If you’re like me, you probably have a whole bunch of instant messenger (IM) accounts through service providers like AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc. And, to make things a bit easier to manage, you’ve been using free tools like Adium or Trillian to aggregate them all into one place. So when I recently wanted to add [...]

It’s New Year’s eve and millions of people are headed out to parties. Parties at friends’ homes, at bars, at friends of friends, at third cousins twice removed becuase they have free beer, at… you get the point. Well, take note those of you who manage large (humongous) web properties with major web traffic and [...]

We had a company meeting in late December where Dan Thompson showed off Manifest’s brand new toy – a Microsoft Surface Table. As part of the discussion, Dan, one of our web developers, walked through various aspects of the table and answered some questions. I’ll be posting more as we’re sponsoring he interaction 09 conference [...]

I fully admit, I am a techno-geek. I love the wonderment of technology. I go ga-ga for the  possibility of what it can do for the advancement of people, and how when incorporated thoughtfully into our everyday lives, it can turn a previously frustrating and challenging experience into one of total engagement and excitement. One [...]

Manifest Digital was recently selected by Microsoft as one of four Chicago design agencies to participate in their PhizzPop Design Challenge competition. As part of the competition, three people from each agency work together to address a particular business problem through solution design. The teams are provided with some initial Microsoft training. Then, the teams [...]