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    • Content is The Secret Sauce

    • March 12, 2010
    • The Internet is not the wild west. It's a digital universe, big banging into existence with a growth and reach very few of us can fathom. But the size and scope is not as important as the stake we claim in it - our universe, the website.
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    • The Social Media Revolution

    • February 1, 2010
    • Not just a great 4 minute video on some facts about what's going on with social media, but a demonstration in-and-of itself on great storytelling as the crux of social media.
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    • Is Orbis a Good Fit?

    • November 24, 2009
    • What type of sites do we build here at Orbis? It's more about intent than size. Regardless of who you use to build your site, there's some things you can do that will help every developer you approach.
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    • Website Template Services

    • November 3, 2009
    • We had an inquiry on using website template services - like Template Monster. In drafting the reply back, I discovered it really highlights our approach to building and managing great websites.
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    • The Twitter Hype Peaked

    • October 9, 2009
    • Not by a long shot. The Internet is still very new. Compare it to other industries like the film industry, and we're still in the silent movie era. Twitter, Facebook, Linked In - may very well be the beginning of sound.
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    • The Web Is Toon Town

    • September 3, 2009
    • In Robert Zemeckis' "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", a Dr. Suess like world co-existed called Toontown. It was a bright, cherry place where only good seemed to spring from anything. Believe it or not, a place like Toontown exists in the here and now.
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    • Flow & Pacing

    • August 12, 2009
    • The cuts of the scenes within a movie, against each other is as much if not more to the story as is the scenes themselves. Why not, then should the visuals of a site tell the story with the same consideration in mind? Probably because the visitor becomes the editor. While control is relinquished to the individual visitor, the analytics of the site show popular patterns and in those patterns, you can layer the visuals in a pattern or flow that will deliver the story as you intend.
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    • Perfection Takes A Long Time

    • August 6, 2009
    • Think of any situation in which something perfected can be done quickly. "Perfected Quickly" is an oxymoron. Your story, who you are, what you're all about is at the top of the list of what should be perfected. Given our limited amount of time, your website's architecture and interface should not be started from scratch.
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    • The Future Workforce Gen F

    • The brightest of the future workforce having grown up online will choose employers differently
    • May 1, 2009
    • A take on a Wall Street Journal article focusing on how the future workforce will come to expect a social media like environment.
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