Google Analytics support for regular expressions has come in handy a few times when I’ve needed to aggregate data from a few specific segments. To use regular expressions, scroll to the bottom of the report, where there is a dropdown menu and an input field that allows you to filter the data. Without further ado:...

Earlier this week, on behalf of longtime client Backbone NYC, Blenderbox launched the newly-redesigned backbonenyc.com. Back in 2005, Blenderbox created a compelling Flash-based website to showcase Backbone’s high-quality retouching and pre-press capabilities.  In the intervening years, Backbone’s already robust portfolio grew by leaps and bounds, eventually outgrowing their portfolio section. With the 2008 redesign, Blenderbox...

This past weekend was the Rails Rumble and a team of intrepid blenderbox developers hunkered down in our Brooklyn headquarters and, in a mere 48 hours, produced a slick new web app: Compost. Compost is the simple way to post, share, and present your design comps. More than just a slideshow, Compost allows you to...

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/archaeopteryx-bowkett Giles Bowkett’s presentation from the RubyFringe conference has been getting a lot of attention lately, with good reason. InfoQ calls it a “highly politicized call to action in a career-defining presentation that is raucously hilarious yet unnerving in its practicality”. The initial demo of Archaeopteryx, in which Giles DJs using nothing but TextMate and...

With our recent office move, it’s opened up a completely new world of store exploration options. Ahem, in today’s special episode of “Connie goes out for lunch” - * Beautiful day outside, 72 degrees & lots of fluffy cloud cover * Quick phone call to my Mom after passing a bait & tackle store on...