Tips for Developing Successful Mobile Apps

Tips for Developing a Successful Mobile App

Seems there’s an app for everything. And why not? Mobile apps are a fun way to keep your brand in front of customers, and when done right, they make people’s lives easier. If you’re considering developing a new mobile app, here are a few tips from our app development team to make it successful...
Spencer Crissman
Spencer Crissman, Senior Software Engineer
Private: Rick Carhart, Front-End Developer
Charles Ryder, Director of Design

Intranet Governance: Intranet Best Practices, Part 4

Thanks to all of you who have been following along this four part series on best practices in intranets. Now in this final installment, it’s time to talk about how to manage it all: intranet governance.
Mike Osswald
Mike Osswald, Vice President, Experience Innovation
Intranet Best Practices

On Collaboration and Recognition: Intranet Best Practices, Part 3

In part one of this blog series, we established how intranets standardize work processes and connect employees to others who can help them do their jobs. In part two, we looked at some of the best search, personalization, communications, training and support features of effective intranets. Yet another prime feature of great intranets is the opportunity for collaboration and recognition.
Mike Osswald
Mike Osswald, Vice President, Experience Innovation
Intranet Best Practices

Features of the Best Intranets: Intranet Best Practices, Part 2

Intranets exist to help standardize work processes and connect people to others who can help them succeed. In part one of this series, we noted that all the content and features of your intranet must deliver business and strategic value. In today’s post, we look specifically at some features found in the best intranets.
Features of the Best Intranets: Intranet Best Practices, Part 2
Features of the Best Intranets: Intranet Best Practices, Part 2,
Hanson developers at WWDC 2012

Hanson at WWDC 2012

Last week, Apple hosted their 23rd World Wide Developer's Conference, and we were lucky enough to be able to attend as representatives of Hanson’s engineering team. In addition to Apple's hardware updates, which included a new MacBook Pro with retina display, a number of announcements around their software platforms were made. While we can't share the details of all of these changes, here are a few upcoming features that may interest you...
Hanson at WWDC 2012
Hanson at WWDC 2012,
Hanson at WWDC 2012,
You Are Here Toledo mobile app

You Are Here Toledo

What’s better than checking in to a location via your smartphone? Learning something cool about the place you’re standing. This week saw the official launch of a mobile app Hanson developed to support the AIGA Toledo and The Arts Commission public arts project known as "You Are Here Toledo”...
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
The Delta Faucet booth at KBIS 2012, photo by Hanson Inc.

The KBIS 2012 Digital Experience

KBIS, the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, is the best place to experience the newest and coolest kitchen and bath products and technology. Every year, one or more Hansonites hit the show floor in support of clients exhibiting there. As their digital partners, we pay close attention to the technology used to support the products and draw visitors into the exhibits. Here are a few observations I made this year from the floor of Chicago’s immense McCormick Place...
Leslie Mohn
Leslie Mohn, Director of User Experience Architecture
4 Digital Tools to Turn Desk Dwellers into Fitness Fanatics

4 Digital Tools to Convert Desk Dwellers into Fitness Fanatics

They say a person’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time---pills or stairs. Desk jobs are notorious for weight gain, back pain and other health problems. But here at Hanson, digital innovation is our middle name. So it is no surprise that digital and fitness have formed a healthy (pun intended!) bond. We spend a lot of time at our desks creating digital experiences, but we’ve also embraced the healthy lifestyle concept in numerous ways...
Private: Sarah Bakian
Private: Sarah Bakian, Account Coordinator