Erik is an industrious young man who works diligently and is dedicated to his creative craft. And I'm not just saying that so he keeps paying off his college loans that I co-signed for.....
I'm just the proud mom!
I hopped onto Google Analytics this morning to check in on all of our sites, and was pleasantly surprised to find that traffic to our newly launched Snowflake Workshop, has skyrocketed the last few days! We’ve yet to see much snow outdoors yet we are in the midst of a full-blown virtual blizzard.
Two sites showcasing hot new well-designed websites have chosen to feature Manning’s recently-released Snowflake Workshop on their top site charts. We created the workshop for Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione to give users a chance to create their own piece of intellectual property. Try it out, if you haven’t already; create a snowflake and write a message to share with friends and family this holiday season. The snowflakes fall in a snowstorm gallery so all the unique designs are on display. The workshop debuted at number 30 on Design Chart’s illustrious top 40 sites. We’ll see if it moves upward…
You may have also seen our post about the making of the workshop from the design perspective–look for another post soon on the development work that went into the site!
SnowflakeWorkshop.com
Whenever I come across creative work that I like, my first thought is often, “How did they do that?” As someone who works in the industry and knows all the moving parts that go into a great project, I find others’ processes fascinating. But the resources for discovering this information are frustratingly few and far between. So to do my part in providing more of this kind of background info, I am going to try to spotlight a few of our projects here on the blog. Hopefully someone will find it helpful (or at least interesting) to see us pull back the curtain a bit and reveal our creative process.
President Obama’s inauguration day was captured in an innovative interactive photo mosaic using thousands of user-submitted images by the Washington Post. Zoom in to see all the different perspectives on that day. You can also click and drag the image to pan around.
What do you get when you combine one part co-workers with two parts alcohol? It’s the Office Holiday Party! To honor this great tradition we at Manning used this as a theme for our holiday e-card. So come on in, brush off the cold and join the Greatest Holiday Party!
The New York Times’ politics blog “The Caucus” took a short break from the presidential race to plug the ABA’s Constitution Day game “Uncle Sam’s Attic” that we created (see previous “Happy Constitution Day” listing). 
September 17th is Constitution Day. It’s a day that we the people get to appreciate this important document. And no you don’t get the day off of work to celebrate.
For the past few years, we’ve had the honor of working with the American Bar Association’s Division for Public Eduction on interactive projects to educate students about the relevance of the U.S. Constitution in their lives.
In light of the presidential race, this year’s project deals with constitutional amendments that relate to the right to vote. It’s a scrapbook game, so check it out and see how well you know your rights!
You can also sign the Constitution on this same site if you’re so inclined. We got an Adobe Site of the Day award for our work on this one.
