Upper Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee updates data and leverages social media

January 2010 - The Upper Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee, or UMRLAC (um-ra-lack), updated its web site with new E.coli monitoring data, committee meeting notes and annual reports, and great new outreach features using social media tools Facebook, Twitter and Identi.ca.



Links:

Upper Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee
http://www.merrimackriver.org/

UMRLAC's Facebook page (important Bug Nights news here)
http://www.facebook.com/UpperMerrimackRiver

Tomaydo Tomahhdo launches with Yellahoose-developed contact form

January 2010 - Ohio-based upscale restaurant Tomaydo Tomahhdo launched their great web site, built by Sharon Pieniak of Bluecat Media, featuring a simple, easy-to-use contact form built in rapid fashion by Yellahoose.



Visit and dine at Tomaydo Tomahhdo at one of its three bistro locations in Shaker Heights, Lakewood and Cleveland, Ohio!

Links:

Tomaydo Tomahhdo
http://www.tomaydo.com/

Bluecat Media
http://www.bluecatmedia.com/

Yellahoose develops online print order form for Portland Photo Works

January 2010 - Elliott Teel of Portland Photo Works came to Jim Cradock of Yellahoose to inquire about adding an easy-to-use print order form and photo upload tool for the the Portland Photo Works' web site. Portland Photo Works has a high quality Epson 7900 Ultrachrome HDR printer, and Elliott wanted to receive orders (currently they're delivered on physical media) via the web site.



After defining the specifications and reviewing the capabilities of the Portland Photo Works web server, Yellahoose built the print order tool using HTML, JavaScript, PHP and Flash. Photographers can upload 180 ppi or better RAW, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PSD and PDF files to the site using any contemporary, Flash- and JavaScript-enabled web browser.

Note: Portland Photo Works is located on the second floor of the The Congress Building (also known as the State Theater Building). Visit Portland Photo Works, and Yellahoose, and look at great photography, on First Friday Art Walk! The next Art Walk is Feb. 5th.

Links:

Portland Photo Works
http://www.portlandphotoworks.com/

Winter 2009-2010 Gulf of Maine Times is launched

December 2009 - The winter 2009-2010 Gulf of Maine Times was launched using a re-vamped information architecture and user interactivity focus developed and implemented by Yellahoose.



The new Times uses blog software for content management, comments and RSS feeds. The software's an excellent choice for the Times, because content is easily manageable by editors, writers and web masters. Tools for tracking how the site and content are used were also made part of the upgrade.



The new issue of the Times is thematically focused on ocean issues (wild-life, sustainable development, science and research) in the Gulf of Maine region: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.



The site is hosted by Packawhallop.

Links:

Gulf of Maine Times
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/gomt/

Muise Design – original graphic design for the Times based on work by Michelle Muise
http://www.popgraphics.net

Packawhallop
http://www.packwhallop.com

Olympus Asset Management leverage Yellahoose-built solution and add blog-driven press release, news and case studies to web site

December 2009 - Southern Maine-based Olympus Asset Management added a big new feature to its web site: easy-to-update news, press release and case studies, and RSS feeds for content syndication. It was able to add the new features, because the site, built by Yellahoose earlier in the year, was specifically architected for growth and feature and function additions.



How quickly was the new feature added? Olympus made a request for the feature the morning of December 14. After finalizing the specific requirements (lots of news and more to come, shouldn't need to come to techies to update, needs to be integrated within the existing site), Yellahoose implemented the feature the morning of December 14. Staff were trained in use of the blog-driven CMS tools after lunch.



The Olympus web site was built using and it is hosted with open source software, and an early but stable version of Blueprint content management system (a.k.a. CMS), developed under its Packawhallop brand. Graphic design was developed by Slickfish Studios working with Olympus and Yellahoose.

Links:

Olympus Asset Management
http://www.olympusassetmanagement.com

Packwhallop
http://www.packawhallop.com

Slickfish Studios
http://www.slickfishstudios.com

Boston Harbor islands science and information site is launched

December 2009 - The National Park Services launched its site sharing science and information for the Boston Harbor islands. The site was developed with NPS by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research at the University of Maine, Yellahoose and graphic design partner Slickfish Studios.



The Boston Harbor islands site makes use of search and geo-spatial visualization for making data on islands in the Harbor easily accessible. Because a lot of the information is geared more towards scientists than lay persons, NPS, the Mitchell Center, Slickfish and Yellahoose worked hard to make a great user interface and work flow.



Database and visualizations tools are part of a larger initiative by the Mitchell Center to build upon existing technologies to create a series of inter-related web portals focused on environmental research, sustainable development and water quality in the Gulf of Maine and the northeast U.S.

The site and its information management and visualization systems are hosted by Packawhallop.

Links:

Boston Harbor islands science and information site
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/boston-harbor-islands/

National Park Service site on Boston Harbor islands
http://www.nps.gov/boha/

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research
http://www.umaine.edu/waterresearch/

Slickfish Studios
http://www.slickfishstudios.com

Packawhallop
http://www.packawhallop.com

Boston Harbor Islands Visitors Guide – good site for day-trippers
http://www.bostonislands.org/

Nine Point Publishing accepting online submissions for its Omphalos lit mag

December 2009 – Nine Point Publishing's literary magazine, Omphalos, launched new tools on its web site enabling artists and writers to submit work to the magazine online. The site and work-flow were designed by Slickfish Studios and Nine Point. The back-end software was developed by Yellahoose.



Links:

Omphalos
http://www.ninepointpublishing.com/omphalos/

Nine Point Publishing
http://www.ninepointpublishing.com

Slickfish Studios
http://www.slickfishstudios.com