Chris Carter

How is a New Project Handled?

When MAiSPACE was commissioned to provide office furniture solutions for ScienceFirst, a family-owned designer and manufacturer of hands-on science labs, the New Jersey based systems furniture manufacturer knew exactly how to develop a design for this com... Read >

Technology in Interior Design

The strength of commercial interior design lies in the materials. What makes a workplace or a piece of furniture appealing and attractive is the marriage of different materials. The challenge is to combine different materials, to make it work, and eventua... Read >

Why I obsess over Web Standards

I was recently reading an article on how Microsoft dropped the ball on developers and why several of them started to switch over to MAC OS X. Then I realized that the problem with Microsoft is that it represents the global large corporate mentality, medio... Read >

Healthcare Design Workspace

When Sherman Health, one of largest networks of medical care facilities in the far Northwest suburbs of Chicago, was constructing a 25K sq. ft. Ambulatory Care Facility, it had three main goals: to help service the community on a local outreach basis, to ... Read >

Workstation Design and Cable Management

Modular open office panel systems are offered by a variety of manufacturers. Office managers and planners are confronted with a bewildering array of designs and price options. Purchasing decisions have grown more complex with the need to accommodate th... Read >

Industrial Floor Scales

A pallet is an ideal device for helping move large quantities of industrial equipment. Standard size pallets are usually about 48" x 40". They are often constructed of wood. Recently, many pallets are being manufactured from plastic to provide excellent c... Read >

Intrinsically Safe Scales

It would be ideal if every industrial environment was completely safe. Unfortunately, there are many industrial situations where hazardous materials are used. This is the situation where many common solvents are used or manufactured. There are a wide vari... Read >

Industrial Platform Scales

A company's shipping and receiving department must have a good method of determining the weight of everything that they handle. Freight will be charged by weight on outgoing shipments. Weighing these shipments can also be used as a final quality control c... Read >

Organic Search Engine Optimization – Better Value?

I saw the following set of data regarding Paid Search showing the latest trends as measured in ad spending for the past two months. It is clear that paid search or PPC, the ads that appear above and to the right of Google Search pages, continues to grow.... Read >

Brother's Keeper

Michael Barbarino has spent most of his life in pain or in prison. Now, 36 years after his brother Vincent was killed, he is accusing another sibling of murder. Michael Barbarino picked his way through the headstones at St. Nicholas Cemetery in Lodi, a... Read >

Sake To You

Originally a fermented rice mash eaten like cereal, sake has been Japan's national beverage for the last 1,200 years. As it has trickled down from the aristocracy to the people, it has gained refinement, complexity, and variety. Here is a scouting repo... Read >

Internet Search... So What Now, Microsoft?

If Microsoft has walked away from Yahoo for good, and I think they should, it will be a blessing. Over 40 billion dollars for a name brand is what it amounts to. Yahoo had the world by the tail at the beginning of the decade. The clear leader in all thing... Read >

Search Engine Marketing - Buyer Beware

I just completed a phone conversation with someone who I originally talked with last week after he filled in a form on our website specifically asking about our Ecommerce packages and our SEO Services. I had provided him with some basic information and fo... Read >

10 Hot Performing Arts Events in Texas

Can't quite find a way to beat the heat this summer? We have put together the Top 10 Theatre Events for you to attend in Texas this October. There have been a lot of Performing Arts companies who have been affected by Hurricane Ike and are just now star... Read >

Los Angeles: A Top Notch Destination for Live Theatre

The Los There is always something to do in Los Angeles! Particularly when it comes to live theater. Sometimes overshadowed by the perception of Hollywood and the movie industry, it is important to note that Los Angeles has one of the most vibrant and inti... Read >