lifeBLUE Blog

Our team shares their experience and insight on topics such as design, technology and the wonderful world wide web.
This blog gives our staff a chance to express their opinions and points of view while providing our clients with a sense of who the people behind lifeBLUE really are. Please enjoy reading and we always appreciate feedback and comments.
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March 9th, 2010

You Get What You Pay For… But What Do You Pay For?

When it comes to web design pricing I have long known there is some mystery to it. It’s not uncommon to find ads and offshore companies plugging $199 for a five page website to top brand agencies, only to hear later there is a “it costs $5,000 to even talk to us” retainer. Clearly it’s […]

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March 9th, 2010 in Web Business Basics 101 | Comments (0)
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March 4th, 2010

Three Misconceptions About jQuery

jQuery does produce a buzz. Some people love it, some people… not so much Many more just don’t get it. We at lifeBLUE love it to death, and with good reason. We spend more time creating great interactive applications and less time trying to make those applications work across all browsers. It’s a win-win […]

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March 4th, 2010 in Nerd Matrix, Web Development | Comments (0)
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March 2nd, 2010

<li> + navigation = great combination

For the first time here at the LB, I’ve decided to write a blog directly reflecting my role. Sure we all write about industry related topics, as a team, we all basically perform any and all duties we can to build a website. Whether it’s designing, coding, coming up with a domain name, or talking […]

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March 2nd, 2010 in Nerd Matrix, Web Development | Comments (0)
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February 22nd, 2010

Search Behavior Revealed

Our marketing department is constantly putting ourselves in the mind of others. We spend endless hours thinking about what people want and what they are thinking. By trying to anticipate human behavior we can better understand the next “big thing” or what is the best move for a client. So I ask myself, “What are […]

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February 22nd, 2010 in Marketing | Comments (0)
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February 12th, 2010

Scenes From Our Open House

Wednesday, Feb. 3 will be a day that goes down in historic annals - future generations will still be talking about it. It was a day that lifeBLUE Media officially opened its doors to friends, clients, neighbors, family, government dignitaries and other distinguished guests. We cut the ribbon as a symbolic gesture of new business […]

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February 12th, 2010 in Company News | Comments (0)
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February 11th, 2010

Simple jQuery Form Validation

Let’s face it. Form validation is about as much fun as playing tic-tac-toe against yourself. It is a dull task that has to be done but really isn’t that much fun. Mostly it’s just a thousand “if” statements. Of course, the bigger the form the bigger the pain.
jQuery to the rescue.
While there […]

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February 11th, 2010 in Nerd Matrix, Web Development | Comments (0)
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February 5th, 2010

How to Approach Architecture Design

Simple rules and concepts that will improve the efficiency of your software and save you headaches
One great obstacle software development companies must overcome when setting their company standards and practices is the design of their programming architecture. Usually companies will initiate this process by accepting a set of programming standards specific to their needs, […]

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February 5th, 2010 in Nerd Matrix | Comments (0)
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January 29th, 2010

Mythbusters: Why there is no such thing as an online overnight success.

There is no such thing as a website overnight success. Mystery solved, blog for the week = done! Wait, I forgot to explain why! Let’s set the stage; in my experience in running a business for the past eight years there is no real overnight success in business, and even more so online. Fast growth […]

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January 29th, 2010 in Marketing, Web Business Basics 101 | Comments (0)