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Monthly Archives for April 2015

Choosing a web design vendor for your small business

Posted by Megan Seely in Interactive

When you’re starting a new business, you’re focused on reaching new customers and clients. Your online presence is a vital part of your overall marketing strategy, and you can’t afford not to have a website. It’s challenging to find a good web designer. You can work with a full service studio or agency, but the costs might not work with your startup budget. You can hire a freelancer, but unless they are very established, you can’t guarantee they won’t disappear on you. You can try to learn how to build a website yourself, but is this really the best use of your (very in-demand) time?

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My Practicum Experience at the Pixel Foundry

Posted by Katie Clarke in Around the Foundry

I arrived at the Foundry a timid and very hesitant fresh graduate in media design and web development. I sat in the office sweaty palmed as Megan gave me my first set of seemingly impossible tasks. I was indeed thrown in at the deep end but it turns out, that is exactly what I needed.

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