In this ten minute interview with Ryan Matzner, Lead Strategist at Fueled, an iPhone & Android app development agency based in New York, NY we learn his perspective regarding a recent article he wrote entitled, “Why Web Apps Will Crush…
Top Winner in Web Design Contest to Compete in WorldSkills
Michael Angel and WebProfessionals.org Go for The Gold at the WorldSkills Web Design Contest Michael Angel, the gold medal winner of the 2011 U.S. National Web Design Contest will go on to represent the USA in the WorldSkills Competition in…
Social Media + Analytics = ROI Interview with Nick Cifuentes, Ancestry.com
In this interview with Nick Cifuentes, Director, Global Social Media at Ancestry.com.com we learn how: * Social Media is perceived as often difficult to monitor, track and analyze for some c-suite level executives and organizations * Social Media ROI goes…
Google’s Penguin and Panda Wreak Havoc Interview with Scott Darrohn, fishbat
Unless you’ve been on vacation for awhile than more than likely you are already aware of the Google algorithm “Penguin and Panda” updates that took affect a few months back. To get a sense for the size and scope and…
Why Design Matters – A Lesson from Yahoo! Inc.
Kudos to Yahoo for tapping Marissa Mayer as the company’s new CEO. If you’ve been following the news, you know that she brings experience in several positions to the job. Various media note her accomplishments. She joined Google in 1999…
Web Professional Educator Spotlight: Athir Mahmud
Athir Mahmud, Associate Professor Harold Washington College This month we would like to feature Athir Mahmud, Associate Professor Department of Computer Information Systems at Harold Washington College located in Chicago, IL for our Web Professional Educator Spotlight. [display_podcast] Professor Mahmud…
2012 Web Design Contest Winners Announced
Winners of the 2012 National Web Design Competition Announced The not-for-profit Webprofessionals.org association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 National Web Design Contest. The Web design contest challenged high school and college students from around the U.S.…
SchoolofWeb.org Video Challenge Winners Announced
SchoolofWeb.org Launched Students Take Home Cash Prizes Leading Web Professional students and teachers converged on Kansas City the week of June 24 -27, 2012 to compete in the National Web Design Contest. Additional extra curricula challenges such as the SchoolofWeb.org…
Building Successful Business Models Around Community – Interview with Jeffrey Veen, Typekit
A Web Professional Success Story Jeffrey Veen is the Founder and CEO of Typekit. Founded in 2008 by some of the industry’s most experienced designers and developers, Typekit was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated in 2011. Veen and the TypeKit…
Advice for Creating a Top-Notch Web Developer Resume – Interview with Kimberly Blessing
[display_podcast] According to Kimberly Blessing, Web developer, author and principle at Kimmie Corp, your resume format should work to highlight your strengths. The chronological resume, perhaps the most traditional format, fails in this regard. A functional resume does a much…