Merry Christmas from Moxie!

We’d like to take a moment to thank our clients who have helped make 2005 the most successful and exciting year yet.  This year brought so many changes and a few growing pains, but all of that is part of building something worthwhile.  Kathy and I are both feel very fortunate to work together and to have this opportunity in our lives.  We wouldn’t trade it for anything and we have our clients to thank!

In addition to our fruitful business, Kathy and her husband are being given the joy of a little

girl

uh… boy!... to be born any day now.  I’m so excited to be an auntie, I can’t stand it. Seriously.  I’m on “pink overload”. (oops!)  But pretty soon, I think we’re going to have a new Moxie Tots mascot…

We appreciate you trusting us with your internet presence and look forward to creating more beautiful sites and projects for you in 2006. 

From the Moxie Girls to you and yours… Happy Holidays.

Now, go spike the egg nog!

Expression Engine 1.4 Released!

We’ve been waiting anxiously for our favorite content management system, Expression Engine to release version 1.4.  Finally, it’s here!  I can’t wait to upgrade all of my sites to see what kind of goodies have been added.  You can read a complete list of the newly added features here.

From their announcement:

Version 1.4 is one of our biggest releases to date, delivering over 70 new features and enhancements, making ExpressionEngine one of the most compelling, feature-rich publishing systems in the world.

In addition, we are pleased to announce the release of our free ExpressionEngine Core Version.  The Core is available for personal use only and comes with 9 add-on modules, making it a killer blogging system. 

We have also reduced the personal license price to $99.95 (it was previously $149.95).

Not only is there a more streamlined personal version, for those who don’t need every bell and whistle for a reduced personal license price?  Hot diggety!  Maybe Santa will put an EE license in your stocking this year…

The team over at pMachine have really outdone themselves this time. It’s truly is like Christmas every time they release a new version of this CMS. Only this time, it really isChristmas!  Thanks, pMachine!

Today Air America, Tomorrow… the World!

Holy cow! Our client David Harris was on Air America recently, specifically the Majority Report. David gave us a HUGE shoutout at the end, singing our praises on Air America… we have arrived!  You can download the broadcast here (we’re mentioned near the end).  We’ve received some great feedback about that site design and even referrals from those who heard about us through his Air America segment. Thanks for the press, David!  Follow David Harris to D.C.!  Go on!

In other cool news, Cat of Designers Who Blog contacted us to let us know that we’d been featured on her site! Designers-Who-Blog features “the cream” of designers who blog and her site was just featured on HOW Magazine’s “Top 10” sites to see.  In addition to being featured, we were also asked to participate in her “random advert banners”. Her site features photos of designers who blog along with the designer’s logo in a rotating banner.  Refresh enough times, you’ll probably see our mugs!  Thanks for the love, Cat!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

As you can see we got bit by the holiday bug this year!  We figured a little holiday cheer was in order and because we’re feelin’ so holly jolly generous, we whipped up some cute holiday wallpapers for you to enjoy.  We’ve zipped them up and have two sizes available for each wallpaper.  Please feel free to download and save to your local hard drive, unzip, and enjoy! Give your desktop a little Moxie this season!

Just a quick reminder: We’re finishing up the last of our projects and we’ll be “closed” for remainder of this year and for the holidays. Don’t fret though, someone will be available via email for emergencies and we will respond to inquiries as early as possible.  We’re booking jobs for early 2006 now so please get your requests in soon for the new year. 


These characters were created for and are property of Moxie Design Studios. They are intended for personal desktop use and may not be redistributed in any way for any reason without our express written consent. Your compliance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks again to Derek Yaniger for creating such wonderful characters for us! If you haven’t checked out his portfolio, take a sec to do so sometime. He’s the bees knees! 

Happy Holidays! xo

Fa-La-La La-LA!

What a crazy and wonderful year 2005 has been!  I am so grateful for our little firm and for all of my fantastic clients.  And of course, I’ve got the best friend and partner one could hope for.

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be completing my projects for the year and will be taking the remainder of 2005 off.  I am currently accepting clients for early 2006.

Going into our 4th year of business together, this year holds infinite promise and exciting endeavors for internet and Moxie.  I look forward to assiting you with your exciting endeavors in the New Year.

Thank you for allowing us to make the internet a brighter place.  Happy holidays.