We’re pleased to announce the first scheduled date for our Modern Web Development Workshop, which will take place on Monday, May 6th, 2013 in Portland, Oregon.
Inviting you to attend our first Modern Web Development Workshop
21 Feb 2013
Planet Argon Shake
12 Feb 2013
A remix of our Danse Gooshers video from 2009.
How to Chart Page Load Time and Bounce with Google Analytics and Spreadsheets
7 Feb 2013
We recently spoke with one of our clients about improving their site performance; specifically, we chatted about the relationship between page load time and user satisfaction. I found a number of articles relating page load speed to bounce rate, but there’s no study as convincing as an analysis of a client’s own statistics. With the help of Annie, our very own analytics expert, I was able to fumble my way through the creation of a helpful chart plotting load time versus exit and bounce rates using Google Analytics and Google Spreadsheets.
Couchbase Dev Day PDX
30 Jan 2013
Last week several argonauts made our way to Couchbase Dev Day PDX, where members of the Couchbase development team Jasdeep, Tugduall and John provided us with a walkthrough of the new features of Couchbase Server 2.0, along with tips and use cases for squeezing performance from data-centric apps. They gave us a rundown of their quickly evolving NoSql technologies and, since then, we've been mulling over how best to leverage Couchbase here at Planet Argon.
Social Media Marketing about to bust?
28 Jan 2013
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the social media marketing bubble will burst soon enough.
What do you think?
New Partnership Begins with Oceanscape Network
25 Jan 2013
Planet Argon is excited to announce our partnership with Oceanscape Network, a new educational program developed by the Oregon Coast Aquarium, a leader in ocean conservation, education, and literacy.
WeAreRCTID.com launched!
24 Jan 2013
We've launched a super site for our local soccer team, (wearerctid.com/](http://wearerctid.com/)
The 2012 Year in Review
16 Jan 2013
Every year, Planet Argon releases a retrospective compiling the past year’s events; this includes business accomplishments like app launches, and personal milestones like marriage and travels. A couple months ago, I, Jack Bouba, was tasked with getting the ball rolling for the 2012 Year in Review. I felt this was right up my alley because (1) I love being in charge and (2) I’ve been rolling balls since childhood.
2012: Year in Review
9 Jan 2013
2012 was a big, enormous, giant year for the team here at the Planet Argon World Headquarters. We launched a multitude of new projects; we traveled for both work and pleasure; we blogged extensively about web development, project management, and capsized kayaks; and, most importantly, we got a foosball table. We’re proud of everything that we accomplished in 2012, and we’d love to share our experiences, photos, and writings with all of you.
We thought outside of the box this year when designing and implementing our annual Year in Review page. For many of you, the Planet Argon team probably just seems like a bunch of extremely good-looking faces on the Who We Are page, but we’re so much more! Join us as we flex our performing skills and reenact all of the major events of 2012. In addition to the immersive video, the 2012 YIR includes photos of our infamous antics and links to many of our blog posts, which can be consolidated into a reading list with a simple click of the mouse or tap of the screen. We sure hope you enjoy it!
Flash Message Conductor Now Rails 3 Compatible
2 Jan 2013
As 2012 was winding down and the holiday season was winding up, I took time to work on some of our internal projects.
While updating some applications to Rails 3, I noticed that our gem, Flash Message Conductor, was not still Rails 3 ready.
Instead of replacing all of the syntactic sugar that Flash Message Conductor gives us to the Rails defaults in our applications, I decided to update the gem to use Rails 3.
I'm pleased to announce that Flash Message Conductor 2.0 is now available for download and it's compatible with all versions of Rails 3 (3.0, 3.1, and 3.2).
Still using Rails 2? Don't worry, you can still using version 1.x of the gem in your projects.