http://blog.fryewiles.com Thoughts on Web Design, Programming, Brand Identity, Inflatable Monkeys and Life in General Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:15:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi Everyone - we are having an issue with our phones being intermittently down due to a problem with our provider.  We're still here!  If you need to talk, send us an email, or try our direct lines: Rob Frye - 951 313 0191 Nate Wiles - 951 643 7623 Archa Sung - ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/design/02-23-2010/phones-down-were-still-here So the Riverside Press Enterprise wrote up a really nice article on us.  Thanks guys!  (you're making us blush). http://www.pe.com/business/local/profiles/stories/PE_Biz_W_profile13.40b78bd.html http://blog.fryewiles.com/design/01-13-2010/extra-we-made-the-press Our friends over at Concrete5, purveyors of all that is amazing content management system software development, are trying to go to the very cool South by Southwest Interactive.  For the uninitiated, SXSW Interactive is to emerging tech what SXSW Music is to music.... a week-long showcase of the best and ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/creative-business/01-08-2010/send-concrete5-to-sxsw-interactive We're happy to announce the launch of a new content managed website for San Diego Plumbing Design / Build contractor Sherwood Mechanical.  Sherwood Mechanical is exactly the kind of company we love working with - they redefine how you think about plumbing contracting by successfully designing and building high-tech plumbing ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/press-release/01-08-2010/sherwood-mechanical-website-launch Every once in a while, there are breakthroughs that are revolutionary in their simplicity and focus.   Twitter is an example that comes to mind.  For me and in my work, Balsamiq Mockups is just such a breakthrough. In the world of User Experience Design, there has been some really interesting research ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/design/12-11-2009/im-in-lovewith-balsamiq-mockups YeeHaw!  We've been busy as web-beavers over here, and haven't posted many portfolio updates, so here's  a few of the sites we've been working on recently: DotsTV We did the design and development of this new celebrity and entertainment news project for E! Entertainment Television founder Alan Mruvka: Check out DotsTV today » Lamb ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/press-release/12-09-2009/end-of-year-portfolio-roundup Our friends at Instant Riverside sent us a holiday card that apparently Kermit the Claus bogarted.  We thought it was funny.  That frog's one elusive and grabby little amphibian... http://blog.fryewiles.com/office-nonsense/12-09-2009/how-the-kermit-stole-kwanzaa So after a blog post I made a few months ago that garnered a lot of attention on a scam outfit known as the 'Business Filings Division' requesting - nay - demanding, that I pay $239 immediately to file my supposedly late Statement of Information filing for my LLC, this ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/creative-business/11-23-2009/corporate-filing-unit-statement-of-information-scam-redux-does-this-sound-familiar New site launch - Money Control, a debt recovery agency located here in Riverside who specializes in corporate collections.  In an industry that can occasionally be unsavory, Money Control's needed to present a professional, corporate friendly public image that matched their business ethic and mission. We developed the site in a ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/press-release/10-15-2009/money-control-website-launch Just saw this on Adobe's website: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/appsfor_iphone/ This is potentially a game-changer, and we're really excited!  This does not mean that iPhone has started supporting Flash player, but instead that Actionscript applications will compile down to native iPhone apps. What this means, among other things, is that Frye / Wiles will soon start ... http://blog.fryewiles.com/development/10-05-2009/flash-cs5-to-will-allow-iphone-app-development