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Jan. 16, 2012

Bluehouse Group and Silverstripe Team for Theme Contest

SilverStripe Ltd and US web agency Bluehouse Group have just launched a contest to offer every web designer the unique chance to provide the default theme for the SilverStripe CMS 3.0. 
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Nov. 15, 2011

One Silverstripe Module to Rule Them All

Silverstripe tweeted today that Bluehouse Group developer Aaron Carlino's DataObjectManager (DOM) Module is the most downloaded module of the year!  It comes to little surprise to us as it's an essential tool for managing complex content in Silverstripe.  Great work Aaron!
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Nov. 13, 2011

Josh Turner Attends UI16 in Boston

Bluehouse Group Art Director/UX/Creative Director Josh Turner just got back from the premiere UX conference UI16 in Boston.  UI16 features some of the brightest minds in the UX and the interactive design field including Jared Spool (UIE), Bill Hoffman (Happy Cog), Luke Wrobleski,  and Bill Scott of Netflix.
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Oct. 27, 2011

Come visit us at the VT Tech Jam

Bluehouse President Greg Brand will be sharing a booth with the VTSDA at the Vermont Tech Jam on Oct 27th and 28th.  Stop by as we are looking for a PHP programmer and would love to chat. If you're lucky you might even get a Bluehouse Group t-shirt. Learn more about the VT Tech Jam.

Oct. 26, 2011

Aaron Carlino Guest Blogs on silverstripe.org

Bluehouse Group developer and silverstripe whiz Aaron Carlino recently published a beautifully written post for the silverstripe.org blog.  Aaron explores why design matters from the perspective of a developer/programmer. Check out the full post on silverstripe.org "Why Design Comes First: True Confessions of a Guilty Coder."

Oct. 24, 2011

Bluehouse Group Ups it's Management Game

Bluehouse Project Manager Vicky Smith and Art Director Josh Turner recently completed the fantastic Champlain College Management Excellence Seminar Series.  The five day seminar touched on myriad of topics including:

  • Gain an understanding of your own management style
  • Build high performing teams
  • Resolve workplace conflicts

You can learn more about the seminar series at Champlain College's website.

Oct. 11, 2011

Bluehouse Group redesigns website for Murdoch, Hughes & Twarog

Bluehouse Group recently launched a complete website redesign for the Burlington law firm Murdoch, Hughes & Twarog. MHT are recognized by their peers as outstanding in the areas of divorce and family law, criminal defense, and adoption/assisted fertility. All three partners have been selected over the years as New England SuperLawyers. 

You can see their new website at http://www.mhtpc.com/.

Oct. 5, 2011

Chris Lewis speaking at Hunt Middle School October 6th

Bluehouse programmer Chris Lewis will be speaking at Hunt Middle School in Burlington on October 6th.  He will be speaking to students about web development, coding and filling their heads with all sorts of wisdom.

Bluehouse Group is always looking for ways to participate in educational opportunities. Give us a shout if you think we could be helpful to your classroom or students.

Oct. 4, 2011

BHG developers attend jquery conference

Bluehouse Group developers Chris Lewis and Jared Fullerton just got back from the jquery conference in Boston. The conference was a two day extravaganza of coding and speaking revolving around the popular javascript framework jquery. When asked to comment on the conference Chris Lewis stated, "The conference was rad! I can't wait to start implementing some of the new tricks I picked up."

Jquery powers upwards of 23 million sites on the web today and is currently used on the majority of websites developed by Bluehouse Group.

May. 6, 2011

Bluehouse wins awards at CMS Expo

Bluehouse Group won two first-place awards at the CMS Expo conference in Chicago.  Best SilverStripe Website for a Non-Profit Organization, for Yestermorrow.org.  Best SilverStripe Web Application Developer for our guy Aaron Carlino, also known as Uncle Cheese.  Bluehouse has long been a proponent of non-proprietary, open-source CMS solutions.  Seeing our...
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