New Apple Store in Boston Opens

Apple opens a beautiful new store in Boston. Now this might now excite most of you, but being an apple fan this makes me a little excited. And to think, this new store is not even in the same state as I am in. Just having an apple store open does not make my eyes open …

Importance of company branding and identity

Your company Branding and Identity is an underestimated area in most business. You need to realize how important good branding is.

When people see the little red swoosh on a product, they automatically identify that product as a well produced, popular item. This swoosh …

Is blogging really that important? YES!

I found this post on Entrempeneur.com

Its an amazing post. Check it out

Blogging is really that important!

Don't use Bold use Strong

Desing Coding – Youtube – The new age rap of how to design and code

Natural High in New Media Development

Hello all! I am glad to say that this will be my first post for Motive Media's Blog. I have been trapped in my cell for over a year and decided that it was time to crawl out ;)

If you have ever taken on a large project that included multiple phases and multiple people …

This is a test

this is a test so that i can demonstrate the cms tool.

Crap music…I mean Rap Music

Okay so it has dawned on me here today that Hip Hop is DEAD. We're sitting here in our Oasis – or Office as some people like to call it. And jamming out to some iTunes radio as we do everyday, and I decided to turn it over to "Flow 103". After a few songs had passed …

Tips : Five Meeting Tips

Found this very helpful article about meetings and what not to do. This article was located at Tech Republic

Here are five meeting offenses that will not only drive your co-workers crazy, but will also damage your reputation within the workplace.

1. Show up late – …

dude get a mac.

So since the beginning of time Motive Media has been a PC based company. That was all fine and dandy – we went from XP to Vista…and then back to XP. Not that there is any problem with Windows at all. Its just not the right platform for our business. Sooo with that being …

A little Update…

Hey everyone! Sorry its been a while since we've been on to post a blog. This past month or so has been insane for us. Between all the projects and the holidays we just have not had the time or energy to post anything. Hopefully we can get some meaningful content up …

Happy Holidays and New Years

We here at Motive Media would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend. As well an exciting new years eve. Make sure not to drink to much eggnog :)

Motive Media Teams with Blueline Marketing

If you're from Boise I'm sure you've seen their fleet of Ford Mustangs all over town. Thats right – I'm talkin' about Blue Line Marketing. Recently we had the opportunity to meet with them to discuss a business partnership. A month later they decided that we'd be the …

Color Inspiration Sources

As soon as the word Color / Colour Inspiration comes up there are two websites that come to mind. Colour Lovers and Adobe Kuler are two of my favorite sites to go to when looking for colors, color inspiration or color tools. When Adobe Kuler came out I started to get …

Photography Shots As A New Art

Here are some great examples on how to turn photography into a whole new art. These photos and more were posted over at Bored Stop.

Head to Head: iGoogle vs Netvibes Part 2

iGoogle vs Netvibes? What are these two? Which one is better? If any of these questions are in your head then this is the right article for you. If you have not already read the first part please go and read Heade to Head: iGoogle vs Netvibes Part 1. Just to recap on …

Head to Head: iGoogle vs Netvibes Part 1

Where to start? That could be the question you are are asking your self every time you sit down at your computer for the first time of the day and pop open a browser of your choice (hopefully www.mozilla.com/en/firefox/">Firefox). Chances are you start out with what ever web page you have as your …

36 of the Best Web Sites of September 2007

With there being a myriad of css / design website showcase sites on the internet now a days like CSS Mania, Design Meltdown and Most Inspired, it isn't that hard to find really good looking web sites, but with those good web sites comes even more sites that you just …

Design Inspiration, Resources and Creative Flow

When a web designer sits down at his or her desk and opens up PhotoShop to begin a project, there is usually a period of about 10 minutes (longer for some, or shorter for others) of absolutely nothing. Yes I mean there is someone sitting at there desk staring at a blank …

We've joined Blog Rush

Every morning I sit down and go through my "daily routine" of CSS Mania, Faveup, the FWA, Design Float etc…
Well today on Design Float there was this post titled "Blog Rush Launches".
I read through it and I'll admit I was pretty impressed with the system they have got …

Firefox Extensions: Design and Program

So I think we can all come to the conclusion that Mozilla Firefox is the best web browser when it comes to making designer's and programmer's job allot less stressful. I have compiled a small list of amazing extensions for Firefox that will in turn make your life allot …