Our Perspectives

Shrimp Boat Renovation

When not working our fingertips to the core at the office (not that serious), we here at Blue Ion like to indulge in some hands-on fun any chance we get....

Life
What a Year in Blogging Looks Like

Practice what you preach, right? We believe so, but when it came to our blog, we found ourselves preaching a bit more than practicing. When you are busy, it seems...

Content
#PKCHS Is Back

Refreshed and recharged, Pecha Kucha Charleston is back with an Wine + Food inspired scheduled for March 6th. It should be a blockbuster show with 9 great, culinary-themed speakers and...

Events
The death of the personal blog

"Do you have a blog?" I don't think I hear that much anymore at a party.  Sure, many businesses still have and maintain a blog. And for good reason. Blogs...

Content
The Blue Ion icon pack 2.0

If you haven’t noticed yet, I love icons and the idea of branding any and everything. Between projects, I’ve been working on quite a few fun things for the Blue...

Life
4 Reasons Why Designers are the Worst Friends to Have

We all have that one friend...and if you don't, you may very well BE that one friend. You know, the one with the Graphic Design or Art Degree (psshh.. how...

Whatever
Screen Resolution Increasing

Mobile phones and tablets are gobbling up the traffic pie. Their diminutive screen resolutions are well accounted for with the use of responsive design. What about our old friend the computer though?...

Development
Your Ideas Aren’t All That Bad

I'm an ideas guy. Each day, I'm adding to the notes in my phone, where they inevitably get buried into oblivion by week's end. Business ideas, project ideas, creative stuff, nerdy stuff, you...

Whatever
AdWords Online-to-Offline-&-Back-to-Online Conversion Tracking

Several months back we started using Google AdWords Conversion Import feature to better track activity occuring outside of the interwebs for a client. Results have been awesome. With the new...

Conversion Rate Optimization
Lowdown Marionette Dance Off

Above all else, I pride myself on the quality of my video production chops. Who can forget such timeless classics as Holly Jolly Guns, Birthoween (uh..don't know what happened to...

Life