Notes and news, insights and inspiration from the autonomous collective mind of GS.

Get More Out of Gmail Through SCIENCE!

Chris Krasovich by on September 20, 2012

Google logoAll right, maybe it’s not science exactly – though an official lab and the scientific method are involved. Apparently, the super smart Google Labs team offers a bevy of semi-secret experimental Gmail enhancements that can make emailing more convenient, efficient, accurate, and/or entertaining.

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The Ability to Make A Difference

Amie Abendroth by on April 26, 2012

My very first blog post, I suppose it’s appropriate that it marks a significant point in my career. For the past six months or so I’ve had the pleasure of working on a project that has been truly fulfilling. I’m pretty passionate about my projects in general. I consider myself a “dedicated” project manager – but this, this project was different. I felt like I was doing something for the greater good. And I know that my fellow GS team members felt the same way.

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Dealer Locators - Closer Than You Think

Jim Broennimann by on February 2, 2012

Over the course of a year, GS has created several types of Dealer Locators for different clients across many industries. Dealer Locators have evolved rapidly in that time period, with many factors playing a role. One driver that I like to attribute to this evolution is the simplicity of increasing sales, and one way to increase sales is to get the right information to the customer at the right time. To do that properly, the information needs to be usable and readable and device-agnostic.

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Practical SVG Usage

Steve Schrab by on December 21, 2011
Given that the goal today is to build increasingly responsive and adaptive sites that look great not only on high-res desktop displays but also in the palm of your hand on mobile devices, bypassing SVG is a huge oversight.
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FED Stuff - November Edition

Steve Schrab by on November 30, 2011

FED Stuff is a collection of the little CSS and Front-End Developer tricks that I’ve learned each month. There is a lot to learn. Some may be new to you. Some may be what you assumed is common knowledge. But we can't know for sure unless we share. This is my attempt to share them. Little tricks add up to big things.

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Press This for Efficient Blog Posts

Chris Krasovich by on October 1, 2010

Please tell me I am not the last person online to discover Press This: a simple yet ingenious bookmarklet that lets you clip bits of text, image, and video goodness from the interwebz and drop them directly into a WordPress post, via your browser. It's easy to see how this mini app would make it easier than ever to keep track of inspiring materials from across the web that you can either post immediately or save within your WordPress dashboard to flesh out at a later date. Do you use it?

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