As part Creat-ee.com, we've been preparing a series of videocasts. We came across 5by5.com's "The Mixdown" during our preparation, and found it to be a great resource.

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Our office has been located in Downtown location (Financial District, or FiDi) for the past 4 years now, and we've seen a lot of changes. Now the neighborhood is about to change more dramatically, with the proposed plan to revitalize the area. Take a look at the entire plan at DowntownNY.com: http://bit.ly/9m2A8t.

HTML5 is (mostly) here, and it promises to be a great leap ahead. Gone are the array of plug-ins and downloads just to play multi-media files. Also cutting down time are new classes, API, and support for everything from background “canvas” to native drag-and-drop features. So what’s the worry?

Looking for a creative, professional, on-target design for your next website? We’re excited to open a new design section on our site, with detailed information on our capabilities, “Before & After” comparisons, pricing, and F.A.Q. If you have any questions or have a project to discuss, email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call us at 646.290.5886 today!

It’s about time to give a shout-out to Brandon Kelly’s (new) company Pixel & Tonic. He just released Playa, Matrix, and Wygwam add-ons for ExpressionEngine 2.0 beta, and believe us we’ve been holding our collective horses for these essential tools. He’ll be speaking at the upcoming EECI 2010 as well, coming up May 24th in San Francisco.

Julia Usher is a renowned pastry chef, author, and speaker, and we just completely rebuilt the site using ExpressionEngine 2.0. This new platform not only makes content update and management up to 70% faster, it sets her site up for some exciting additions and enhancements for years to come. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you’re interested in finding out more about this exciting new version.

We’ve been a huge fan of ExpressionEngine since we opened our doors. And to better showcase our capabilities and services, we redesigned the ExpressionEngine section to feature our expertise, prices & packages, and selected case studies. We’re also working on our first projects on the 2.0 beta. Stay tuned!

Critical Mob, one of our latest projects is now live. Featuring an terrific array of related music, books, movie, TV, and cultural profiles and review (about both the artists and their respective works), it was one of the most sophisticated ExpressionEngine builds we’ve ever done (designed by the talented group over at Sweden Unlimited).

Opsouth.org, our latest project with the Dominican Province of St. Joseph is now live. With great input and support from Father Charles Latour, we’re proud of our third project with the Dominican Province (for our two previous projects, visit here and here.)

If you’ve been following the 2.0 news for a while, you know that there has been speculation that it’ll be out of its much anticipated development labs before the year. It’s now confirmed. EE 2.0 will be released on December 1st of this year. We’ve been evaluating the beta version for several weeks, and am counting the days until the official release.

What is a Wave? According to Google, it is “equal parts conversation and document,” “shared,” and “live.” More directly, it’s “an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration.” After looking at its introductory video, I say Wave is the most exciting launch since Google Analytics (sorry Google Voice). This may also change the way we work - and for the better.

We all love Google Analytics. But for those of us who would like to try some worthy alternates (whether to get a second set of data, or looking for additional features), there are a couple of great suggestions: Mint and Woopra. We have used both to accompany our Google Analytics setup, and have gained more insight to our traffic.

It is something we’ve been working on (and off) for a while, but we’re excited to get it live. The key feature is the new slider panel, which introduces us, highlights our strengths and differences. We’ve streamlined the overall look by presenting a fewer number of items as well. In the upcoming weeks we’re planning to make the site more resourceful and content-driven.

Thanks to our friend and client Tom Masiero at YoParts, I was introduced to Livestream’s customized live interactive event services that fully integrates with Facebook and Twitter. If you’re looking to broadcast live events on Facebook and Twitter, its’ a game-changer. » see more

As the owner of a growing business, I’ve long searched for an easy-to-use, practical, yet powerful (enough) CRM to manage our various contacts. The list that we’ve went through reads like a “who’s who” of SMB CRM solutions, but we may have found the ideal balance between usability and usefulness in Solve360 (http://www.norada.com/).

Typographica has a list of great typefaces published in 2008. We’ve already used a few of these in our projects and they’re quickly becoming our favorites as well.

Written for studios (like us), freelancers, and any business/site owners who are interested in an in-depth, comprehensive book on “best practices in modern web design,” This is one printed book (I do reserve my love for PDF and eBooks) that I am very much looking for.

Footer designs have certainly evolved over the years. From the simple “email us” to a more complicated sitemap, social networks, and even Flickr badged implementations. Webdesignerswall.com, always a terrific source for trends and tutorials, have gathered 30 of the better examples on this matter.

Along with a great set of latest EE news and features, this episode features an interview with Jack McDade of Smooth Function, who just launched a very promising email newsletter manager extension called Boomerang.

If you’re around Seattle area in early October, make sure to check out the ExpressionEngine Roadshow.

Since its inaugural issue in 1979, Baseline magazine has been one of the most influential publications in the field of typographic design. The next time you are in Barnes & Noble or Borders, make sure to look for the latest, and most likely stunning, issue.

If you’re working with more than one person to write, edit, and publish content, soon you’ll want to extend the rather simple open/close options that ExpressionEngine offers. There are a number of choices in this area, but we have been using (and heartily recommend) Leevi Graham’s wonderful NSM Publish Plus extension.

For anyone interested in designing for the mobile community (that’s you and me), pick up this book—digital or paper-based. Chockfull of practical tips, guidance, and examples.

We’re anxiously waiting for any EE news & updates as I know a lot of you also are. If you’re up for a sneak peak, and a world-class instruction on EE, check out the Be True to ExpressionEngine event coming up on July 13th-16th in Portand, Oregon.

Devot:ee, the place to share, learn about “everything ExpressionEngine,” has relaunched with much fanfare. Whether you’re looking for EE help, or developing an EE site yourself, this is one site that’s worthy of a bookmark.

After a long overdue, finally the date for our second meetup is set. On June 3rd, we’ll have our second seminar for our Meetup group in NYC “Launching Your Website: Getting on the Right Track”.

AddThis, a free service available to any site owner, is the easiest way to add bookmarking tools to your site, page, or blog. Just register at the site and copy and paste the code - it’s that simple. The latest beta also has a nifty rollover feature.