
Edward Blake
I had the opportunity to attend the An Event Apart conference here in Chicago at the beginning of this week and I must say this being my first time at their event I was truly impressed. The presenters were greatly in tune with the...

Neoteric Design
Nick and I had the opportunity to go to Windy City Rails, a one-day conference for Rails developers, over the weekend. It was a really great day, jam-packed with useful talks. We also learned a ton in the rSpec/Cucumber afternoon session (thanks...

Edward Blake

One of the first things I did upon moving to Chicago in the fall of 2005 was to start coaching/mentoring for a non-profit kids outreach program called Urban Initiatives. Since that time (hard to believe it's been almost four years) the program...

Nick Gracilla
I had to laugh when I logged into a client's Network Solutions account this morning. I was greeted with this friendly notification: customers spoke, and Network Solutions listened. Hmm, I thought. That's a good thing!

Nick Gracilla
Back in June, I attended the Apple World Wide Developer Conference 2009 in San Francisco. It was my first WWDC; I was pretty excited. And San Francisco is pretty lovable.

Nick Gracilla
I was reading one of my local newspapers online this morning, and was a bit surprised on the copywriting in the sidebar for an article. A "Shocking" online report regarding colon cleansers? Why would the Chicago Tribune be writing online reports...

Edward Blake
While back home in Madison visiting my Mom over Mother's Day weekend, I ventured to the Chazen Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. On display along with the permanent collection were two impressive exhibitions. The first...

Nick Gracilla
I had the good chance of meeting up with friends in New York City last weekend; it's been a long time since I've had the chance to explore the town. I used to live in Long Island, but that was more than 10 years ago.
Needless to say, I...

Neoteric Design
At Neoteric, we love designing for the web. From researching the competitive landscape, to envisioning new possibilities for brand and web presence, to seeing our ideas and our clients' goals come together.
One of the most tedious parts of web...

Edward Blake
Kate Clark, Untitled, 2009
The Neoteric team ventured across the street from our offices to check out the Opening Preview for Art Chicago and NEXT on Thursday night. Art enthusiasts were out en masse to browse the hundreds of exhibits from...