PixelMEDIA Inc.

Top from left: Bryan, Brendan, Terence, Cris. Bottom: Matt, Erik, Josh. Not shown is Rachel.

On May 7^th, a group of PixelMEDIA employees as well as our CEO’s wife, Rachel, will be taking on the elements and obstacles setup on Mt. Snow in Vermont for the Tough Mudder competition.  Our team has pledged their support of The Friends Project by pledging $1 per a mile.  Show your support of The Friends Project as well as PixelMEDIA team “PixelMUDDIER” by pledging what you can.  Donations are accepted directly through The Friends Project via PayPal and credit card.

If you’re UNH, you find an anchor donor. If your name is Peter T. Paul, you offer to put up $25 million as a challenge – to the entire state of New Hampshire, far-flung alumnae and friends – to come up with the other half. Then you call PixelMEDIA to promote the goal: an advanced new facility devoted to advanced ideas in business and economics education that will become a national model for new ways to teach and learn.

The new building will enable new approaches to education centered around contextual problem-solving. For example, break-out rooms provide the space to allow large classes to divide into smaller discussion groups, then reform to share ideas and solutions. The building’s integration of advanced technology will further enable teaching and learning in the age of video, computer networking and the Internet. Read More…

PixelMEDIA is pleased to announce the redesigned website for the Working Dog Foundation, the fundraising organization for the New Hampshire Police K9 Academy.  Knowing PixelMEDIA’s track record of helping non-profits, and hoping for support from one of their community neighbors on Pease, Chairman Mark Ericson approached PixelMEDIA’s cofounder and CEO Erik Dodier, for pro bono website consulting, design, development, and hosting services back in July of 2009.

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This week, I had a client say to me, “I really appreciate your responsiveness – it’s refreshing”. The compliment itself, while nice and very much appreciated, is not noteworthy. I clung to the “it’s refreshing” portion. As a paid vendor, I expect that our clients demand service that is both high-quality and timely. Good service should not be “refreshing”.

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There’s been a lot of chatter around the office, mostly email and hallway talk, about what this really means. I love that we’re talking about it. But what does it all mean? To go green, or be green? To us?

The movement is really quite quiet, with little steps here and there – on the people side it’s items like fewer lights (bulbs in and on), mugs not paper cups, car-pooling, 2-up double sided printing (I love that), less printing, making notebooks from scrap paper (of which there is lots), shutting monitors and desk lighting off, and a company plan for dry cleaning with a “green products” company. Small steps. But steps. Nothing drastic, but sustainable. Not a diet, but a lifestyle change. Very cool.

On the IT side there are some great strides being made as well. What I like to call big impact items. Read More…

We published this at about 5 last night. It was a 13 day sprint, and we jammed. We were super focused. It’s late on July Fourth and I just took my first look at the site, the whole thing. Remotely. I like it. I have a page of updates, of course, the d’oh! list. It’s amazing what a day and a new environment can do. I felt like “a user”, just cruising around. Exploring everything.

However… it was not a flawless launch. There was a last minute freak out moment. You know what I mean — you’re ready. You’ve looked at everything ten times, some twenty.

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