COPIOUS
A User-Centered Digital Experience Agency

Thoughts & Perspectives

Ate, Met & Mingled

A lot has changed since our last open house in 2011. We’ve more than doubled in size, tripled our client base, and quadrupled the amount of whiteboard space we...

Growth continues with 2 new hires

Get to know our newest additions: Betsy and Ben. In the coming months, watch for blog posts where they’ll share insight and new perspectives.

#TechTalk Recap: Everyone is Connected

In the wake of the horrific bombing of the Boston Marathon, lawmakers had difficulty deciding whether to call it terrorism. Whatever the label, our hearts go out to all...

3 New Copians

We finally have enough players to form our own NHL Hockey team. Get to know our newest additions — Jason, Daniel and Crystal. In the coming months, watch for blog...

#Tech Talk Recap: Backbone.js for Rails Front-End MVC

Not surprisingly, single-page web applications are becoming increasingly popular. Performing more functionality on the client-side can, in some cases, increase performance as well as improve the user experience. However, while...

Still Growing Strong

We’re proud to have added even more talented, passionate people to the COPIOUS family. Get to know our newest additions — Andrew, Greg and Aaron.

The Power of Visual Storytelling

How many times have you sat in a room listening to data-filled presentations “supported” by line graphs, venn diagrams, pie charts, and PowerPoint slides crammed with more numbers than Don...

Photo Tour of Our New Office

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...

Problem Solving Through Design Thinking

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...

We Won 10 New Interactive Awards

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 —...

Meet Our 3 Newest Team Members

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...

Designing a Rails Application Cluster

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...

Where Rails Makes Sense

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....

Where Node.js Makes Sense

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...

Manipulating Page Titles In Sitefinity

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...

Agile vs. Waterfall? Let’s Call a Truce

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,...

Fastest-Growing for 2 Years in a Row

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...

Dying Technology

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,...

Don’t Mourn Lost Sales This Memorial Day

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...

The Dark Side of SEO

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...