The Roanoke Valley SPCA site has won an Interactive Media Award ™ for outstanding achievement. Contestents are graded on design, content, feature functionality, usability, and standards compliance. This site was a lot of fun to put together, and we’re happy that we were able to help. Congrats RVSPCA.
Author Archives: Jim Vogt
Foley Fun
August 20, 2007 – 4:50 pm
Creating Sounds for Tweetsie Memories
Sound on the web is a tricky thing. We’ve all seen, heard actually, gratuitous flash sound effects or techno music that make us reach for the mute button. But sometimes a piece of interactivity really benefits from sound.
Our team recently finished a new feature for the Tweetsie site, called Tweetsie [...]
Hilarious commercial blast from the past
August 16, 2007 – 4:24 pm
What do you get when you mix in two wanna-be NBA stars and a blue screen? (that’s the thing that makes the weatherman look like he is in front of a map) You get Alan and Jerome and their fantasies of out-dribbling and out-shooting basketball pros nearly twice their size. These ads from Fox Sports [...]
Roanoke Valley SPCA Launches
June 4, 2007 – 5:02 pm
Congratulations from all of us at New City Media to the Roanoke Valley SPCA. Together we launched their newly designed site on June 1st. They’ve been great to work with and we enjoyed working on the site as we’re all animal lovers and almost everyone here at NCM owns at least a cat or dog. [...]
Amazing addition to Google Maps
May 30, 2007 – 9:32 am
Google has just launched a new feature called “Street View” and the pic above is what it looks like. Yep, that’s Times Square. The little orange person in the center marks your position and point of view. You can pick it up to move it to a different location or you can click the arrows [...]
SARGENT Manufacturing
May 24, 2007 – 5:05 pm
Launch the site
SARGENT Manufacturing is a long-time client of New City Media. For 2007, they have done a complete redesign, one that has intuitive navigation, detailed content, and stronger branding. In our user testing, we received feedback that “These products are great, but how do I know which one is best for my situation?” After [...]