Cool Things You Didn’t Know Facebook Could Do
Chris Rackley
Nov30th
Topics: Fun Stuff, Social Media
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Facebook’s on a roll. Sure, Twitter gave it a bit of a scare about two years ago, but *sigh* that’s done with.

Part of Facebook’s beauty is its refusal to rest on its laurels. They have a fully dedicated design team actively working to improve its usability and structure. You can get your fill of Facebook Design here. Gone are the days when people were frustrated with “their Facebook” changing interfaces on them. The foundation has been set for sturdy growth and a dearth of new, expandable features.

Speaking of those expandable features — Facebook is now loaded. And by loaded, I mean that if you’ll just step away from Mafia Wars and Cafe World for a second, you’ll see there are great little additions to your Facebook interface that you likely didn’t even know existed. I thought I’d throw up a few highlights for you:

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Determining Goals, Objectives for your Web Site
Chris Rackley
Nov1st
Topics: Web Design, Web Strategy
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Goals are powerful. Sports championships are won because a few people come together under a common goal. World wars have been fought because one person was intent on accomplishing his goal. A single goal can rally an entire culture under its banner and take its members forward. We saw that in the election of 2008. But not all goals are created equal. It would seem there are far more failures than successes, and those that do see success vary greatly in their measure. There is one thing you can have confidence in: No matter how risky your goal is, it’s better than not having one.

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Building a Better App: Lesson #14 — Be Agile
Chris Rackley
Sep14th
Topics: Technical
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On September 15, The Worthwhile Company has the privilege of launching quite the app for our good friends at Tech After Five. This is a post that pulls back a curtain a bit on the process of bringing it to life.

There are a lot of different theories concerning mobile app development. Until quite recently, the vast majority of the apps you’d see available on your Droid and iPhone were made by 1–3 man teams in a basement. There were a few that were much larger in scope, and they tended to be the few that everyone up and got on their devices. Point is: Because so many teams and firms are relatively new to app development, a lot of people will tell you a lot of different things about how to get it done. Let me tell you about our approach.

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Too Little, Too Late for new Apple TV
Chris Rackley
Sep9th
Topics: Fun Stuff, Industry Trends
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I’ve been waiting for the $99 Apple TV for a while now. I thought for sure we were gonna hear about it at WWDC this past June, but alas, it was not to be. It probably had something to do with the deal they were trying to strike with $.99 TV episode rentals; but whatever the reason, the delay is over and the mass-market affordable Apple TV is here! … for whatever that’s worth.

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And We Have a Winner!
Chris Rackley
May26th
Topics: Fun Stuff
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Yesterday, we at Worthwhile had the honor and privilege of participating in the 2010 Grow Expo here in Greenville, SC. The Grow Expo is a premier convention that celebrates growing businesses across the Upstate and provides great opportunities to network and learn.

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This year, we decided to up the ante at our booth, so we had a drawing to giveaway an iPad. (Not too shabby, huh?)

Well, after more than 350 entries, we are very pleased to announce that the winner of the iPad is David Hanna, principal at Hanna Consulting, Inc. Hanna Consulting has been helping businesses and non-profits create and execute strategies now for 14 years. {Congratulations, David!}

Thank you to everyone who came by our booth and participated. We met hundreds of new people and enjoyed spending the day having great, positive conversations with our fellow Upstaters. We all walked away thrilled to have met so many wonderful people. Greenville truly is a very special place where so many great people have come together to work and to grow their businesses.

Never be strangers!

You’re all welcome to our offices any time.