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Marker Seven CEO Featured in Enterprise Radio Interview With Host Eric Dye

Marker Seven Founder and CEO John Clauss joined Enterprise Radio Talk Show Host Eric Dye for a radio broadcast on the Entrepreneur Podcast Network to discuss his expertise as an entrepreneur.

During the interview, Clauss described how building websites with content management frameworks, such as drupal, is the future of web development.

“We were one of the first agencies to adopt it as a content management solution for our clients,” Clauss exclaimed. “Drupal is a free, open source content management system...it allows you to easily organize, manage, and publish content and is also highly customizable.”

Clauss further...

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Tune in to Enterprise Radio to listen to CEO and Co-Founder of Marker Seven John Clauss this Monday, April 23 at 10 a.m. PST!

Tune in to Enterprise Radio to listen to CEO and Co-Founder of Marker Seven John Clauss this Monday, April 23 at 10 a.m. PST!

We are proud to announce that John Clauss, CEO and Co-Founder of Marker Seven will be joining Eric Dye from the Entrepreneur Podcast Network this coming Monday April 23, 2012 at 10 a.m. PST. He will be discussing his journey as a successful entrepreneur with over fifteen years of management and consulting experience in the web design industry.

What is the Number 1 key ingredient that thriving entrepreneurs need in order to succeed in business?

Tune in Monday to find out!

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Drupal Developer Will Vincent Discusses How to Simplify Building Websites Using Drupal

"Make it Mom Friendly"

Anyone over the age of 25 or so likely has a mom somewhat similar to mine. She is able to send emails, and maybe search google a bit, but overall she isn't the most tech savvy person in your life. But that's ok, mom is good at other things; she makes great cookies, she always has your happiness in mind, you know, mom stuff. So why does it matter? Why am I posting about moms? Well, as it turns out there are a lot of people who manage content for their company website, or otherwise interact with the products we produce that might be a little more tech savvy than mom, but they're still not "rocket surgeons."

They know enough about computers and the internet to do their job, but when you give them a shiny new tool they...

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2012 Managing Experience Conference

2012 Managing Experience Conference

What happens when you take the top leaders in the user experience industry and put them into a room together for two days? In a word, magic. On March 4 and 5th, 2012, Marker Seven's Lead Interaction Designer, Meagan Timney had the opportunity to attend Adaptive Path’s Managing Experience Conference held at the Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchant’s Exchange in San Francisco, CA.

Read more of Meagan's experience here:

"It was my first year attending MX, and I was very excited to be taking part. Beginning with Dr. Genevieve Bell’s stellar keynote, the conference speakers provided fantastic advice on how to create dynamic and effective UX teams. The key takeaway for me...

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Thanks to all who attended Marker Seven's Happy Hour Networking Mixer!

Thanks to all who attended Marker Seven's Happy Hour Networking Mixer!

Thanks to all who attended Marker Seven's "Happy Hour Networking Mixer" on Wednesday, March 28!

If you are a relevant industry professional in the Web, Advertising, and/or Tech industry and would like to be put on our guest list for future events, please send us your name and email address via Twitter or for more information, "Like" us on Facebook.

Thank you and stay tuned for future Marker Seven events! Until then, happy networking!

-The Marker Seven Team

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Meagan Timney Selected to Speak at Implementing New Knowledge Environments Conference

Meagan Timney Selected to Speak at Implementing New Knowledge Environments Conference

We have some exciting news to share!

One of Marker Seven's very own, Meagan Timney, has been selected to present her research on digital book design at the Implementing New Knowledge Environments conference, “Beyond Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century.” Come June, Meagan will be traveling to Victoria, BC to share her paper, “Turning the Page: Rethinking Design for Digital Editions,” which discusses innovative modes of interaction within the realm of the digital text. Here is an excerpt from the abstract for her talk:

“We should leverage the mobile platform, re-envision the interface, and follow empathy-driven design principles that combine the simple pleasure of reading with complex scholarly editorial practices...

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Meagan Timney Joins Marker Seven Team

Marker Seven is proud to introduce Meagan Timney as its newest team member and lead interaction designer. Meagan is responsible for developing user experience and goal-driven design, usability testing, information architecture, content strategy, research, and writing for Marker Seven projects.

Prior to her position at Marker Seven, Meagan earned her PhD in English literature and was a postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor in Digital Humanities in the Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory at the University of Victoria in Canada.  She has taught for over six years at the university level and stays immersed in her field of study by actively researching and writing articles for digital publishing and book...

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Marker Seven Sponsors DrupalCon 2012

Marker Seven Sponsors DrupalCon 2012

The year upon us is chock full of greatly anticipated events, namely the London Olympics, presidential election, and of course, DrupalCon 2012. Marker Seven is proud to announce its sponsorship and support for the event this year, which will take place in the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado. From March 19th to the 23rd, the Marker Seven team is packing up its laptops and pulling on its snow gear to head for the mountains of Colorado. Check out DrupalCon’s website here to get as excited as we are!

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Marker Seven Office Recognized in Houzz Design

Marker Seven Office Recognized in Houzz Design

Marker Seven is excited to announce its debut onto the interior decoration scene!

Home design website, Houzz.com, has included our office in their recent "Choose Art with a Third Dimension" article, featuring a picture of our downstairs seating area displaying a C. Jere wall sculpture.

We want to congratulate our interior decorator, Soledad Alzaga, for her Houzz recognition and thank her for our functional and contemporary work place.

Check out the article here, where you can find the photo of our lobby at the bottom of the page.

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Marker Seven launches Earthbound Farm website

Marker Seven launches Earthbound Farm website

We are proud to announce that our team has completed a site redesign for Earthbound Farm, an organic food and farming pioneer. 

The new site not only conveys the company’s innovative approach to organic food and farming, but also improves the user's experience through enhanced online interaction, and an intuitive site architecture making it easier to find information about the company and its wide range of organic food products. 

The new Earthbound Farm website is built on Drupal, making it easier for the Earthbound Farm team to manage the site internally.  In addition to company background and product information, the site features a blog, extensive recipe database and ask our experts section. 

It has been a pleasure to work with a...

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