Speculation on the Apple Tablet

There’s a ton of speculation on what the Apple tablet will be.  A Kindle Killer?  A new hope to the magazine industry?  The end of netbooks?  The end of laptops?
Apple does have a tendency to not only redefine things, but also create brand new categories.  Who knew we needed an app store with over 100,000 [...]

The Web Development Shift

Companies used to take months (sometimes years) to discuss, spec, design, build, test, and launch a website. Often, piles of money backed up these future failures, as they were often done by committee and thought of as critical to the success of a department or organization.  Then, after months and months of toiling with ridiculous [...]

What’s a fan worth?

Saw this come across my Twitter feed tonight from tech journalist/commentator/podcast mogul Leo Laporte:
Sony and ad.ly offered me $2000 for one ad tweet last week. I didn’t do it – but what do you think? Should I have taken the money?
The old way of thinking is to grab the money.  You’ve built the audience and [...]

Our First iPhone App

Thicksole released it’s first iPhone app last month.  Not only is it a new platform for us, but it was very exciting to work with a client that moved fast and understood the importance of “shipping”.  It’s an app that is meant to support their market-leading textbook, BOONE & KURTZ CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS.  Simulating a deck [...]