JoomlaDay Chicago Sponsor

We're proud to announce that Proof Interactive is an official sponsor of JoomlaDay 2011 in Chicago.  Here at Proof, we're fans of Joomla, a leading open-source content-management system.  JoomlaDay in August is devoted to promoting and teaching the Joomla framework and as a place where developers can get together, share ideas and collaborate in the best traditions of open-source development.  Proof's Vice-President/Creative Services Sam Hubbell and Project Manager Adriana Ybarra-Rojas will be representing our firm at the conference.

President Obama visits Proof Interactive

Okay, not really.  But Air Force One did fly over our office on its way to McCarran Airport.  The President is touring a solar energy power plant near Boulder City, Nevada and delivering a speech on the economy and green jobs.

In time for Halloween-How Tablets Are Like Vampires

New data from Google shows a dramatic spike in tablet use during the evening. While not entirely surprising, it supports the theory that people break out their iPads etc. while sitting on the couch after work -- often while watching TV. So tablets are like vampires, because they come out after dark and suck away users' attention.

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Pandora Targeting solid play for political campaigns

Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading personalized radio service, today announced that political campaign strategists have the option to target voters by state, county and congressional districts, as well as metropolitan survey areas (MSA), and designated market areas (DMA). The new targeting capabilities provide campaign strategists a contemporary and more personal way to reach voters during the 2012 election season.

Read the announcement here

Thoughts on taming the email monster

Let’s face it, we’ve engineered our professional lives to revolve around email as the central communication tool. I receive upwards of 300+ emails every single weekday. Far less on the weekends, nevertheless I wake up to a lot of email to process; and, it keeps on coming all day.

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