<main>
<h1>Lists: Ordered, Disorded, Definition</h1>
<p>
Making styles for the three kinds of lists.
</p>
<h2>Unordered</h2>
<p>
I got lots of good bits of feedback, which I collected into a Storify. I've distilled all that great information to these key points:
</p>
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Ordered</h2>
<p>
There are some easy ways to get around this that are native to the medium. I originally offered three of these in October, so I'll include them here with more.
</p>
<ol>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Definition</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Heartbleed OpenSSL Vulnerability</dt>
<dd>Apr-09-2014 — Kris Meier, President of Station 28, Algonquin's IT partner, addresses the Heartbleed security bug for Algonquin's clients.</dd>
<dt>Algonquin Vice-President Adrian Roselli to Speak on Accessibility at 2014 HTML5 Developer Conference</dt>
<dd>Feb-25-2014 — Adrian Roselli has been selected as a speaker at the 2014 HTML5 Developer Conference. Adrian will be speaking about accessibility and how it relates to individuals as both current and future web users. Not intended as a deep dive into ARIA, his presentation will primer for those who aren’t sure where to start or how accessibility helps them.</dd>
<dt>Algonquin Studios Launches Responsive Web Site for the Greater Chicago Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators</dt>
<dd>Dec-11-2013 — The Greater Chicago Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, which serves over 300 members from all major legal business disciplines, has chosen Algonquin Studios for the design, development, and hosting of the Chapter’s web site.</dd>
<dt>Algonquin Studios Honored by AFP with 2013 Outstanding Small Business Award</dt>
<dd>Nov-04-2013 — Algonquin was nominated by the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County for the company’s commitment to funding Buffalo Soccer Club, the pilot program of Algonquin Sports for Kids, a not-for-profit organization with a dedicated to the development of youth sports programs in the City of Buffalo.</dd>
<dt>Algonquin Studios to Sponsor Buffalo Startup Weekend</dt>
<dd>Sep-13-2013 — Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. In addition to our sponsorship, Adrian Roselli will also serve as a mentor throughout the weekend.</dd>
<dt>Adrian Roselli to Present at WordCamp Buffalo 2013</dt>
<dd>Sep-13-2013 — “Making Your Site Printable” will walk through the process of making responsive web sites respond to the format developers most often forget—print.</dd>
<dt>Buffalo PASS Chapter to Host Microsoft Speaker</dt>
<dd>Sep-09-2013 — The newly-formed Buffalo Chapter of the Professional Association for SQL Server is pleased to announce the speaker for their September User Group will be George Walters, a Technical Solutions Professional (Data Platform) for Microsoft. Mr. Walters will present “SQL 2012 Performance Tuning Tools – Use What You Have,” a lecture designed to teach SQL Server professionals more about the Performance Analysis of Logs Tool.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Nesting (Ordered and Unordered Only)</h2>
<h3>Ordered</h3>
<ol>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.
<ol>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li>
<li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.
<ol>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).
<ol>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.
<ol>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li>
<li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.
<ol>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.
<ol>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ol>
<h3>Unordered</h3>
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.
<ul>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.
<ul>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Mixed</h3>
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.
<ol>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.
<ol>
<li>Link to the source. Most of these tweets are screenshots from web pages, so link to them.</li>
<li>Use Tumblr or a similar platform. Twitter Cards will embed the image into the tweet (except for Instagram).</li>
<li>Tweet your own text version or abstract in a follow-up tweet.</li>
<li>When you are retweeting someone else, include an abstract or link to the source.
<ul>
<li>VoiceOver on iOS uses the attribute to auto-switche voices.</li>
<li>VoiceOver can speak a particular language using a different accent when specified.</li>
<li>Leaving out the <code>lang</code> attribute may require the user to manually switch to the correct language for proper pronunciation.</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Ask the original tweeter for the text or the URL of the source.</li>
<li>Use a tool meant for this purpose, like <a href="http://www.easychirp.com/">Easy Chirp</a> (an <a href="https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/524294234833051650">example using a useless tweet from the CDC</a>).</li>
<li>Write less. Get to the point, focus on the message, write for the medium.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>JAWS uses it to load the correct phonetic engine / phonologic dictionary — Handy for sites with multiple languages.</li>
<li>NVDA (Windows) uses it in the same way as VoiceOver and JAWS.</li><li>When used in HTML that is used to form an ePub or Apple iBooks document, it affects how VoiceOver will read the book.</li>
<li>Firefox, IE10, and Safari (as of a year ago) only support CSS <code>hyphens: auto</code> when the <code>lang</code> attribute is set (not from Twitter; <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/11/hyphenation_wor.html">source</a>).</li>
</ul>
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<li><a title="Wanted - Best of class, solution-minded thinkers willing to laugh out loud, try new food groups, and step way outside the norm." href="/Engage/Careers" class="child">Careers</a>
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<li><a title="As a Front End Software Engineer at Algonquin Studios, you will specialize in building responsive and elegant web UIs with AJAX and similar technologies. You will play a key role in helping Algonquin Studios build next-generation web applications for the Healthcare Industry." href="/Engage/Careers/FrontEndSoftwareEngineer">Front-End Software Engineer </a></li>
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<li><a title="Brief biographies on the founders and partners of Algonquin Studios." href="/Engage/Principals" class="child">Principals</a>
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<li><a title="Chief Executive Office, Co-Founder" href="/Engage/Principals/SteveRaines">Steven B. Raines</a></li>
<li><a title="President" href="/Engage/Principals/SteveKiernan2">Stephen M. Kiernan II, MBA</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President, Co-Founder" href="/Engage/Principals/AdrianRoselli">Adrian A. Roselli</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President, Co-Founder" href="/Engage/Principals/DaveThiemecke">David M. Thiemecke, MBA</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders" class="child">Team Leaders</a>
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<li><a title="" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/DevelopmentTeam" class="child">Development Team</a>
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<li><a title="Chief Technology Officer" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/DevelopmentTeam/NickGianadda">Nicholas A. Gianadda</a></li>
<li><a title="Director of Product Research and Development" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/DevelopmentTeam/BillStewart">Bill Stewart</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/DevelopmentTeam/CharlesMarra">Charles Marra</a></li>
<li><a title="Business Analyst" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/DevelopmentTeam/RyanMcNamee">Ryan McNamee</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/Sales_MarketingTeam" class="child">Sales & Marketing Team</a>
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<li><a title="Vice President, Healthcare IT Services" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/Sales_MarketingTeam/DonLee">Donald F. Lee III, CHP, CSCS</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant" href="/Engage/TeamLeaders/Sales_MarketingTeam/TomGarigen">Tom Garigen</a></li>
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<li><a title="Algonquin Studios believes strongly in giving time and other resources to the Western New York community, especially the City of Buffalo and some of its underserved neighborhoods. " href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives" class="child">Community Initiatives</a>
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<li><a title="BSC, the pilot program of Algonquin Sports for Kids, utilizes sports as a platform to encourage youth and family development in a safe environment through healthy choices, the development of athletic identity, and positive behavior changes, specifically an increase in self-discipline, personal responsibility, and respect for self and others." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub" class="child">Buffalo Soccer Club</a>
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<li><a title="Christina Francheshi, a third year coach with the BSC program, has been named the 2013 New York State West Youth Soccer Boy's Recreation Coach of the Year." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/2013NYCoachoftheYear">Christina Francheshi - 2013 New York State West Youth Soccer Boy's Recreation Coach of the Year</a></li>
<li><a title="Save the date for Saturday, October 6th when professional U.S. soccer player, Olympic champion, and mother of two, Brandi Chastain, will host a soccer clinic exclusively for Buffalo Soccer Club, sponsored by Libby’s Fruits & Vegetables." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/BrandiChastainClinic">Brandi Chastain & Libby's to Host Clinic for Buffalo Soccer Club</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Studios is pleased to announce the launch of a new QuantumCMS web site, designed and built for our non-profit soccer organization, Buffalo Soccer Club." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/NewSiteforBuffaloSoccerClub">Algonquin Studios Launches New QuantumCMS Site for Buffalo Soccer Club</a></li>
<li><a title="This Buffalo News article, which originally ran on Sunday, May 6, 2012, highlights Steve Kiernan's commitment to Buffalo Soccer Club's programming and its young athletes from Buffalo's East Side." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/HisGoalMakingaDifference">His Goal: Making a Difference</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Sports for Kids, working in collaboration with the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County and the Independent Health Foundation, has been named the recipient of a two year, $300,000.00 Social Innovation Fund sub-grant from the U.S. Soccer Foundation." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/SoccerforSuccessGrant">Soccer for Success Grant to Benefit After-School Soccer Program in the City of Buffalo</a></li>
<li><a title="The U.S. Soccer Foundation has awarded a $10,050.00 grant to Algonquin Sports for Kids, Inc. to support their Summer House League Program." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/AlgonquinSportsforKidsReceivesGrantfromUSSoccerFoundation">Algonquin Sports for Kids Receives Grant from U.S. Soccer Foundation</a></li>
<li><a title="Buffalo Soccer Club is pleased to announce that the Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League has presented its 2011 Det Enseleit Award to BSC U10 girls’ coach, OJ McFoy." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/McFoy2011DetEnseleitAward">Coach OJ McFoy, 2011 Det Enseleit Award Winner</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Sports for Kids is proud to announce the appointment of Anna-Lesa Calvert to the position of Program Director of the Buffalo Soccer Club." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/BSCProgramDirector">Algonquin Sports for Kids Names Program Director for Buffalo Soccer Club</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Studios is honored by our recent selection as a 2010 InfoTech Niagara BETA finalist in the " excellence="" in="" giving"="" category="" for="" our="" development="" of="" youth="" sports="" programs="" the="" city="" buffalo="" through="" algonquin="" kids="" and="" soccer="" club."="" href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/2010BETAFinalist">2010 BETA "Excellence in Giving" Finalist</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Sports for Kids is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a dedicated approach to the development of youth sports programs in the City of Buffalo." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/BuffaloSoccerClub/Algonquin-Sports-for-Kids">Algonquin Sports for Kids</a></li>
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<li><a title="Algonquin Studios helped fund Pianos in Public Buffalo, which places colorfully decorated pianos in public spaces around the City of Buffalo, for locals and tourists to play and enjoy." href="/Engage/Community-Initiatives/PianosinPublicBuffalo">Pianos in Public Buffalo</a></li>
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<li><a href="/Blog" title="Ideas and opinions on software development, web design, customer service, sales and marketing…and food from the folks at Algonquin Studios.">Blog</a>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2014" class="child">2014</a>
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<li><a title="Buffalo WordCamp has just wrapped up and folks are hopefully going to take new ideas back to their own projects. There were many great talks and even panel discussions that turned into more of a WordPress support group for the audience and panelists alike. A first for Buffalo WordCamp that I hope they repeat. Also a plus, 48% of the attendees and 35% of the speakers were female, better ratios than I've seen at many other conferences." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3Qf" target="_blank">WordCamp Buffalo Slides: Selfish Accessibility</a></li>
<li><a title="The world of siloed healthcare is coming to an end. Government and private payers continue to roll out new programs that emphasize tight clinical integration and transparency with an emphasis on quality. This sentiment was echoed in Buffalo on October 15th at The Future of Healthcare Forum." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3S1" target="_blank">The Future of Health Lies in Great Systems of Care</a></li>
<li><a title="Buffalo Soccer Club affects the lives of children every week on the lower-east and -west sides of Buffalo, NY. Not only do players improve their fitness, they do it as part of the game, and get informal mentoring too!" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3Ps" target="_blank">Anna-Lesa Calvert at TEDxBuffalo 2014</a></li>
<li><a title="The P2 Collaborative of Western New York held their 2014 Creating a Healthier Community Conference on October 9th in Buffalo, NY. As a technologist who usually works from the outside-in, I really enjoyed the opportunity to get some front-line perspective from the community. Here's a breakdown of the presentations!" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3K8" target="_blank">Buffalo Healthcare Conference Promotes Communication and Patient Engagement</a></li>
<li><a title="On October 14th representatives from The Jacobs Institute, Kaleida Health and dig Buffalo are heading to Toronto to explain how we're building a Health Innovation Ecosystem right here in Buffalo, NY." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3H3" target="_blank">Buffalo Contingent Heading to Toronto to Talk Healthcare Innovation</a></li>
<li><a title="One of the things I enjoy about my job is having the opportunity to share my knowledge and experience (and get corrected). Happily I have five more speaking engagements coming up in the next couple months." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3DP" target="_blank">Adrian Roselli's Upcoming Speaking Gigs</a></li>
<li><a title="This time we'll take a look at the overall goal of the project, give it some context and look at some ways we can use open data sets to focus our efforts as we begin this 5+ year journey." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3zX" target="_blank">Eliminating 500,000 Avoidable Hospitalizations: Let the Data be your Guide</a></li>
<li><a title="This afternoon I stumbled through my talk for CSS Summit, Making Your Site Printable. I can tell you that speaking to a screen instead of to a room full of people is a whole different experience than I was expecting. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3v7" target="_blank">CSS Summit 2014 Slides: Making Your Site Printable</a></li>
<li><a title="There are people out there who can help you grow your business – as customers or vendors – that you aren’t talking to. Why not?" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3xn" target="_blank">A Simple Step to Growing Your Business Relationships</a></li>
<li><a title="Perhaps in reaction to the Verizon rumors, or just because the cause makes sense, on July 18 five different organizations related to accessibility filed their own joint comments with the FCC." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3wp" target="_blank">Update to Verizon Using Disabilities to Fight Net Neutrality</a></li>
<li><a title="While competition could be seen as breeding duplication of service (wasteful among not-for-profits), it’s easy to forget that this is a pay-for-performance incentive program." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3uj" target="_blank">Competition in DSRIP?</a></li>
<li><a title="Continuing my last post, I think the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) has a lot of teach anyone learning how to change an entire industry from the throne of the main payer. Here are five more lessons." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3sH" target="_blank">DSRIP as Organizational Behavior: Top Down Part 2</a></li>
<li><a title="I think the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) has a lot of teach anyone learning how to change an entire industry from the throne of the main payer. It’s happening right now, like an experiment in action, to reduce preventable hospital admissions by 25% over five years. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3rT" target="_blank">DSRIP as Organizational Behavior: Top Down Part 1</a></li>
<li><a title="I believe the specific goal “to achieve a 25 percent reduction in avoidable hospital use over five years” was identified by NYS to serve as tangible, measurable outcome to drive the project. However, the real goal is collaboration." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3p9" target="_blank">NYS DSRIP: An $8 Billion Experiment in Working Together for Better Healthcare</a></li>
<li><a title="I would love to say that I always know exactly what I'm doing, but then I would be lying. Even though I've been building web sites for over a decade, I still need to look things up and I still face challenges that I need help to overcome. Over the years, I've found a few resources that I consistently turn to when I need clarification or I'm stuck." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3mp" target="_blank">Get Unstuck in Web Development</a></li>
<li><a title="YouTube gives users the option to modify the playback speed of some videos. This is particularly useful in the case of videos that you are obligated to watch (training videos, terrible fan videos, the occasional conference talk, etc.) and want to get through quickly." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3b7" target="_blank">Changing YouTube Playback Speed</a></li>
<li><a title="There are so many devices out there with differing screen resolutions, pixel densities, and so forth, that you'll likely never be able to test in them all. It's practical to have some alternative testing methods at your disposal." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3eF" target="_blank">4 Easy Ways to Test Responsive Styles in a Desktop Browser</a></li>
<li><a title="What happens when hospitals and insurers begin to bolster predictive models with “details on members’ household incomes, education levels, marital status, race or ethnicity, number of children at home, number of cars and so on”? Not surprisingly, people are getting freaked out. Is this in your best interests?" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3eZ" target="_blank">Healthcare Predictive Analytics: Lets take the good and mitigate the bad</a></li>
<li><a title="Internet Explorer’s Content Advisor is the focus of the post. The “got-ya” for browser testing with this feature is not what it does; it’s how it does it." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3dn" target="_blank">Understanding Browser Settings and Features – Internet Explorer’s Content Advisor</a></li>
<li><a title="On Friday, Mother Jones reported that it has three sources saying that Verizon lobbyists are making a case on Capitol Hill that net neutrality harms those with disabilities. I don't consider this report to be far-fetched. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-3aD" target="_blank">Verizon Using Disabilities to Fight Net Neutrality</a></li>
<li><a title="To be fair to Virgin America, making its site responsive is a huge win for users whose primary method of booking is via a smartphone or tablet (or, god forbid, phablet or tablone). Its new site, however, is a huge step backward for users who rely on the keyboard as their primary method of interaction." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-39F" target="_blank">Keep the Focus Outline</a></li>
<li><a title="If you're a provider, a payer, or a community group, what do you think of NY's Health Improvement Plan (NY-SHIP)?If you're like me, working in Health IT, you might be curious about what concerns care leaders in our community." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-35X" target="_blank">What do you think of the NY-SHIP?</a></li>
<li><a title="Video is proving to be a powerful medium on the web and posting it on your site can improve user experience and possibly even bolster your search results placement. So let's say that you've got a video and you want to put it on you web site. Now what?" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-32T" target="_blank">A Quick Primer on Hosting Videos</a></li>
<li><a title="There has been some activity lately from the U.S. federal government related to accessibility requirements for web sites. Unfortunately, that activity is sending a mixed message to many burdened with making a case for accessibility compliance in the private sector." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-31L" target="_blank">Accessibility Regulation Confusion from U.S. Government</a></li>
<li><a title="The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Medicare Geographic Variation Dashboard at this years’ Health Datapalooza conference in DC. Let's tour the tool so that you can get started on your own analysis. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2Zv" target="_blank">A Look at the CMS Medicare Geographic Variation Dashboard</a></li>
<li><a title="No, I'm not referring to paper-copy vs. digital-copy efficiency gain. What would you gain if a process ran automatically?" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2WL" target="_blank">Building Software to Reduce Manual Input</a></li>
<li><a title="How many stakeholders should make decisions on your next project? Tom offers his experience on the best balance between involvement and decision making." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2W7" target="_blank">A Friendly Reminder - Good PM Saves Money</a></li>
<li><a title="If you work much with accessibility, then you might consider the title of this post to be an oxymoron, a self-contradicting mess. Nonetheless, I'll update you on accessibility frameworks from CMS, PayPal, and a few others. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2zd" target="_blank">Accessible Bootstrap Frameworks</a></li>
<li><a title="I have heard people say that SQL Server is just too expensive for my project or my business. While I can't do much to help with the licensing costs of SQL Server, I can help show you tools that you can use to manage your SQL Server without any additional expenditure!" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2Qt" target="_blank">Free SQL Server Tools</a></li>
<li><a title="I'll share a few " secret"="" windows="" keyboard="" tips="" that="" i="" use="" so="" frequently="" they've="" become="" second="" nature.="" "="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-Hz" target="_blank">A Few Good Shortcuts</a></li>
<li><a title="NYS Department of Health published its Health Innovation Plan (NY-SHIP). There's a bunch of tangible stuff that goes with the plan, if you can imagine grasping databases and web sites. Here's a list of the big ones." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2M7" target="_blank">What Stuff Are We Getting in the NYS Health Innovation Plan?</a></li>
<li><a title="The traditional drive of software developers is to pack as many features as possible into the initial product launch. Users like features, right? The reality of what makes successful software is a lot different. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2Kb" target="_blank">When More Is Less - Feature Development</a></li>
<li><a title="Today I had the pleasure of speaking at the HTML5 Developer Conference in lovely San Francisco. I presented on accessibility and how it relates to you as a current and future user with my presentation Selfish Accessibility." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2014/05/28/html5-developer-conference-slides-selfish-accessibility/" target="_blank">HTML5 Developer Conference Slides: Selfish Accessibility</a></li>
<li><a title="Ryan McNamee continues his series for new employees with a post on keeping your computer in tip-top shape. He shares his favorite free file cleaning and virus scanning software options and makes recommendations about defragmenting, folder use, and more." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2CB" target="_blank">Welcome to the Team - Keeping a Clean Machine</a></li>
<li><a title="As a follow up to his previous post about applying Output Pressure to realize your desired outputs from your teammates, Don Lee discusses how we can all effectively respond to Output Pressure, even when we feel overwhelmed and think there's no way around the roadblocks we're facing." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2zH" target="_blank">Responding to Output Pressure: Tell Me How You CAN Do It</a></li>
<li><a title="As a UX Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing and building web sites, Mike Spencer often fields questions about SEO. But he's here to tell you that there's no easy answer to the " how="" do="" we="" get="" top="" google="" ranking?"="" question="" and="" that,="" if="" you="" really="" want="" to="" improve="" your="" seo,="" you're="" going="" have="" commit="" working="" on="" site,="" consistently."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2vv" target="_blank">Please, Stop Asking Me About SEO Secrets</a></li>
<li><a title="Steve O'Keefe lives the life of a man with an apostrophe in his last name and it's a tough gig. In today's blog post, he reminds developers to think about apostrophes when working with SQL, so you don't leave your code open to malicious attacks." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2wN" target="_blank">Think About Apostrophes!</a></li>
<li><a title="Ryan McNamee continues his list of suggestions for ensuring new employees start out on the right foot and make a great impression on their new bosses and co-workers. Today's post highlights organization, time management, and email etiquette." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2mD" target="_blank">Welcome to the Team - Your Daily Activities</a></li>
<li><a title="Tom Garigen wonders why so many prospective clients seem more worried about what technologies we'll use to solve their problems than they are about getting the actual problems solved as quickly and easily as possible. His advice? Don't lead with the technology, but work with your vendor to explore all possible solutions in order to find the best fit. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2ss" target="_blank">Don’t Lead with the Technology</a></li>
<li><a title="Charles Marra knows that if you've upgraded to the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE 11), it's likely you've encountered JavaScript errors in ASP.NET sites that cause specific post-back actions to no longer work. He shares a Windows patch to resolve the issue in today's blog post." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2u3" target="_blank">Resolving JavaScript Error in IE11</a></li>
<li><a title="Dave Thiemecke shares background information about New York State's $8 billion Medicaid investment and explains why resident, patients, and providers should care about what it means for our health care system." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2kH" target="_blank">Why Should You Care About NY’s $8B Medicaid Investment?</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Co-Founder and CEO, Steve Raines, talks about the sunk cost fallacy of owning your own business and recommends the best way to counter it is to consistently revisit the decision of whether you'd invest in your business as it is today and, if not, what would have to change for you to invest." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2eJ" target="_blank">You Are Always an Investor in Your Business</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive, Nick Gianadda, shares some great resources for open health care data sets that can be used to improve health care businesses, and in turn, patients' lives." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2d7" target="_blank">Open Health Care Data Sets </a></li>
<li><a title="Internet Explorer has built-in functionality called Compatibility View that can be used to emulate its previous versions. But UX Engineer, Mike Spencer, warns that although it may sound like a nice feature, Compatibility View is still a Band-Aid because it doesn't address the real issue - that there are a lot of sites and applications out there in desperate need of updating." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-28B" target="_blank">Compatibility View in IE11</a></li>
<li><a title="Steve O'Keefe believes that deployments should be the least stressful part of a software development project but knows that, without a deployment plan in place, things can get pretty stressful, pretty quickly. He walks us through his steps for ensuring your deployment goes off without a hitch in today's post." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-26Z" target="_blank">Avoid Deployment Disaster!</a></li>
<li><a title="Bill Stewart helps explain Net Neutrality in terms anyone can understand and provides helpful resources for contacting your elected officials to share your concerns about the potential for lost jobs and devastating economic impacts. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2dr" target="_blank">Explaining Why Net Neutrality is Important </a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive, Charles Marra, recently tested a jQuery plugin, called jTable, used to create AJAX-based CRUD tables without coding HTML or Javascript. In today's post, he shares his efforts to use the plugin to handle uploading files when submitting form data." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Ln" target="_blank">Upload Files Asynchronously</a></li>
<li><a title="Director of Software Development, Donald F. Lee III, knows that getting everything you want and need from your coworkers can be difficult. In today's blog post, he suggests Output Pressure as an effective way to influence change within your organization and achieve the outputs you're looking for from your team." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-295" target="_blank">Output Pressure: An Effective Way to Influence Change</a></li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli encourages us all to raise a stink about Net Neutrality and express our displeasure by tweeting, calling, and emailing the White House, the President, our representatives, and the FCC, demanding all Americans have access to the Internet and our own government." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-2a3" target="_blank">Why We Need to Raise a Stink About Net Neutrality</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant, Tom Garigen, knows it's tempting to keep your budget a secret when vetting new vendors for a software development project. But he warns that holding the information too close can actually hurt you in the long run because budget is an important piece of the problem-solving puzzle vendors are trying to put together for you." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-26v" target="_blank">Spill the Budget Beans</a></li>
<li><a title="Ryan McNamee shares some tips for starting a new career out on the right foot, whether you're a young developer whose just graduated from college or an old dog whose learning some new tricks." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-24J" target="_blank">Welcome to the Team</a></li>
<li><a title="The New York Department of Health wants to redesign how doctors in the State organize and get paid. Dave Thiemecke shares an overview of the New York State Health Improvement Plan (NY-SHIP) and what it means for patients and providers." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-21F" target="_blank">Provider Models Under the New York State Health Improvement Plan</a></li>
<li><a title="CEO Steve Raines shares the Algonquin management team's process for evaluating new ideas, opportunities, and start-up plans. " do="" it,="" pitch="" or="" ditch="" it"="" helps="" keep="" them="" focused="" on="" the="" ideas="" that="" they="" have="" knowledge,="" passion,="" and="" audience="" to="" be="" successful="" with="" encourages="" reevaluate="" don't="" seem="" gain="" momentum,="" for="" a="" better="" fit="" elsewhere."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1VH" target="_blank">Do It, Pitch It, or Ditch It</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive, Nick Gianadda, shares his tips and tricks for ensuring a fantastic presentation of your custom software development efforts, sure to leave your clients feeling confident and excited about your progress on their project." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1CF" target="_blank">Demoing Your Work - Tips and Tricks for a Great Presentation</a></li>
<li><a title="UX Engineer, Mike Spencer, explains the history of and basic implementation and testing processes for responsive web design, the new standard for creating modern, usable web sites that are accessible regardless of screen size." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1QH" target="_blank">A Crash Course in Responsive Web Design</a></li>
<li><a title="In a follow-up to his earlier post about trade show preparation, Sales Consultant Adam Smith shares some tips for maximizing your at-show efforts when you get back to the office." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Bn" target="_blank">Trade Shows: Returning from the Floor</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin's resident color blind developer, Steve O'Keefe, shares how his color vision deficiency affects his web viewing experience and makes some recommendations about designing web sites and user interfaces with the color blind in mind." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Pp" target="_blank">Don't Forget About Color Blind People!</a></li>
<li><a title="Charles Marra reviews the Cached Procedure Statistics DMV that he often uses to gain insight into key factors including monitoring when SQL Server is caching the stored procedure, determining the average execution time of a stored procedure, and determining how often the stored procedure is being executed." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1ph" target="_blank">Leveraging SQL DMVs for Procedure Analysis</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant, Tom Garigen, reminds us that while technology makes things easier for us every day, building the features and functionality that drive the ease-of-use we've all become so accustomed to is still hard work that requires training, planning, testing, and time." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1MP" target="_blank">Build Me This Feature. It's Easy, Right?</a></li>
<li><a title="As of April 8, Windows XP effectively reached its end of life as Microsoft will no longer be releasing security patches for Windows XP. In today's post, Adrian Roselli discusses Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11 as a band-aid for organizations that already have Windows 7 or 8.1." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Oh" target="_blank">Burying Windows XP with IE11 Enterprise Mode</a></li>
<li><a title="Microsoft has ended support for Windows XP, so Director of Software Development, Donald F. Lee III, lays out a process for dealing with outdated technology if you're stuck using an unsupported OS but need to maintain your compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Rl" target="_blank">So You're Stuck with Windows XP but Still Need to be HIPAA Compliant?</a></li>
<li><a title="Recently, Sales Consultant, Tom Garigen, had a conversation with a client that he hopes instilled confidence and faith. In a world where customer trust is hard to earn, he thinks those who take the extra time to foster strong relationships are the business partners who deserve our loyalty." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-ZX" target="_blank">The Subtle Value of a Good Partner</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President, Dave Thiemecke, shares a hypothesis he's developed about getting ideas and products to market sooner by mitigating startup risk through partnerships with already established and trusted software development companies." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1JB" target="_blank">Own More of Your Startup: Mitigate Execution Risk and Get to Market Sooner</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant, Adam Smith, is gearing up for trade show season and gives us a peek into his " pre-planning"="" and="" "at="" show"="" strategies="" for="" successful="" client="" prospect="" engagement."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-10r" target="_blank">Trade Show Success: What to Remember</a></li>
<li><a title="Business Analyst, Ryan McNamee, shares a recent Requirements Analysis experience that left him ill-prepared to answer questions about a client's software project - all because he didn't ask the right questions himself. The lesson of his story? Always remember, software should be built for the people using it, not the people developing it or even those paying for it. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Fz" target="_blank">Who's Using Your Software?</a></li>
<li><a title="Business Analyst, Steve O'Keefe, knows it's often tempting to leave the mundane parts of software development until the last minute but he encourages us to finish our work in a timely manner to maximize efficiency, stay on budget, and produce great software." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1uV" target="_blank">Finish Your Work!</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin CEO, Steve Raines, knows that nothing in business is more important than building meaningful, trusted relationships with your clients and other businesses within your community. He shares why he believes sharing information and resources can be an truly important part of this relationship building here." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1Cv" target="_blank">In Business, Sharing is Caring</a></li>
<li><a title="Earlier this year, there was big news for bloggers and content authors when Getty announced it would open up more than 40 million of its images for free for use on web sites. Since then, Adrian Roselli has had clients ask how and if they can use those images on their sites and blogs. He distills his feedback here." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1pV" target="_blank">Free Getty Images?</a></li>
<li><a title="Director of Software Development, Donald F. Lee III, disagrees with the stance that HIPAA is out of date and inflexible. He believes that compliance actually fosters increased sharing and better due diligence, leading to improved business practices and better patient care." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1zV" target="_blank">In Defense of HIPAA: How Compliance Drives Innovation</a></li>
<li><a title="UX Engineer Mike Spencer wonders if the end of Microsoft's support for XP means that web developers can stop supporting IE8 and suggests that letting site visitors and users " decide"="" for="" you="" is="" the="" best="" course="" of="" action."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1w3" target="_blank">Is It Time to Stop Supporting IE8?</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant Tom Garigen understands that clients want to know how much things will cost as soon as possible but he wants to have real, in-depth conversations about what your project requires before he gives you a cost estimate. Here's why..." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1nF" target="_blank">Don't Ask Me To Mislead You</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Exec Nick Gianadda shares a MSSQL Script and example from the AdventureWorksDW database of a data visualization that can be setup as a Job on your SQL server to automatically email you a " tree="" map"="" of="" your="" tables."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-Ol" target="_blank">Data Visualization for Database Size</a></li>
<li><a title="Dave Thiemecke discusses how mobile health tools can support shared decision making and ensure that patients' electronic health records accurately reflect their values and preferences." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1lJ" target="_blank">Shared Decision Making Continues After the Decision</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President Adrian Roselli will be speaking about accessibility and how it relates to you as a current and future user with his presentation " selfish="" accessibility"="" at="" the="" 2014="" html5="" developer="" conference."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-TZ" target="_blank">Speaking on Accessibility at 2014 HTML5 Developer Conference</a></li>
<li><a title="Business Analyst Ryan McNamee discusses how you can be sure you're getting the most bang for your buck when planning and developing a new software build by focusing on the items that will bring the most immediate value to your business." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1b5" target="_blank">Getting The Most Out of Your Next Software Project</a></li>
<li><a title="UX Engineer Mike Spencer expands on a reach third-party application post, touting the features and benefits of using Eventbrite for event planning, ticket sales, and online registrations." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1g5" target="_blank">Event Management with Eventbrite</a></li>
<li><a title="Director of Software Development Donald F. Lee III lays out his argument for a phased approach to software development, including his belief that phased development leads to increased ROI and decreased risk over the course of a project." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1dP" target="_blank">Design It, Strip It, Build It, Ship It - A Phased Approach to Software</a></li>
<li><a title="Business Analyst Steve O'Keefe shares his most effective trick for staying on task, maintaining focus during stressful times, getting work done, and feeling accomplished at the end of each day." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-1cx" target="_blank">Have A Lot To Do? It Might Not Be As Bad As You Think!</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive Charles Marra discusses the differences between Solicited and Unsolicited resulting in HL7 implementations and shares the value of both." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-17n" target="_blank">HL7 - Solicited vs Unsolicited Results</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Exec Nick Gianadda recommends avoiding FLOATS in your SQL Server database when attempting to choose a datatype." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-tF" target="_blank">Don't Use FLOATS!</a></li>
<li><a title="Revenue affects more than just your accounts receivable team. ICD-10 can initially mean longer times for providers to code procedures, delaying billing; payers to adjudicate claims, and providers to either address denied claims or accept higher losses. Keeping these things in mind when preparing for an ICD-10 transition is extremely important.
" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-157" target="_blank">How Will ICD-10 Impact the Revenue Cycle?</a></li>
<li><a title="The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 won't be without difficulty. There are hefty expenses associated with the move covering training, assessment, software upgrades, process, testing, productivity loss, and payment disruption. Dave Thiemecke continues his series on ICD-10 with a closer look at these challenges." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-149" target="_blank">What Challenges Does ICD-10 Pose?</a></li>
<li><a title="Dave Thiemecke runs through the recommended steps to ensuring a physician practice is ready for the ICD-10 transition including, making sure that your software can handle ICD-10 codes, physicians getting familiar with ICD-10 codes, medical coders taking the appropriate ICD-10 training, and more." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-13P" target="_blank">What's the High-Level ICD-10 Transition Process?</a></li>
<li><a title="Since 2010, Health IT in the US has worked on transitioning to ICD-10. The deadline to convert was moved back once to October 1, 2014, but shifting deadlines don't happen when everyone is ready. Who told us we had to upgrade and handed down a deadline?" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-13v" target="_blank">What Drives ICD-10 Adoption?</a></li>
<li><a title="Dave Thiemecke wonders why we should care about the new ICD-10 standards and if the time and money spent on the transition is worth it to physicians and patients. " href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-12d" target="_blank">Do ICD-10 Codes Turn into Health Benefits?</a></li>
<li><a title="Dave Thiemecke details some of the differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 and explains the new ICD-10 code structures, standardizations, and benefits" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-11J" target="_blank">What is ICD-10?</a></li>
<li><a title="The first in a series of posts by Dave Thiemecke on Health IT's transition to ICD-10, a code set for specifying medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-11p" target="_blank">A Primer on the ICD-10 Transition</a></li>
<li><a title="CEO Steve Raines explains his answer to the " html5="" or="" native"="" question="" is="" based="" on="" application="" development's="" high="" level="" of="" performance,="" support="" by="" all="" three="" major="" platforms:="" android,="" ios,="" windows="" phone,="" and="" consistent="" widely="" available="" set="" skills="" to="" develop="" that="" apply="" platforms="" –="" html5,="" javascript,="" css."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-J1" target="_blank">Why I Advocate for HTML5 Apps</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive Nick Gianadda shares the slides from his recent BuffaloPASS presentation on Brent Ozar's SP_Blitz procedure for Microsoft SQL Server." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-PN" target="_blank">An Intro to Brent Ozar's SP_Blitz Procedure</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant Adam Smith has done the cold-calling dance and he thinks there's a better way gain new clients - through relationship building activities that establish your company's expertise in the marketplace." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-Mz" target="_blank">Cold-Calling: The Effort vs. Results Dilemma</a></li>
<li><a title="Google recently unveiled Universal Analytics, the next version of their widely utilized web traffic analysis software. In his first of two posts on the upgrade, UX Engineer Mike Spencer walks us through some introductory, " good="" to="" know"="" info="" on="" making="" the="" changes="" your="" site's="" analytics="" account."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-Wz" target="_blank">Demystifying Universal Analytics</a></li>
<li><a title="If you're ready to move your site's Google Analytics account to Universal Analytics, follow this tutorial from UX Engineer Mike Spencer which will walk you through the upgrade process." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-N3" target="_blank">Demystifying Universal Analytics - Upgrading Your Account</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive Charles Marra discusses his first lesson learned upon the implementation of an agile development process here at Algonquin Studios - the importance of identifying and developing a client's most crucial tasks first." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-K9" target="_blank">The First Thing I Learned From My Hands-On Agile Development Experience</a></li>
<li><a title="When building a secure password reset feature, Don Lee maintains it's equally important to think about security and customer experience. In this post, he discusses ways to ensure your call center can efficiently move your customers through the proper support channels and keep security issues from preventing stellar customer service." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-Rz" target="_blank">The Operational Side of a Secure Password Reset Feature</a></li>
<li><a title="Business Analyst Steve O'Keefe discusses the benefits of a Value vs. Effort chart when prioritizing requirements for any custom software development project." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-JP" target="_blank">Develop a Valuable System, Not a System with “Everything!”</a></li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli discusses recent changes to the EU Cookie Law that allow you to get by under implied consent by linking to a cookie policy page from every page on your site, rather than asking your site visitors for explicit permission." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-zl" target="_blank">Changes to EU Cookie Law</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant Tom Garigen thinks the value adds of third party applications - features, functionality, constant improvements, and more - far outweigh the hassle of learning a new technology." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-EP" target="_blank">Let The Experts Be The Experts - The Value of The 3rd Party App</a></li>
<li><a title="CEO Steve Raines thinks, if you want to beat 'em, ignore 'em...and, instead, focus on your best assets to grow your business quickly." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-DH" target="_blank">Do What's Right For The Customers You Have...</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice President Dave Thiemecke blogs about his struggle to develop a concise elevator speech about Algonquin Studios and his realization that there's no one size fits all answer to the " what="" do="" you="" do"="" question.="" it's="" all="" about="" encouraging="" a="" deeper="" conversation;="" here="" are="" his="" suggestions="" on="" how="" to="" get="" there."="" href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-B7" target="_blank">So, What Do You Folks Do?</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Engineer Ed O'Keefe thinks data sharing isn't as bad as it's made out to be and focuses on the benefits of targeted advertising and sharing personal information across the internet." href="http://wp.me/p4lH2n-wM" target="_blank">Let The Data Magic Happen</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive Nick Gianadda shares his favorite quick tips for increasing productivity, finding new ways to focus on the task at hand, and getting more done in your day." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/?p=2028" target="_blank">4 Free and Easy Ways To Increase Your Productivity</a></li>
<li><a title="UX Designer, Mike Spencer, recently had an opportunity to work with Ext JS on the implementation of a user interface design. He shares a rundown on 10 things he learned during his crash course in the framework." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-wC" target="_blank">10 Things I Learned about Ext JS After 1 Week</a></li>
<li><a title="Andy Bagner ponders the rise of wearable technology devices like Google Glass, Samsung Galaxy Gear, and even Android-powered household appliances and wonders about their place in our future." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-wm" target="_blank">Are Smartphones Becoming Stale? The Rise of Wearable Technology</a></li>
<li><a title="Donald F. Lee III shares his belief that there's no such thing as a task that doesn't have a due date and the importance of agreeing to a timeline in order to keep projects on-task, relationships intact, and clients happy." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vX" target="_blank">Managing Expectations: The Myth of the Non-Existent Timeline</a></li>
<li><a title="Account Executive Charles Marra shares how Twilio's SMS service makes effective communication with employees and customers possible, even when they're on the move." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vQ" target="_blank">Connecting Business Applications with Mobile Customers via Twilio’s SMS Service</a></li>
<li><a title="Dave Thiemecke follows up his previous post with more on-the-ground observations for ground truth gained through demos and meetings during a trip to China with the University at Buffalo's Executive MBA program." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vL" target="_blank">Things I Wish I'd Known Preparing for Ground Truth - Part 2</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President, Dave Thiemecke, shares on-the-ground observations for ground truth gained through demos and meetings during a trip to China with the University at Buffalo's Executive MBA program." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vE" target="_blank">Things I Wish I'd Known Preparing for Ground Truth - Part 1</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2013" class="child">2013</a>
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<li><a title="Adrian Roselli shares the slides from the presentation he gave at WordCamp Buffalo 2013, on how to use print styles on a web site. His talk focused on the background of print styles and related them to responsive design, also covering best practices and techniques and the use of Google Analytics." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vu" target="_blank">Print Styles Talk from WordCamp Buffalo 2013</a></li>
<li><a title="A lot of people don’t know what Two-Factor Authentication is and it's garnered a reputation for being a hassle, but Senior Developer Gary Pochron explains why the extra layer of security 2FA provides is more than worth it." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vq" target="_blank">You Should be Using Two-Factor Authentication. Everywhere.</a></li>
<li><a title="Web Development Manager Mike Spencer shares four simple examples that he's created to demonstrate different ways you can work with tables to display data cleanly in web applications." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-vj" target="_blank">Styling Tabular Data with CSS3</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep Jeff Hensel is a big fan of simple, intuitive software (probably because, if software's built correctly in the first place, it makes his job easier in the long run) and he extols some of the virtues of his favorite email client, Gmail, in today's blog post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-uY" target="_blank">Why Gmail is Great - It's Software Developed With The End-User In Mind</a></li>
<li><a title="Mirth Connect is an open-source application used for health care data integrations, specifically designed for HL7 interfaces. But what happens when you need to transfer data to a party who isn’t using an HL7 interface? In this post, Development Manager Charles Marra offers a helpful example for interfacing HL7 data to a Web Service." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-ug" target="_blank">Mirth Connect - Not Just HL7</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Steve O'Keefe believes that a successful software development project is one that maintains a consistent standard for coding and testing. He explains his thoughts on the matter further in this blog post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-uP" target="_blank">Consistency is Key!</a></li>
<li><a title="A willingness to improve, a penchant for gadgets, and an obvious (?) humility are just a few of the wonderful traits every developer brings to the table as a spouse, according to this humorous post by Project Manager, Raj Mehta." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-u0" target="_blank">Why Software Developers Make Good Spouses</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Pat Johnson talks about the key to a being a successful consultant - the relationships you build with your clients - and lays out what he sees as the crucial steps of building quality, long-lasting relationships." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-kn" target="_blank">Project Management & Relationships</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Nick Gianadda discusses the " general="" health"="" dashboard="" and="" pushes="" us="" to="" ask="" what="" key="" performance="" indicators="" are="" really="" necessary="" for="" determining="" how="" well="" our="" companies="" doing="" at="" a="" glance."="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-tt" target="_blank">The Corporate Dashboard</a></li>
<li><a title="Don Lee shares the basic tenets of one of the first lessons he learned about software development--how to ensure your clients are " happy="" clients.""="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-tG" target="_blank">Four Questions a Software Developer Should Ask Each Day</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Manager Andy Bagner shares his opinions on the future of customer service and the reasons he feels the self-help model is the way to go." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-tr" target="_blank">Self-Help And What It Means To The Future Of Customer Service </a></li>
<li><a title="Our Director of Software Development, Donald F. Lee III, explains how Algonquin's Project Management approach helps keep our software and web development projects on budget for our clients." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-tm" target="_blank">Keeping Projects On Budget</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President David Thiemecke shares why he sees real value in working through a Requirements Analysis process prior to starting a development project or implementing a new technology or change at your organization." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-td" target="_blank">Finding The Best Technology Solution Shouldn’t Feel Like Herding Cats</a></li>
<li><a title="Vice-President Dave Thiemecke discusses the personality types that are prevalent on a team and explains how targeting the right people as innovators and early adopters can help you implement changes quickly and more easily throughout your organization." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-sA" target="_blank">The Technology Adoption Lifecycle or Why Won't Cross-Sectional Teams Adopt Change?</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Vice-President Adrian Roselli shares his thoughts and opinions in a review of Opera's newest web browser, Coast." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2013/09/11/new-ipad-browser-coast-by-opera/" target="_blank">New iPad Browser: Coast by Opera</a></li>
<li><a title="Senior Developer Gary Pochron runs us through an introduction to Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), an XML-based open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties used often in the health care and higher education fields." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2013/09/05/an-introduction-to-saml/" target="_blank">An Introduction to SAML</a></li>
<li><a title="Web Development Manager Mike Spencer reminds us that when we build and maintain web sites, we need to be cognizant of users' technology capabilities, as well as their limitations, and plan accordingly." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-s8" target="_blank">Optimizing Site Speed</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep Jeff Hensel walks us through his steps for navigating the uncertain waters that accompany a new software launch." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-s0" target="_blank">Supporting New Software? No Problem.</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Steve O'Keefe talks about the value of Requirements Analysis, clearly defining your project's inputs/outputs, and knowing your end user." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-rM" target="_blank">Know Your Requirements</a></li>
<li><a title="Project Manager Raj Mehta reminds us that diagnosing problems during software development is relatively easy; the real challenge comes when your software is in operation and the end user has an issue." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-oi" target="_blank">Problems Don't Float</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Pat Johnson draws parallels between the importance of general home maintenance and the upkeep needed to keep your software systems running optimally." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-rk" target="_blank">Maintain Your Software Like It's Your Home</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Nick Gianadda discusses how to determine if a system feature is necessary or just a " nice="" to="" have"="" by="" remembering="" that,="" sometimes,="" it's="" best="" just="" "keep="" it="" simple,="" stupid.""="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-rb" target="_blank">K.I.S.S.</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Ed O'Keefe talks about how to manage those valid, work-related distractions that keep you from completing the task at hand." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-r2" target="_blank">Wait...What Was I Doing?</a></li>
<li><a title="The HIPAA Security Rule doesn't explicitly require encryption of data at rest, or even during transmission. But this doesn't mean what people think it does. Don Lee shares why he's convinced encryption is key to ensuring HIPAA compliance." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-qJ" target="_blank">Is Encryption Required by HIPAA? Yes.</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Charles Marra shares his take on Microsoft's High Availability/Disaster Recovery solution AlwaysOn after using it to set up a redundant application environment recently." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-qB" target="_blank">Microsoft SQL Server 2012 - AlwaysOn</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Co-Founder and Vice President, Dave Thiemecke, shares some of the insights he's gained during his years of customer service and expectation management in this series of blog posts." href="/Blog/2013/CustomerProblems" class="child">Turning Around Tough Problems for Your Customers - Parts 1-5</a>
<ol>
<li><a title="Part 1 of a series wherein Dave will share some of the insights he's gained during his years of customer service and expectation management." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-q5" target="_blank">Turning Around Tough Problems For Your Customers - Part 1</a></li>
<li><a title="In Part 2 of his series on elevated customer service Dave addresses how to successfully tackle the toughest part of LEAP - " produce.""="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-q7" target="_blank">Turning Around Tough Problems for Your Customers – Part 2</a></li>
<li><a title="We've tackled LEAP and implemented a solution for our customer's problem. But what if they don't agree with that solution? Dave shares his tips for ensuring customer buy-in in Part 3 of his customer service series." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-qa" target="_blank">Turning Around Tough Problems for Your Customer - Part 3</a></li>
<li><a title="In the next installment of his series on great customer service, Dave tackles the " the="" customer="" is="" always="" right"="" idea="" and="" makes="" recommendations="" for="" when="" you="" should="" abide="" by="" this="" philosophy="" push="" back."="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-qd" target="_blank">Turning Around Tough Problems for Your Customers - Part 4</a></li>
<li><a title="In the final post of his series, Dave discusses dealing with consistently difficult or manipulative customers. How do you handle them? How do you know when to say " enough's="" enough?""="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-qg" target="_blank">Turning Around Tough Problems for Your Customers - Part 5</a></li>
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</li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli shares the slides from his Stir Trek 2013 presentation, " making="" your="" site="" printable.""="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-pR" target="_blank">Making Your Site Printable</a></li>
<li><a title="Senior Developer Gary Pochron reflects on the role social media plays in delivering the news in today's society." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-pM" target="_blank">This Crazy (Social) World</a></li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli wants us all to remember the clients and customers who'll be visiting our sites might not be coming from the browsers we expect and to keep in mind that the only browser statistics that matter are those for the site you’re supporting." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-pt" target="_blank">Don’t Use Global Browser Stats</a></li>
<li><a title="Margaret Siller shares the reasons she thinks our support department's ticketing system makes a big difference in the level of client service we provide." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-pl" target="_blank">The Top 5 Reasons I Love Our Support Ticketing System</a></li>
<li><a title="As a companion to his earlier post on making your web site printable with CSS, Adrian Roselli shows how you can measure how many (and which) pages get printed from your site by using Google Analytics." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-oM" target="_blank">Tracking When Users Print Pages</a></li>
<li><a title="Web Development Manager Mike Spencer takes us on a tour of the new and improved features available in QuantumCMS 5." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-oW" target="_blank">What's New in QuantumCMS 5?</a></li>
<li><a title="Google is forking WebKit to make its own rendering engine, Blink. Opera will be using the Blink fork of WebKit as its rendering engine. Adrian Roselli gathers some feedback from the Web and shares his own opinion on the changes in today's blog post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-oP" target="_blank">Chrome: Blink and You Missed the News</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep Jeff Hensel spends his days managing customer expectations and has hit on a few tips that make his life a lot easier. He shares them with us in today's blog post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-oG" target="_blank">Jeff's Guide to Managing Customer Expectations</a></li>
<li><a title="Project Manager Steve O'Keefe shares some tips that have helped him make a great " first"="" impression="" at="" multiple="" stages="" of="" the="" software="" development="" process."="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-ou" target="_blank">Making a Good "First" Impression</a></li>
<li><a title="Project Manager Raj Mehta introduces us to the basic Software Development rules that he's always followed. These rules encourage keeping things simple and staying mindful of your client's goals, no matter the project you're working on." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-oh" target="_blank">Conservative Values of Software Development</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Pat Johnson explains how the Software Development Life Cycle can impact a new project and discusses some expectations both clients and development teams should have before beginning work." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-ob" target="_blank">Software Development Life Cycle - Listen Up, They're Not Just Buzzwords</a></li>
<li><a title="In part 2 of his post, Nick Gianadda talks about Data Visualization for more complex information and shares examples of other great Visualization sources." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-nj" target="_blank">Learning From Your Data - Part 2</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Nick Gianadda discusses Data Visualization, and the helpful role it can play in Software Development, in today's blog post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-lS" target="_blank">Learning From Your Data - Part 1</a></li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli expands on his recent article for .net Magazine, " make="" your="" website="" printable="" with="" css,"="" showing="" how="" you="" can="" adapt="" to="" different="" media,="" including="" print,="" by="" embedding="" qr="" codes="" in="" page."="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-nH" target="_blank">Calling QR in Print CSS Only When Needed</a></li>
<li><a title="Development Manager Ed O'Keefe contemplates the role of technology, specifically his beloved Kindle, in his life and realizes that while we often vilify our dependence on technology, it really can help to serve the greater good." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-nA" target="_blank">Words, Words, Words</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Manager Andy Bagner follows up last week's post on the pros and cons of Android and Apple's iOS operating systems." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-nl" target="_blank">My (Mostly) Unbiased Overview of Android and Apple’s iOS – Part 2</a></li>
<li><a title="In case it hasn't already been made clear, we really like to eat around these parts. Jeff Hensel shares a winning strategy for building company morale with tacos in today's post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-hm" target="_blank">Improving Company Culture or Why You Should Start “Taco Thursday”</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Manager Andy Bagner shares the first of a two-parter on the pros and cons of Android and Apple's iOS operating systems." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-mL" target="_blank">My (Mostly) Unbiased Overview of Android and Apple's iOS - Part 1</a></li>
<li><a title="Don Lee, our Director of Software Development, shares thoughts and information on the Direct Project and its role in streamlining the secure communication of medical records between providers, laboratories, hospitals, pharmacies, and patients." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-md" target="_blank">How The Direct Project Will End Faxing In Healthcare</a></li>
<li><a title="Charles Marra, a Development Manager here at Algonquin, explains why he believes bad habits related to database organization are some of the easiest ways to get yourself, and your application, off track." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-m4" target="_blank">Database Organization</a></li>
<li><a title="Senior Developer Gary Pochron recently re-read Tom Peters' article " the="" brand="" called="" you"="" and="" believes="" it="" contains="" valuable="" career="" advice="" but="" humbly="" suggests="" a="" few="" more="" strategies="" for="" professional="" growth="" in="" today's="" business="" environment."="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-lC" target="_blank">The Brand Called You - Growing Professionally</a></li>
<li><a title="Receptionist Christine Porto discusses applying Algonquin's guiding principles - The Four H's - to her life, both professionally and personally and shares the value that she sees in approaching things with this perspective in mind." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-dn" target="_blank">Applying the Four H’s in Business and in Life</a></li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli gets pretty annoyed when he has to click through an advertisement for a site’s app in the iTunes store when surfing on mobile devices. In this week's post, he shares a less offensive way to present your pitch to users on iOS and Windows Phones." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-l4" target="_blank">App Store Meta Tags</a></li>
<li><a title="Tom Garigen explains that having friends in high places has shown him the value of being an active member of his community and may even make him a better sales guy in the long run." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-kG" target="_blank">"Good" Friends Can Make Good Clients</a></li>
<li><a title="What if, while on a mobile device and surfing a RWD web site, your visitor wants the desktop version of the site? Adrian Roselli discuss the steps and hurdles involved in coding a solution." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-ko" target="_blank">Letting Mobile Users See Desktop View of RWD Site</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep Margaret Siller shares some of the things she thinks about most helpful and fun about our content management system, QuantumCMS." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-hQ" target="_blank">Seven "Did You Know?" Things About QuantumCMS</a></li>
<li><a title="Mike Spencer follows up his previous post with a review of available blogging platforms, highlighting the basic features you should expect to find and the more advance offerings that set the front-runners apart from the rest." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-hF" target="_blank">Blogging For Business, Part 2: Choosing the Right Platform</a></li>
<li><a title="Web Development Manager Mike Spencer fields a lot of questions about blogging from our clients. Here, he maps out the potential benefits, risks, and stumbling blocks of corporate blogging to help you decide if the strategy might be a good fit for your organization." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-hs" target="_blank">Blogging For Business, Part 1: Is Blogging Right For You?</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Manager Andy Bagner gives a quick rundown on some new players in the hybrid tablet/laptop field in today's blog post." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-qW" target="_blank">An Overview of Up-and-Coming Hybrid Tablet/Laptop Technology</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2012" class="child">2012</a>
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<li><a title="When people think SEO, they tend to focus only on Google. In this week's blog post, Adrian Roselli tells us why that's not necessarily a good idea." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-gX" target="_blank">SEO Isn't Just Google</a></li>
<li><a title="Developer Colin Higgins shares an introduction to Redis, a NoSQL option for storing your data and an alternative to memcached, session storage, and other key stores." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-h5" target="_blank">An Introduction to Redis</a></li>
<li><a title="Recent updates from Google have percolated up to some of our clients in the form of fear-mongering and misinformation. In this week's blog post, Adrian Roselli provides a quick overview of what's happened." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-gU" target="_blank">Confusion in Recent Google Updates</a></li>
<li><a title="Senior Developer (and new contributor to the AS blog), Gary Pochron, shares some free and low-cost options for protecting the important data we use every day." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-gN" target="_blank">Safeguarding Your Data</a></li>
<li><a title="There's often a " special="" something"="" we="" look="" for="" when="" selecting="" a="" new="" vendor.="" sales="" consultant,="" tom="" garigen,="" thinks="" it's="" all="" about="" chemistry="" and="" shares="" how="" he="" "doctor="" who"="" helped="" him="" win="" recent="" sale."="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-gA" target="_blank">The "Doctor Who" Effect</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep, Margaret Siller, shares some ways we can all encourage our support representatives to be all that they can be and provide the best customer service possible!" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-gj" target="_blank">Encouraging Great Customer Support</a></li>
<li><a title="Web Development Manager, Mike Spencer, recommends updating your browser to get the most from your online experience and shares some pros and cons for the most common browser options." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-g8" target="_blank">Modern Browsing</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep, Jeff Hensel, shares what he believes are some important ideas to keep in mind when on-boarding a new hire." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-g0" target="_blank">How to Train Your Newbie</a></li>
<li><a title="Developer Ryland Koopus reminds us to keep the big picture in mind when working on long term projects in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes and save time and money." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-fS" target="_blank">The Importance of Understanding the Big Picture</a></li>
<li><a title="Our CEO, Steve Raines, looks back at the early days of Algonquin Studios and the terminology that then separated him from the 'old guys,' realizing that maybe everything that's old really is new again." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-fM" target="_blank">Dialing Up The Web</a></li>
<li><a title="Christine Porto shares one of her favorites things about working here at Algonquin - learning from her co-workers!" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-fw" target="_blank">Learning on the Job</a></li>
<li><a title="Adrian Roselli shares that trying to find the container to wrap the content of his first HTML5 web page turned out to be the hardest part of the process." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-fh" target="_blank">Page-Level Container Discussion for HTML5</a></li>
<li><a title="Developer, Tom Klonowski, agrees that code reuse definitely has its place in development, but wonders, should we rely so heavily on this model?" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-fb" target="_blank">Code Reuse: a Blessing or a Burden?</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant, Tom Garigen, thinks persistence is an underrated quality, especially in a salesperson. He shares his thoughts on why he'll always be persistent and he hopes his prospects will be, too." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-f1" target="_blank">A Salute to Persistence</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep, Margaret Siller, shares her initial hesitancy about joining the world of smartphone users and why she now feels silly for waiting so long." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-eL" target="_blank">Moving into the 21st Century</a></li>
<li><a title="Our Web Development Manager, Mike Spencer, explains why when building, redesigning, or maintaining a web site or web application, it’s important to understand the technology visitors will use to access the site to create the best user experience possible." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-er" target="_blank">Designing With User Technologies In Mind</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Representative, Jeff Hensel, shares his thoughts on the advantages on web-based support and why it's gaining popularity with companies and customers." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-eh" target="_blank">Web-based Support - The Way of the Future</a></li>
<li><a title="Developer Ryland Koopus recently became eligible for a phone upgrade and had decided to wait for the next iPhone. That is, until some coercing from his Android-loving coworkers." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-e6" target="_blank">My Journey to Android After Five Years of iOS Loyalty</a></li>
<li><a title="For many of our clients, summer is a time of shortened work days and lengthy beach vacations. So, how do we stay in touch and keep Algonquin top-of-mind? Director of Marketing, Colleen Ross, shares some ideas." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-dx" target="_blank">Client Engagement... In the Face of Summer Hours and Vacations</a></li>
<li><a title="The Summer 2012 (#231) issue of .net Magazine has Algonquin Exectuive Vice-President, Adrian Roselli's tutorial on making print styles for your site. " href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-dC" target="_blank">My Print Styles Article in .net Magazine</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin's receptionist, Christine Porto, gives us a glimpse of what it's like being the first point of contact for many of our clients and why it's such an important job at any company." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-do" target="_blank">Thank You for Calling...</a></li>
<li><a title="The question shouldn’t be “Apple or Windows”, but rather “What’s the best technology for this task?”" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-de" target="_blank">Apple vs. Windows? Actually, it's not a Simple Question.</a></li>
<li><a title="Testing accessibility on your web projects can be a tricky task if you have no firsthand experience with visual, audible, physical or even cognitive impairment. Having resources in the community is important, as is tracking down the same tools in use in that community." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-d6" target="_blank">Accessibility Bookmarklets and Tools</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin CEO Steve Raines shares some of the things he learned when transitioning his primary computer to a Mac." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-cN" target="_blank">Learn from my Mistakes: Switching to Mac</a></li>
<li><a title="Sales Consultant, Tom Garigen, wants to focus on your company's problem, not on the fancy schmancy stuff needed to fix it." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-cK" target="_blank">Don't Get Obsessed with the Gizmos</a></li>
<li><a title="Software Support Rep, Margaret Siller, shares some things to keep in mind for making the most of your time on the phone with tech support." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-cy" target="_blank">Don't Hang Up Yet! Things to Remember When You Call Tech Support</a></li>
<li><a title="Today ICANN has revealed the list of gTLDs for which random people and businesses have applied. During the January 12 — May 30, 2012 window to submit applications, 1,930 came in; check out this post to find out some of Adrian's favorites." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-cq" target="_blank">ICANN Announces Requested gTLDs</a></li>
<li><a title="Get some tips for dipping your toes in the deep, and sometimes overwhelming, waters of Google Analytics." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-ci" target="_blank">Getting Started with Google Analytics</a></li>
<li><a title="Technology makes our lives easier in seemingly endless ways but adapting to new things can be tough. Algonquin Software Support Rep Jeff Hensel shares his tips for getting the most out of a new software program, as painlessly as possible." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-c1" target="_blank">Getting the Most Out of Your Software</a></li>
<li><a title="Director of Marketing, Colleen Ross, continues her recap of Peter Shankman's recent presentation to Ad Club of Buffalo members." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-bT" target="_blank">Shankman in Buffalo - Part Two</a></li>
<li><a title="Part One of Colleen Ross' recap of marketing guru Peter Shankman's recent customer-service focused presentation in Buffalo, " the="" next="" revolution="" will="" happen="" in="" your="" pocket.""="" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-bA" target="_blank">Shankman in Buffalo – His Basic Tenets for Great Customer Service</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin's Executive Vice President, Adrian Roselli, shares his thoughts on Ackuna, a new human translation option available to organizations without a large translation/localization budget." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-bp" target="_blank">New Crowdsourced Translation Option</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin's Director of Marketing, Colleen Ross, shares her thoughts on Google's Penguin updates and the focus on great content for better SEO." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-bb" target="_blank">Google Penguin, a Focus on Better Content</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Sports for Kids, Inc. and Buffalo Soccer Club recently collaborated with the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County and the Independent Health Foundation on a U.S. Soccer Foundation grant to support a Soccer for Success program in the City of Buffalo." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-aO" target="_blank">Making a Difference, One New Soccer Player at a Time</a></li>
<li><a title="Our marketing designer, Terri Swiatek, talks about making meaningful connections through social media." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-ar" target="_blank">Doing (and Feeling) Good - Social Media and Cool T-Shirts</a></li>
<li><a title="What does your web site have in common with smoke detector batteries? They both need to be changed on a regular basis. Consider this your friendly reminder." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-a1" target="_blank">Updating My Web Site? Yeah, I've Been Meaning to Get to That...</a></li>
<li><a title="Some people may not know this but I have two jobs. My full time job here at Algonquin Studios, as a Software Support Representative, and my part time job, as a weekend warrior guiding rafts on local white water rivers. The two might seem pretty different at first glance, but they're actually both about taking care of the customer..." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-9J" target="_blank">White Water and Software Support</a></li>
<li><a title="If you’re like me, you have a lot to do in a day. You’ve got meetings to attend, emails to answer, phone calls to make, and various other tasks to complete–and those are just the things you’re expecting..." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-9x" target="_blank">Productivity in the Office</a></li>
<li><a title="My team and I are software support representatives – when end users struggle with issues they can’t resolve themselves or encounter bugs or glitches, they call us." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-9n" target="_blank">The Often-Overlooked Value of a Quality Support Team</a></li>
<li><a title="Director of Marketing, Colleen Ross, shares insights gained from the 2012 Legal Marketing Association annual conference and how we can apply some of the branding ideas, presented to legal marketers, here at Algonquin Studios. " href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-8y" target="_blank">Building a Brand: Some Thoughts from LMA12</a></li>
<li><a title="Reviewing some recent discussions about HTML5 and its related specifications and how they can support enterprise mobile use, if at all." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-8o" target="_blank">HTML5 and Enterprise on Mobile</a></li>
<li><a title="The regular comparisons between Flash and HTML5 are faulty at best, and downright wrong on average. One recent popular article is shown as an example of the ongoing misunderstandings." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-8c" target="_blank">Ongoing Misunderstanding of Flash and HTML5</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin is participating at the Legal Marketing Association’s annual conference as the official QR Code Sponsor and we’ve created what we think is a pretty cool and engaging interactive experience for conference attendees to participate in." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-7M" target="_blank">Marketing with QR Codes</a></li>
<li><a title="Maybe you’re considering a mobile version of your own site, but you want to be smart about it, doing what’s best for your site based on what makes good sense for your business. Thankfully, web analytics is here to the save the day! Analytics = super exciting, right? Well, bear with me here." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-7n" target="_blank">Comparing Mobile vs. Desktop Data for Improved Experience</a></li>
<li><a title="If you’ve been listening to the word on the street, you’ve noticed…everyone’s talking mobile. We now expect that companies will provide us with access to their sites from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, and developers are being called upon to create mobile sites and applications more and more often." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-78" target="_blank">The Mobile Web</a></li>
<li><a title="In the latest W3C Open Web Platform Weekly Summary, a new attribute has been announced for HTML5 that will allow authors to exclude specific content from being translated — for any service that will honor it." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-6Z" target="_blank">HTML5 Will Play Nice with Translation</a></li>
<li><a title="The trend continues where I speak to clients, vendors, young developers fresh out of college, and even the teachers/professors who instruct them and they don’t understand that HTML5 and CSS3 aren’t the same specification" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-6J" target="_blank">No DHTML, Please</a></li>
<li><a title="Many companies feel that having an outside vendor provide technology solutions puts them at a disadvantage in the eyes of clients (and prospects) and try to funnel all communication through the agency and prevent the technology partner from directly interacting with the client." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-6z" target="_blank">Directly Engage Your Tech Partner to Avoid "Used Car Sales" Experience</a></li>
<li><a title="We have to think first about what it is that makes a tablet special. More often than not, tablets are marketed as being light, easy to use computers. But they aren’t the same as the computers we use for business." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-6n" target="_blank">Design Great Tablet Apps by Making Users Forget They’re on a Tablet</a></li>
<li><a title="I recently spoke with my fellow Software Support team members and, together, we came up with a list of our Top Ten reasons why we keep coming back" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-62" target="_blank">Top 10 Reasons Why My Team and I Keep Coming Back to Work</a></li>
<li><a title="First and foremost, your new design needs to cater to your users. Understanding who is using your current web site and how they are interacting with your content is crucial." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-5T" target="_blank">Time for a Redesign? Get to Know Your Users First.</a></li>
<li><a title="Talking to “customer service” can be painful in and of itself and so, I present you with some tips to ensure both you and your support representative are smiling when your phone call is over:" href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-5J" target="_blank">How Can I Help You?</a></li>
<li><a title="These days, all the cool kids are using NoSQL databases. NoSQL databases are document based, which means that they don’t have a schema or rely on the time-tested Structured Query Language." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-5p" target="_blank">NoSQL Databases</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2011" class="child">2011</a>
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<li><a title="It’s that time of the year where you should take a few minutes to log in to QuantumCMS and update the copyright date on your web site." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-55" target="_blank">Time to Update Your Web Site Copyright Date</a></li>
<li><a title="I’ve noticed that the holiday “goodies” we’re all used to getting from vendors and clients have become less and less common over the past few years. I’ll assume it has to do with the economy and I’ll be thankful that I don’t have to let out the waistband on my pants in order to accommodate yet another delicious box of chocolates." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-4L" target="_blank">Spreading Holiday Cheer in a "Bah, Humbug" Economy</a></li>
<li><a title="Many people, on both the committee and design side, despise this particular challenge, but in my perspective it presents an opportunity to think of some ways to improve a process that so often ends in mediocre design solutions that no one really wants." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-4B" target="_blank">Design by Committee – How to Make It Work</a></li>
<li><a title="A lot of news has been made of Adobe’s recent move to end development of the Flash player for mobile devices. I wrote up the details last month and tried to remind everyone that Adobe isn’t giving up on Flash, it’s just changing its direction on its mobile player based on industry trends. " href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-3Z" target="_blank">Flash is Dead! Long Live Flash!</a></li>
<li><a title="In our consulting practice, we’re often called upon to help companies redesign their web sites-nothing extraordinary there. What is extraordinary is how often we hear that the primary driver for changing a corporate site hasn’t been defined at all." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-3G" target="_blank">Think You've Got a Great Web Site? Five Reasons It Needs to Change, Today.</a></li>
<li><a title="By now, most people in the technology field have had the good fortune to work with some sort of virtualization technology such as Hyper-V, Xen, KVM, SolusVM, or OpenVZ. Whether you’re a Linux or Windows Admin, one thing you can be certain of is that virtualization is making your job easier and saving your company money." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-3f" target="_blank">The Virtues of Virtualization</a></li>
<li><a title="When I interviewed for my position at Algonquin Studios, I remember asking what my interviewers particularly enjoyed about working here. The things they both immediately mentioned were “Meet & Eats” and “F.E.A.S.T.“ It was the first time I’d gotten a food-related response to that question and it definitely got me thinking." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-2V" target="_blank">Training Disguised…</a></li>
<li><a title="A web site’s design should not dictate how content appears on the page. Rather, the content should dictate the design." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-2H" target="_blank">Good Design Starts With Good Content</a></li>
<li><a title="There’s a lot of unfamiliarity about working at a new company-new names and faces to remember, new responsibilities, and of course, the unshakable feeling of being the newbie in the office. Regardless of how welcoming your co-workers are, it’s difficult not to feel a bit out of place at first." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-2t" target="_blank">Togetherness Through Tastiness: How Food Unites Us</a></li>
<li><a title="MVC has become a very popular abbreviation lately, especially among web developers – and for a very good reason. MVC stands for Model View and Controller, and it is basically standardizing modern web application across platforms and languages." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-2j" target="_blank">MVC: Taking the Web By Storm</a></li>
<li><a title="When we choose which web sites, blogs, and newspapers to read and which television stations to watch, we are knowingly filtering the information we receive. But what we may not realize is the the explosion of personalization on the internet is doing the same thing. " href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-2e" target="_blank">The Subjective Internet</a></li>
<li><a title="Since I started working on the web (and was slowly coaxed to the world of Netscape from Mosaic and HotJava), clients have asked me to find ways to adjust how a page behaves based on what browser the end user has. These all took time to maintain and were never 100% effective." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-23" target="_blank">Detecting Mobile Devices — Don’t Bother</a></li>
<li><a title="I’m gearing up for a pretty exciting (and potentially scary) moment in my career; I’m representing Algonquin Studios at the Virginias Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association’s regional Continuing Marketing Education conference on Friday…and I’m going alone." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-1O" target="_blank">Making the Most of a Tradeshow – The Algonquin Way</a></li>
<li><a title="There’s been a lot of scrutiny over corporate giant Google and its business practices as of late. The internet search and search-advertising company has been under fire from a number of competitors, spurring a series of Federal Trade Commission and European Union investigations over the past year." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-G" target="_blank">Google Under the Magnifying Glass Again</a></li>
<li><a title="Amazon’s long-awaited tablet/e-reader was formally announced Wednesday, and the conversations about whether or not it will compete the iPad are underway. I don’t much care about that. I am far more interested in the web browser that it includes." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-1b" target="_blank">Amazon Silk, Yet Another Web Browser</a></li>
<li><a title="As the web grew and search engines emerged, people started trying new ways to get listed in these new automated directories, and so began the scourge of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) peddler." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-R" target="_blank">We Really Still Have to Debunk Bad SEO?</a></li>
<li><a title="Stop fearing technology and solutions that are not open-source! There, I’ve said it. Why? Read on." href="http://wp.me/p1R7MT-a" target="_blank">The Myth of Open-Source vs. Proprietary</a></li>
<li><a title="The QR (Quick Response) code was first developed in 1994 in Japan to track vehicle parts but has since grown to become a handy way to encode all sorts of data, most notably web site addresses for use in traditional media campaigns." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2011/03/28/making-and-using-qr-codes/" target="_blank">Making and Using QR Codes</a></li>
<li><a title="Sometimes, it's worth wrapping up some of the more interesting developments because they can genuinely affect clients who aren't trying to game the search engines." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2011/03/03/recentish-news-on-google-bing-seosem/" target="_blank">Recent(ish) News on Google, Bing, SEO/SEM</a></li>
<li><a title="It's that time of the year where you should take a few minutes to log in to your CMS and update the copyright date on your web site." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2011/01/12/update-your-web-site-copyright-date/" target="_blank">Time to Update Your Web Site Copyright Date</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2010" class="child">2010</a>
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<li><a title="If you as a user are not paying to use a service, then is it a wise decision to build your social life or your business around it?" href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2010/12/17/you-get-what-you-pay-for/" target="_blank">You Get What You Pay For</a></li>
<li><a title="Previously negative reviews of web sites still resulted in positive page rank in search engines. Google is taking steps to close that hole, finally penalizing poor behavior." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2010/12/09/negative-reviews-can-now-affect-site-rank-downward/" target="_blank">Negative Reviews Can Now Affect Site Rank Downward</a></li>
<li><a title="If your site is an extremely heavy download or just takes too long to draw, it may be penalized in the organic search listings. " href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2010/04/12/your-site-speed-to-affect-its-google-rank/" target="_blank">Your Site Speed to Affect Its Google Rank</a></li>
<li><a title="What does it mean to have a huge number of Twitter followers? What does it do for you? The answer to both is: Nothing." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2010/01/06/lots-of-twitter-followers-guarantees-nothing/" target="_blank">Lots of Twitter Followers Guarantees… Nothing</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2009" class="child">2009</a>
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<li><a title="When it comes to accessibility on the web, many developers don't know how many users are disabled or what kinds of disabilities they have. A couple recent articles help gather that information." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2009/12/13/how-many-disabled-users/" target="_blank">How Many Disabled Users?</a></li>
<li><a title="WebAIM conducted a survey of the preferences of screen reader users back in December 2008, gathering a lot of interesting data about how users utilize assistive technologies." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2009/11/09/webaim-screen-reader-user-survey-results/" target="_blank">WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey Results</a></li>
<li><a title="The internet has turned 40 and interviews abound. The web, on the other hand, is barely old enough to drive." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2009/10/30/internet-turns-40-just-might-catch-on/" target="_blank">Internet Turns 40, Just Might Catch On</a></li>
<li><a title="Getting your site into the search engine in the top spot has become the holy grail of online marketing, one that far too many people are happy to exploit as an opportunity." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2009/10/14/seo-as-snake-oil/" target="_blank">SEO as Snake Oil</a></li>
<li><a title="With a database of social media policies from over 80 organizations, plus the ability to add your own, here's a site that makes it easy to produce your own policy." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2009/09/22/corporate-social-media-policies/" target="_blank">Corporate Social Media Policies</a></li>
<li><a title="A claim I have made for years is finally verified, certainly causing SEO spammers some consternation." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2009/09/21/verified-google-ignores-meta-keywords/" target="_blank">Verified: Google Ignores Meta Keywords</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2002" class="child">2002</a>
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<li><a title="Because it is often necessary to reproduce the colors in identity materials when building a web page, it helps to know what to expect from the end-users' displays and ability to perceive color." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2002/11/25/quick-color-class/" target="_blank">Quick Color Class</a></li>
<li><a title="As more and more sites move away from embedded style, the benefits of CSS to customize a user's visit have become all the rage. It's hard to find a site bragging about its use of XHTML and CSS for layout that doesn't have a style switcher of some sort." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2002/06/07/style-switcher-in-asp/" target="_blank">Style Switcher in ASP</a></li>
<li><a title="Algonquin Studios and E-Merge Strategies combine business models and software products into one multilingual solution." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2002/05/21/a-merger-of-content-management-and-localization-workflow/" target="_blank">A Merger of Content Management and Localization Workflow</a></li>
<li><a title="Pushes for accessibility and standards in code has made CSS the new buzzword of the web developer. Unfortunately, many use WYSIWYG packages to do development. What some of these developers tend to forget is that pixel-precise layouts are anything but." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2002/03/16/the-wrong-way-to-use-css-in-page-layouts/" target="_blank">The Wrong Way to Use CSS in Page Layouts</a></li>
<li><a title="With so many books and sites with character entity references providing the wrong entities for so long, and the W3C's version capable of making your eyes bleed, here's a much simpler chart that you can use to stress test browsers and still make sense of." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2002/02/14/simple-character-entity-chart/" target="_blank">A Simple Character Entity Chart</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2001" class="child">2001</a>
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<li><a title="With so many users and so many variables that control window size, you've got an infinite number of possible dimensions in users' browser windows. This article will address screen resolution by offering some tips and caveats for liquid design." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2001/08/30/liquid-design-for-the-web/" target="_blank">Liquid Design for the Web</a></li>
<li><a title="We're glad the WaSP and ALA took a position on old browsers. But they're preaching to the converted. Instead, let's look at what editors (human and software) can do to increase standards compliance on the web." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2001/02/28/to-hell-with-bad-editors/" target="_blank">To Hell With Bad Editors</a></li>
<li><a title="Since evolt.org rolled out its new design, people have been asking what we did, why we did it, and how we did it. This article addresses these questions in the context of the HTML, the CSS, and the overall site design." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2001/02/20/inside-the-evolt-org-rebuild-the-html-and-css/" target="_blank">Inside the evolt.org Rebuild: The HTML and CSS</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/2000" class="child">2000</a>
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<li><a title="While there are many great tutorials on building a breadcrumb navigation trail using Perl on a Unix/Apache site, I thought it would be nice to have an ASP version as well. It uses the file system to generate the trail." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2000/12/28/breadcrumbs-for-those-using-asp/" target="_blank">Breadcrumbs for Those Using ASP</a></li>
<li><a title="Everybody has their own take on what resolution their users have. Sometimes that target resolution is based on hard data, sometimes it's a best-guess, and sometimes it's just based on the designer's own personal preferences." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2000/07/04/real-world-browser-size-stats-part-i/" target="_blank">Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part I</a></li>
<li><a title="In Part I of this article I showed you how to write your own script(s) to track the screen resolution, browser viewable size, and bit-depth, of your users. While you are gathering your own statistics, I'll offer mine up for review." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2000/07/04/real-world-browser-size-stats-part-ii/" target="_blank">Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part II</a></li>
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<li><a title="" href="/Blog/1999" class="child">1999</a>
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<li><a title="The proliferation of splash pages on web sites has been seen by many to be a hindrance to users. Many developers forget about the extra click a user experiences just to get to information. This tutorial shows you how to control how and when it's seen." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/1999/09/05/let-the-user-skip-the-splash-page/" target="_blank">Let the User Skip the Splash Page</a></li>
<li><a title="There are many places you can go on the net to see statistics about which browsers support which tags, and sometimes even how they are supported. But none of them can give the perspective of precisely how it appears to the user with that browser." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/1999/08/18/browser-archive/" target="_blank">Browser Archive</a></li>
<li><a title="While frames are not evil by default, there are many issues that must be considered before they are implemented on a site." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/1999/07/27/some-caveats-with-using-frames/" target="_blank">Some Caveats with Using Frames</a></li>
<li><a title="Designing for any resolution in particular can be tough. But should we cut any users? And what are the reasons for not cutting out those users? A list of reasons why addressing lower resolutions can have a higher overall impact." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/1999/07/19/640-x-480-isnt-dead-just-yet/" target="_blank">640 x 480 Isn’t Dead Just Yet</a></li>
<li><a title="There's nothing quite like getting your text just right with all your CSS attributes in place, and sitting back knowing that you finally have some typographic control over your pages. It's just too bad that's not the case for your users." href="http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/1999/07/13/give-the-user-control-over-your-fonts/" target="_blank">Give the User Control Over Your Fonts.</a></li>
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