Groovy Web Design, Seriously Awesome Web Design, Asheville, NC » Miscellaneous http://groovywebdesign.com Web Design with BITE! Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Wave looks to be the coolest new thing in a while! http://groovywebdesign.com/blog/2009/10/28/google-wave-looks-to-be-the-coolest-new-thing-in-a-while/ http://groovywebdesign.com/blog/2009/10/28/google-wave-looks-to-be-the-coolest-new-thing-in-a-while/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:00:35 +0000 Jim http://groovywebdesign.com/?p=78 Google Wave looks like it could be one of the most profound web apps to come along in some time. From the looks of the intitial developer preview, Google Wave appears to be far more than just an email killer. It seems to me like it will put a big hurtin’ on the likes of Basecamp-type collab apps and will change communication as we know it.

Google has put out a seriously long ass video showing a wicked-cool sneak peek at how Google Wave works… it’s totally worth the time to check out.

For another explanation, a couple of nerdy smart guys at CNN give a pretty darn good description of what exactly Google Wave is and brush on the implications it may have as we chug onward to web 3.0 and beyond.

Now… if they would only send us one of those early invites! :)

]]> http://groovywebdesign.com/blog/2009/10/28/google-wave-looks-to-be-the-coolest-new-thing-in-a-while/feed/ 1 Revamped our portfolio a wee bit http://groovywebdesign.com/blog/2009/04/22/revamped-our-portfolio-a-wee-bit/ http://groovywebdesign.com/blog/2009/04/22/revamped-our-portfolio-a-wee-bit/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:00:03 +0000 steve http://groovywebdesign.com/?p=50 So we launched this site about a week ago or so, and we still had a few things to wrap up. Today we released an updated version of our portfolio, which utilizes jQuery Lightbox, one of the best lightbox plugins I’ve ever used. Many thanks to Leandro Vieira Pinho!

At this time, we have exactly 104 items in our portfolio, and there are still a few more to add, which are still in development.

A couple recent projects

Western Prince Whale & Wildlife Cruises

We really enjoyed working with Ivan Reiff of Western Prince Whale & Wildlife Cruises. Ivan was great to work with and was very friendly and open to our ideas and suggestions.

We designed a custom, overall visual wrapper for the site, which he administers personally. Western Prince provides exciting Whale & Wildlife Tours around San Juan Island, Washington (near Seattle). Having provided over 2500 tours, you’re nearly sure to see some orcas!

Visit Western Prince:

Western Prince Whale & Wildlife Tours

Western Prince Whale & Wildlife Tours

Apollo Creed Travels

A fun travel guide and adventure site of ours, Apollo Creed Travels brings a twist to the daily experience. We take a plastic action figure of Apollo Creed (from the Rocky movies) and introduce him into an array of fun, adventurous, and, at times, wacky situations. In addition, Apollo enjoys visiting and promoting local businesses; it’s his way of helping develop and maintain our local economy.

Apollo brings joy to many fans! Check him out:

Apollo Creed Travels

Apollo Creed Travels

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We change it fairly often. We like to keep things fresh, exciting, and sure, a bit unpredictable. 

We know, this latest version of the site is pretty in-your-face! But hey, that’s the point, don’t you think?

When it comes to making an impression on the web, your customers, visitors, and users need to remember your site. They need the site to be in right up in their faces! You only get one first impression, so make it one to remember!

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