Every year I make a big deal out of watching the Academy Awards, even if nobody watches them with me.  I love the spectacle of it all, the dresses, the interviews, the behind-the-scenes stories and seeing celebrities interact with one another.  For this past year's awards, not only could you watch the red carpet on your TV, but if you had your computer, tablet, or smartphone handy, you could watch additional interviews, see the cameras trained on the grand staircase and entry carpet - so you n...

We reached our Team MammAGraphics’ goal and couldn’t be happier about it. There were many contributing factors that led us to $15,000 such as our silent auctions, amazing sponsors and perhaps a few bald heads.  But we also produced several print and marketing materials throughout that really shaped our campaign. In the next few issues of our newsletter we are going to breakdown our strategy, how we implemented it and eventually reach our goal. Step  1. The name! When we decided t...

My father gave me my very first cell phone when I graduated high school.  It had a switchable faceplate, and he had replaced the generic black plate with a bright yellow one (My dad was awesome).  Now, I have a nice shiny white iPhone – with a yellow case, naturally.  You wouldn’t believe the trouble I had finding a phone case that I liked.  The ones in the store were too generic, too trendy, too plain or too practical.  Finally I found one that felt right – one that felt like me. ...

The term "snail-mail" was used as early as the 1950's to describe standard postal mail in comparison to more modern methods of communication - like the telegraph.  Nowadays, digital forms of communication like email, text messaging, and Skype have completely changed the way we interact with one another, both on a personal and professional level.  This push towards instant communication is now shaping how businesses operate online. QR Codes, mobile friendly sites, and Apps are important tools e...

We've got a pretty amusing team here at AG Carmel.  We all get along, so whenever we get the chance to give each other grief, we seize the opportunity.  When our intercom system was installed, this mostly involved finding the most annoying song we could think of and randomly springing it on unsuspecting victims.  This usually backfired, however, because inevitably we'd end up with that same song stuck in our heads for the rest of the day. When you get a song stuck in your head, you repeat ...