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Kitchen 208

As someone who regularly eats out for lunch during the work week, its a literal breath of fresh air to have Kitchen 208 finally open. This adorable, semi casual, indoor/outdoor...

Work
Announcing Pint Pedal

If you like bicycle bike riding, tasty craft beer and costumery, hop over to Pint Pedal and join the upcoming celebration of the new pint law in SC (enables breweries...

Events
REFRESH is Today!

Today is the day Refresh comes back to Blue Ion. This is a special event for me because the first Refresh that was held last year was actually the first...

Events
Props to Parson’s

Coming from a background in higher ed, I know how frustrating it can be to get all of the right pieces onto a huge site with so many stakeholders giving...

Marketing & Tech
New Gmail Inbox

Gmail is rolling out some significant changes to how you manage your inbox. Some good analysis over at Buzzfeed and Fastco Design. Here's a fun video of what you can...

Marketing & Tech
REFRESH Next Week!

Next Tuesday, June 4th, Refresh Charleston will return to the Blue Ion studio and bar from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, located at 301B King Street (above the Apple Store). Refresh...

Life
Pong Action

Ben has been testing out Cinemagram recently. Little more features than Vine, but the sharing to social is a bit lacking. He had to email me this clip, which came...

Life
Pixel Perfect Peeps

Josh made one of these, then everyone wanted one. To celebrate the wrap-up of our employee spotlight series, here's a link to each Blue Ion employee interview, along with their...

Team
NYTimes Prototype

The NYTimes has slowly been rolling out access to it's new site format. They're starting with the "article experience" and will gradually be evolving the rest of the site. I've...

Marketing & Tech
Fishing the Flats

I spent Monday morning chasing some tails (redfish) around Hamlin Sound. It was an awesome 5.5 tide and couldn't have asked for a more perfect morning.

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