If you haven’t used C# in a while (or ever!) you might share some of these common assumptions about the language and its framework:It’s Microsoft’s version...

On the COPIOUS engineering team, we focus on some pretty big questions:What kinds of things are measurable? What can be computed?       What is knowable?These questions...

Crazy things happen when your team doubles in size.The coffee runs out a bit faster in the morning, and the conference rooms are always full. These are good problems...

Three letters that have helped me find value and clarity for any client.  Three letters that, when used properly in the form of a well placed question, can alter...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you hear about mobile across industries and all over the consumer media. Based on retail sales data from this last holiday season...

For the better part of 2012 COPIOUS headquarters have felt a bit like a pressure cooker of creativity and technology — as the two meld together to create impactful digital experiences for...

It was another great showing for COPIOUS clients at various 2012 interactive award shows.  We raked in seven silvers at theDavey Awards, which celebrates small firms with big ideas —...

We’re proud to have added even more talented, passionate people to our team. Get to know our newest additions — Conni, Maggie, and Adam — and if you like, help us...

The COPIOUS Engineering team regularly launches world-class web applications on cutting edge technologies. From the drawing board to the database, our digital products starts with the user.First, we need...

We at COPIOUS have been using Rails for nearly as long as it has existed, and while we’re enamored with its capabilities, using it is not a foregone conclusion....

A JavaScript application development framework called Node.js has been receiving a lot of press these past two years, and we at Copious have been hard at work building things...

While Sitefinity makes lots of things easy, sometimes the simplest tasks take a lot more knowledge of Sitefinity’s internal workings than you’d imagine. This post investigates what options...

One of my favorite parts of being a creative at COPIOUS is getting to expand my own skill set by exploring new technologies and mediums. As a digital agency, we’...

If you’ve ever had to make an update to your company’s site and you’re not a web geek (like most of us here are), you are probably...

We have a saying on the COPIOUS Engineering team: How you think about software matters more than what tools you’ve worked with. We don’t pledge allegiance to...

At a recent all-team planning session, agency founder Tim Haskins threw down a gauntlet: “I want clients to pick COPIOUS because our reputation for exceptional project management.” As Lead Producer,...

Last week several team members and I attended the Portland Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Private Companies award show. It was our second year as a recipient, and we were...

Sitefinity provides an interface for creating individual list items, such as terms and their definitions. I decided to use this to create a list of terms to put on a...

While talking with a client recently about email marketing, it became clear that they were interested in the idea of A/B testing, but not sure to go about it...

Internet Explorer 6 was released in late August of 2001. Originally developed for and shipped with Windows XP, IE6 was ultimately made available across a wide swath of Microsoft’s operating systems,...

While brick and mortar stores bulk up inventory and staffing to support Memorial Day sales seekers, ecommerce retailers face different preparation challenges to keep systems up and running efficiently during...

Who would have thought that my deep love of criminal forensics and the minds of our most hardened criminals would pay off in the land of online marketing. As it...

The WebVisions conference here in Portland provided me the opportunity to network with folks in the industry and keep current with the latest digital trends.With over 100 sessions, workshops, and...

I’m very pleased to announce that Dann Stayskal has been promoted to Director of Engineering here at COPIOUS. As a firm that is part digital agency and part digital...

Sharing is caring. And on your website, caring about what your users want usually means incorporating social sharing functionality. What is social share? Social share buttons act as a shortcut...

The folks over at Monetate recently created an infographic illustrating just how the growing population of tablet users (iPad, Kindle Fire, etc.) is taking over the ecommerce industry. Case(s)...

The 2011 MLB world Series kicks off this Wednesday with the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals squaring off in baseball’s fall classic. Should make for some stellar viewing...

COPIOUS recently capped our ten-year anniversary with an open house at our new digs here in Portland. The week leading up to the event was a buzz of activity as...

Truth, as the experts say, is the best marketing tool. Provide a worthwhile product or service and customers will beat a path to your door. Long before the advent of...

When you get busy with life — and in this case, growing a business — it’s crucial to step back and appreciate all that you’ve accomplished. In the past few...

Anyone can create a Facebook account. Anyone can send an email. Anyone can run Google AdWords campaign. Anyone can post a website.But very few people can turn these pieces...

Innovation through collaboration is all the rage these days. Pick up any modern business publication and you’ll read how the old fashioned “siloed” organization is a dinosaur. Creativity authors...