhile effort for a service-based company to build, then field inquiries from, a request a quote form on their website.

A What?

Well, Query McCheery, a request a quote form is similar to your average contact us form, but it has additional fields that ask for project-specific details such as:

  • Type of project
  • Project goals
  • Project budget
  • Project deadline
  • Special considerations
  • …and so on

A visitor who is searching for a company that provides services they are in need of will often fill out a request a quote form to start the conversation between themselves and the company. The purpose of such a form, for the company anyway, is to act as a filter for project inquiries. If someone uses the form to submit information that is not inline with the service company’s offerings, project or client goals, availability, etc., then a polite email can be sent back that says, in more words than this, thanks, but no thanks.

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 2010-08-23T19:06:48+00:00 A Summer Internship http://www.bostonwebstudio.com/ http://bostonwebstudio.com/blog/entry/a-summer-internship/

They say that you should try to hire people who are smarter than you are, so please take a moment to congratulate me because I’ve done that very thing. Between the end of this month and half-way through August, the talented Bruce W. Spang—‘W’ for Win, probably not his real middle name—will be the smartest person working at Boston Web Studio. As magical as that may be, I regret to inform you myself that it’s not a permanent position, something about Bruce finishing high school, so the increase in office-awesomeness will be but a moment in the company’s lifetime.

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