Author Archives: Chris Goldschmidt

The White Board – Update

Our White Boards are officially up, thanks to our Art Director aka in-house painter, Gray Richardson. Gray worked overtime this past weekend getting the boards painted. The paint takes a week to dry, so we are all anxious for Monday to test them out for the first time.  Here is a preview of the boards up and [...]

MUSIC MONDAY PLAYLIST – June 7, 2010

ARTIST / SONG Sunny Day Real Estate / Song about an Angel Thomas Dolby / Hyperactive The Allman Brothers / Soulshine  Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg / California Gurls Them Crooked Vultures / New Fang Mute Math / Pins and Needles  

MUSIC MONDAY PLAYLIST – MAY 24, 2010

  ARTIST/SONG   Pete Yorn / Closet The Decemberist / The Sporting Life Grace Potter & The Nocturnals / Nothing but the Water Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars / Billionaire Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Red Eyes and Tears Beastie Boys / Sabotage  

The Great Social Media Debate

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, You Tube…three years ago as a new college grad, I had never heard of most of these words, much less did I think I would use them as a part of my career. And, I especially did not think they would be  as much of a part of my day to day life [...]

To Spec or Not to Spec?

Last week, AIGA Birmingham was kind enough to invite Forte’s Jamie Warren and Paul Crawford of Scout Branding to discuss their philosophies on speculative design work. AIGA nationally has basically disavowed the practice of spec work–performing design services for free with the hope of being paid after a prospect sees it. Or, to put it [...]

Forte’ Launches New Website

Forte’ is welcoming the summer with the launch of its new website. Taking its own advice, Forte’ chose platforms for ultimate usability, accessibility, and search engine reliability. The new site represents the latest Web 2.0 experience. Forte’ chose WordPress as its main publishing application. The open source software was made famous by the blogging community, [...]