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If we had a magical machine that could tell us the best way to approach to every project, we would probably just sell that machine to every other agency for billions of dollars and then retire to Florida. Unfortunately, we don’t have that machine. ...

Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and more. New Instagram Tools One of our favorite time-wasters here at the office is Instagr...

Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and more. The Ice Bucket’s Unlikely Viral Success If you’ve been on Facebook or ...

Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and more. Google Seeks to Boost HTTPS Rankings Everyone likes to stay safe. Helmets while cy...

Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and more. Email is Going (Even More) Global While English is the most widely spoken language...

Design principles are everywhere. Even in places you might not notice or expect. Take food trucks for example: not only are they mobile hunger-fighting supertrucks (like Transformers, only more delicious), but they’re prime examples of some really ...

People are impatient creatures. No matter how good a restaurant is, they’ll go elsewhere at the first sign of a long wait. The same thing happens to your website. You could post the meaning of life (or the world’s best chocolate chip cookie ...

Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and more. OSX Yosemite Rolls Out to the Public Mac fans and design nerds: get ready. Mac OSX...

People like our work — a lot. Now, I’m not usually one to toot our own horn too much. But, it’s true. People often ask us how we create and maintain our internal process to facilitate creative work at a high level for so long. And, honestly...

Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and more. Test Your Brainpower With Lucy’s Interactive Website Immersive experiences a...

I think everyone has home team pride. And that is certainly how we feel today. Flying Hippo proudly launches the redesigned school district website for our home base in Urbandale. Not only do we have location pride, but Urbandale Community School Dis...

File paths can be confusing in WordPress. (To learn more about WordPress check out this blog.) Especially because there are nearly two dozen different functions designed to generate dynamic paths in your code. Some of them are relative, others are st...