Interactive Architects

Elexicon builds a new microsite for Terryberry Company

The Terryberry Company, North America’s leading recognition program provider, developed a new peer-to-peer recognition solution. The Give A Wow! peer recognition program is an online, subscription-based solution that allows any coworker to nominate a peer for going above and beyond. Terryberry invited Elexicon to design and build a website to promote and create awareness for their new Give A Wow! product.

Glimpsing the future of I.T. in West Michigan

I recently had an opportunity to meet some bright high school students in a software engineering workshop at Ferris State University’s downtown Grand Rapids campus. I also spent some time with their instructors as well. If these kids are a snapshot of our future innovators, then West Michigan stands an excellent chance of remaining on the forefront of technology-related industries. Our challenge will be to keep them here for to return here after college.

A Little “Background” Work Really Pays Off

As a web designer, I’m always searching the internet for emerging trends and what would be considered ‘best-practice’ for how websites are being built. A layout that I see as being quite popular right now is using large background images in the design of the website, be that image a picture or a graphic of some sort. (Take our site, for example.)

elexicon: provided the web design, other team contributions for new Helen DeVos Children's Hospital site http://www.devoschildrens.org. An honor. from Twitter

elexicon: likes the new Twitter following/followers interface. Why couldn't they just apply that helvetica font treatment to the home interface? from Twitter

elexicon: Tweet inspirational messages to the roads of the Tour de France with the Nike Chalkbot http://is.gd/1lypq from Twitter