So You Want To Be A Programmer?
As you’ve probably heard, a lot of people are using the internet these days. You may have also heard about the web bootcamps that are popping up in many cities around the world to accommodate the … Continued
What are the Money Questions in Product Development?
Statistics from the Angel Capital Association say that 300,000 users have become angel investors for new companies in the last two years. Entrepreneurs quickly discover that money is a big factor in whether they can … Continued
9 Essential Rules for Product Development
Most entrepreneurs fail in their bid to become successful and up to 45% of new products fail. Those are huge odds you will come up against. But product development is an art. Forget about the … Continued
What is Operations vs. Marketing in Product Development?
Product development is essential for innovation. Yet between 2006 and 2008 only 9% of America’s manufacturing companies introduced any innovations at all. The country is simply not innovating at the rate it should. If you … Continued
Chicago Foodpreneurs: Big Brands Edition
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXsHmLs81Vs&w=703&h=397] In a city of food-lovers, we’ll delve into the complex and impressive world of food and beverage businesses in Chicago. Join some of Chicago’s top food entrepreneurs and brands as they share their journeys, … Continued
Clients in the news
Earlier this week, the Chicago Tribune featured on article on Doejo client Dermio, a profile of the app and background on dermatologist-turned-entrepreneur Doctor David Soleymani. Also discussed are the future of telemedicine and Dermio’s plans to … Continued
Media Production: FKS Wealth Management Promotional Documentary
[vimeo 143670680] We love projects that let our media production team combine two of our favorite things: pretty pictures (especially when we can add to our library of Chicago video clips), and interviews with … Continued
For the Valentine in your life…
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A quick overview of Mapbox Studio
We last looked at styling data in Mapbox Studio Classic. The new Mapbox Studio is now out of beta and lets you do many of the things you could do in Mapbox Studio Classic, but … Continued
DNS for local development
This is a long overdue post for a small tool that I’ve been using as a local DNS server. I should have written it about a year ago, but still, better late then never. Besides, I don’t … Continued
Dynamically generating colors with SASS for data visualization
Consider the following problem: you have a collection of elements with related values ranging from 0 to 120. You want to display a different color on a spectrum depending on the value. We ran into … Continued
Styling Google Static Maps
Often you’ll need a map on your website but not a full-fledged Google Map with all it’s interactivity (and added weight to the page). Luckily the Google Static Maps API is perfect these use cases. … Continued
Styling geodata in Mapbox Studio Classic
We’re currently working with a client in the broadcast radio industry and we wanted to illustrate their nationwide reach with radio stations across the country. So we created this map using data about FM radio stations … Continued
Celebrate General Assembly’s 1st Birthday!
One of our favorite partners in crime, General Assembly Chicago, is turning one! To celebrate they have teamed up with Time Out Chicago to host a week of events honoring local innovators and trends that … Continued
Spirit Animals
I’ve always loved animals, ever since I received a Zoo Books subscription as a kid, later buying every single Animorphs book in existence while in grade school, and as an adult browsing www.zooborns.com on a … Continued
Digital Agency Haikus
I was feeling rather poetic today. It’s a lovely day: early October, fall foliage. Blue skies, and the Chicago Cubs just won a playoff game. Inspiration, move me brightly. And, since I am a huge … Continued
Kmart Pharmacy flu season campaign [video]
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines influenza (the seasonal flu) as a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Approximately 5-20% of Americans become infected by the flu. Although the virus is … Continued
Developing a Logo
As a designer, I am often asked how I go about creating a logo. I can’t begin to claim I know the best way to develop a logo but below are just a few things … Continued