Welcome to Our Blog

All of us at ImageX Media are excited to have finally launched our newly redesigned site this week along with this blog. We’re looking forward to connecting with many of you in the coming months as we start contributing a regular flow of articles and begin to interact with those who find value in what we have to say. We hope you’ll learn a thing or six & join the conversation!

By subscribing to our blog feed, you won’t simply stay in the loop about IXM news. In our blog you’ll also find timely articles on:

• Web design
• Web development
• Drupal
• Web usability and information architecture
• Social media marketing for business
• Internet marketing
  Our articles will range from instructional/tips for non-techie business owners to discussions with industry insiders. You can choose your track to subscribe to based on your interests.

The easiest way to keep in touch with us is to subscribe to our blog via email or RSS feed. If you’re unfamiliar with RSS, this video called RSS in Plain English will bring you up to speed.

We also want to take this opportunity to introduce you to the faces of ImageX Media:

Alex J. Ventpap

Position: Web Designer/Flash Animator
Expertise: Graphic / Web Design and Flash Animation,
Blogs I Read: Smashing Magazine, Computer Luv, Giz Modo, Cool Hunter, Motion Grapher
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: I just don`t like the orange juice from starbucks
Favorite Pastime: Movies, read some books, apples and walk & take some picures
Childhood Hero: Space Ghost

Anne Ikeda

Position: Administrative Assistant
Expertise: Administration
Blogs I Read: PerezHilton.com (jk)
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: Mocha Frapp (but only as an occasional indulgence)
Favorite Pastime: Traveling and eating good food.
Childhood Hero: Cookie Monster (“Me want cookie!!”)

Chris Geoghegan (Presently traveling in Europe)

Position: Project Manager
Expertise: CSS Theming, Programming, Drupal Development, Business Administration
Blogs I Read: My own blog
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: I like the orange juice
Childhood Hero: David Lee Roth
Favorite Pastime: Traveling with my lovely wife

Chris Hartman

Position: Drupal Developer
Expertise: CSS Theming, Graphic Design, PC Hardware
Blogs I Read: Digg, Engadget, LifeHacker, Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: Strawberry Frappuccino
Childhood Hero: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Favorite Pastime: Videogames, Racquetball, Golfing and Friends

Glenn Hilton

Position: President/Founder
Expertise: Creative Direction, Visionary, Human Resources
Blogs I Read: Canucks.com (does anything else truly matter?)
Favorite Starubucks Beverage: Extra Large Double Double (oops, that’s actually from Tim Hortons)
Favorite Pastime: Spending time with my fam, my dog Abby and my heaterfan
Childhood Hero: Christie Brinkley

Doug Gough

Position: Drupal Developer
Expertise: Drupal, Drupal Module Development, CSS and XHTML, Social Networking
Blogs I Read: Of First Importance
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: Venti Earl Grey Vanilla Tea Misto
Childhood Hero: Sigurd the dragon slayer
Other interests: Playing my Stratocaster as loud and distorted as my roommates will let me.

Rick Vugteveen

Position: Sales Manager
Expertise: Drupal, CSS & XHTML, “Getting It”
Blogs I Read: Planet Drupal, Kottke, 456 Berea Street, Common Craft, Paul Stamatiou, Apophenia, Mac Rumors, Stereogum, Signal vs. Noise, 43folders, Desire to Inspire, BlackRimGlasses, The Wiire, etc…
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: Anything with chocolate
Favorite Pastime: Road trips, Snowboarding, Friends & Family, Guitar
Childhood Hero: Pavel Bure

Robert Phillips

Position: Drupal Developer
Expertise: Drupal, Web Development, Drupal Module Development
Blogs I Read: Six Apart, Lifehacker
Favorite Starubucks Beverage: Not a coffee guy
Childhood Hero: Iron Man

Susan Villecroze

Position: Usability Expert/Information Architect
Expertise: User Experience Design, User Research, Information Architecture
Blogs I Read: Sitepoint, Digital Web Magazine, 456 Berea St, A List Apart Favorite
Starbucks Beverage: Marble Mocha Macchiato
Favorite Pastime: cooking, running, traveling, getting to know people
Childhood Hero: Didn’t have one

Tom James

Position: Drupal Developer
Expertise: Drupal module & theme development, HTML, CSS, PHP, jQuery
Blogs I Read: Facebook, Drupal, BBC, Mashable
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: Wouldn’t touch the stuff
Favorite Pastime: Travel, exercise, sport, languages, music.
Childhood Hero: MacGyver

Joel Kitching

Position: Drupal Developer
Expertise: The Internets, Browsers, Codes, Photoshops
Blogs I Read: Reddit, Google News, The Daily WTF
Favorite Starbucks Beverage: If I must support the giant multinational corporation with ridiculously overpriced drinks, a chai tea latte.
Childhood Hero: Charlotte Diamond