Ok, some news. There are good things happening at Silverscape. First you might have noticed our new address. After ten years at our downtown Boston location, we moved to a new office outside of Davis Square, Somerville. A few new trophies happened in this week, two for The Boston Pops 4th of July Extravaganza and one

As a company with a strong appreciation for web statistics, hosting the Boston pops Fireworks Spectacular website was a great experience. Our servers handled the traffic spike well due to the combination of Common Goal WebManager and page flattening.

 When Silverscape was hired to design and develop Tedeschi Food Shop's new website, we knew that local community involvement would bring immense value to the project.

 Lately, we’ve discussed some interesting new features in HTML5 for video playback. Phill explored options for dealing with inconsistent features and support between multiple browsers. However, these options are somewhat cumbersome as they add additional time to producing and delivering your content. Understanding the valid reasons for these inconsistencies is key for developing work-arounds to create a seamless A/V experience.

Consumers' abandonment of printed media signals an end of traditional book culture and the rise of a different kind of literary community. E-books account for 10% of Penguin Books total book sales, and are expected to account for 40% of Amazon.com's. These numbers, compounded by consistant Kindle sales and the much-hyped release of the iPad suggest that we are not disengaging from literature itself, but merely its native medium. If print ads are a staple of your marketing budget, if you want to make a splash in the tradeshow space or if you have a stack of novels on your nightstand, read on.

Last week we discussed "Video For Everyone," a great option for delivering video to a large audience independent of the format supported by their device. This prompted several discussions on the state of video on HTML Emails.

A new approach called ‘Video For Everyone’ now makes it possible to embed your video in different formats, delivering only the version a device supports ensuring that your video reaches your target audience.