HiDef is now a proud contributing member of the Drupal Association. The Association is “an organization dedicated to helping the open-source Drupal CMS project flourish. We help the Drupal community with fun­ding, infrastructure, events, promotion and distribution.” Read the rest of this entry »

Rarely does a development company get the opportunity to work on a project that truly aligns with its own vision and values. Recently, we’ve had the pleasure of finalizing a contract to develop a new website with Freedom House, a nonprofit, non-governmental, US-based organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights. This website will serve as a central hub for news and information related to an important liberty that we take for granted in the United States — unfettered access to all Internet media. Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to the ways we reduce our carbon footprint, we’re also harnessing the power of virtual tools to supplement in-person and by-phone contact with our clients. Our clients appreciate the variety of ways they can interact with us, each choosing the method they’re most comfortable with. Thanks to screencasting, collaborative web applications, and other click-and-communicate solutions, our internal processes are seeing benefits as well. Here are just a few of our favorite things that help us reduce drive time while increasing quality communication: Read the rest of this entry »

Green development is a huge trend in the business world, with many pundits claiming it’s the next cash cow for early investors. Businesses adopting eco-friendly habits early on are enjoying not only notoriety but also significant morale boosts, bottom-line savings, and long-term profits. Web companies like us are well-positioned to embrace habits that help the environment since our main deliverables are stored as 1’s and 0’s. What tools do we use to turn positioning into practice? Read the rest of this entry »