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Check Your Cloud Hosting Status

09 October 2012
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hosting
technology

Today we’re releasing v1.0 of AvatarStatus.com to the public.  The site stems from a hackathon proof-of-concept session that we worked on back in August.  The goal of this site is to provide our clients with better visibility into their cloud hosting... keep reading about Check Your Cloud Hosting Status

Schutz Shoes Microsite and Store Launch

01 October 2012
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news
web design and development
new york web design

We are excited to annouce the launch of a fashion microsite for Schutz, a shoe designer and retailer based in Brazil. Schutz wanted to create a Microsite to launch in time with their first US store opening on New York's Madison Avenue. We worked with... keep reading about Schutz Shoes Microsite and Store Launch

Send The Trend has never been Trendier

15 September 2012
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web design and development
new york website design
branding

Send The Trend, an online fashion retailer and subsidiary of QVC, came to us to rebrand and redesign their website. But this wasn’t just a “refresh”, it was more like a “redo” as the motivation behind doing the project was a change in business model... keep reading about Send The Trend has never been Trendier

Your Website: Better. More Responsive. SPDYer.

03 August 2012
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hosting
cloudflare
technology

As a certified hosting partner of CloudFlare, we were invited try out the private beta of SPDY, an experimental application-layer protocol built on top of TLS, developed by Google for transporting content over the web with minimal latency. Yesterday, CloudFlare... keep reading about Your Website: Better. More Responsive. SPDYer.

Agile Scrum. This is how we do it.

16 July 2012
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agile scrum
web design and development
project management

We use the Agile Scrum development methodology to produce most of our work, particularly for larger, complex projects. Using, Agile Scrum, the project team (Us) organizes project work into a series of design and development cycles. The main benefit for the product owner (You) is a bird's eye view of... keep reading about Agile Scrum. This is how we do it.

2012 Interactive Media Awards

11 July 2012
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web awards
news
interactive media awards

The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.

Created by the Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC), a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition is designed... keep reading about 2012 Interactive Media Awards

Check Your Google Ad Without Affecting Performance

27 June 2012
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website marketing
adwords
google

If your using google adwords for online advertising, you know that clicking on your ad is going to cost you (literally).  What you may not know, however, is that just viewing your ad in google search results can be just as costly.  If you are... keep reading about Check Your Google Ad Without Affecting Performance

Create a Short Domain to Increase Brand Awareness

25 June 2012
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social media integration
branding

Short domains (sometimes refered to as vanity domains) are all the rage.  You'll see companies like New York Times (nyti.ms) and TechCrunch (tcrn.ch) using short domains as part of their social media and link sharing strategy.  We recently... keep reading about Create a Short Domain to Increase Brand Awareness

How We took a fitness website design ‘challenge’ to Improve student health

22 May 2012
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web design and development

Avatar New York announces the launch of a new interactive online fitness educational platform that teaches youth healthy habits. The platform incorporates a completely custom website design, front-end development, and back-end content management system with many user-friendly program administration tools.

In addition to tools... keep reading about How We took a fitness website design ‘challenge’ to Improve student health

Now deploying with DeployHQ!

23 April 2012
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hosting

At Avatar New York, we've always implemented some form of version control system.  From Microsoft’s Visual Source Safe (shutter…) to CVS, SVN, and finally Git (although we still use SVN for some projects).  Not using some... keep reading about Now deploying with DeployHQ!

Avatar New York Builds Mohawk One Website to Rule Them All

17 April 2012
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e-commerce
b2b
hosting

Avatar New York announces the launch of Mohawk's new eCommerce and marketing website at http://www.mohawkconnects.com. The new website consolidates several Mohawk online properties into one and represents the culmination of a 6-year partnership with ecommerce website design firm Avatar New York as... keep reading about Avatar New York Builds Mohawk One Website to Rule Them All

2011 Davey Awards

24 January 2012
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web awards

The largest and most prestigious awards competition exclusively for the "Davids" of creativity.

David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock - the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids"... keep reading about 2011 Davey Awards

2011 W3 Awards

24 January 2012
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e-commerce
web awards

The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs. Simply put, the W³ is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms... keep reading about 2011 W3 Awards

Avatar New York Web Designs Win 2011 Interactive Media Awards

08 September 2011
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new york web design
web awards

The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.

Created by the Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC), a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition is... keep reading about Avatar New York Web Designs Win 2011 Interactive Media Awards

DiMarzio loves their Avatar-designed website.

07 September 2011
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new york web design
e-commerce
web awards

The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.

Created by the Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC), a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition is... keep reading about DiMarzio loves their Avatar-designed website.