Summersault Blog

RICHMOND, IN — Summersault, LLC has teamed up with 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com to create a series of websites related to the ongoing efforts to rescue and house pets displaced by Hurricane Katrina.  The project, known as Operation Save-A-Pet, is a part of Summersault’s ongoing work with the 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com organization.

“Many people don’t realize that the needs related to pet rescue from Hurricane Katrina are far from over and still require urgent attention,” said David Meyer, co-founder of 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com.  Meyer spent a significant amount of time in New Orleans rescuing pets shortly after Katrina hit, and knows firsthand how much work there is to be done. “Summersault has helped us to get that message out on our site and across the Internet with a special network of Katrina-related resources,” Meyer said.   Read the rest of this entry »

RICHMOND, IN — Summersault, LLC is one of the major sponsors of the upcoming visit to Richmond by Rebecca Ryan, founder of Next Generation Consulting, Inc.  The event, presented by the Richmond Young Adult Professionals, is bringing Ryan to the area to discuss economic development and community building opportunities with local business leaders, young adult professionals, and interested citizens. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters has an article out today, Internet users judge Web sites in less than a blink, noting the publication of a study in the journal Behavior and Information Technology finding that “people make aesthetic judgments that influence the rest of their experience with an Internet site” in one twentieth of a second, less than half of the time it takes to blink your eye. The implications for us as web developers are important, and its clear that being able to create quality graphical layouts built around extensive experience with web design still matters a lot. Of course, everyone responds to different designs in different ways so there’s no formula (as the article mentions) for how to get it right every time. But we feel like we’re doing an okay job so far.

Hopefully after our last article, Search Engine Optimization Vol. 3: The <title> Tag, you’ve seen an increase in your site traffic due to a higher search engine ranking. This time we’re going to focus on a lesser known tip that will go a long way not only to help your search engine ranking, but your visitors as well. I’m talking, of course, about text hyperlinks.

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RICHMOND, IN — Summerasult co-founder and Principal Chris Hardie will be co-teaching a 300-level course on software engineering in the Computer Science department at Earlham College during the spring semester this year.  The course focuses on the theory, techniques, and technologies associated with the design, construction, and testing of software systems, particularly large software systems. Read the rest of this entry »