Roses are red, violets are blue, Solstice's newsletter is HOT, hope your Valentine's Day is too. Here are the mobile topics we are loving this month: designing beautiful mobile apps, mCommerce strategies, the impact of mobile on our everyday lives, and how to tame the wild west of mobility within an orgnaization through a Mobility Center of Excellence (MCoE). Dive into more of our capabilities by checking out our Mobile User Experience Design service line. Interested in the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto? It's not too late to sign up for the Agile Methodology meetup group next week. We'd also like to welcome the newest addition to the Solstice family, Dave Henke!

Recent Insights

Avoiding Random Actos of Mobility - Forming the Mobility Center of Excellence

By J Schwan 
Large organizations are starting to suffer from Random Acts of Mobility. This is when disparate departments in an organization commission the development of an app without talking with one another or a centralized technology group. J's latest explores the Mobility Center of Excellence (MCoE) as an way to get on the path to setting mobile standards within an enterprise.

mCommerce Best Practices

By Bob Cunningham
As mobile technology continues to expand, the smartphone is rapidly becoming an essential shopping and purchasing tool. How will you define your mCommerce strategy? Bob shares some mCommerce best practices.

Finding My Truth in Design

By Minna Kim Mazza
Having trouble keeping your focus on creativity in your designs? Minna's got a few principles to help you stay on track by designing for importance, emotion, and truth.

Touchpoints of Mobile

By Gregg Wheeler
Many people see mobile apps as sources of information, entertainment or productivity. Gregg's blog talks about the touchpoints of mobile that allow you to find and purchase products and services on the go, get directions, even talk back to you.

Is Your App Too Noisy?

By Travis Hiltrop
Noticing that your daily life is getting a little too noisy? Mobile app designs can get that way too. Travis' latest blog walks us through user interface and user experience guidelines for designing great apps.

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Employee Spotlight

Dave Henke, Mobile Developer

Dave is a mobile developer specializing in client applications and software design. Dave has experience in iOS, Android, and web application development, human-computer interaction, and cloud/distributed systems. He has worked with customers and business partners in consumer and enterprise settings to help deliver software solutions, provide technical training, and ensure maintainability. Dave is an enthusiastic developer, Mac user, and technology lover. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, TV shows, and hiking.

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-The Solstice Team

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Fun & Philanthropy

Solstice is proud to be a corporate sponsor for the Chicago Dance Marathon. Our very own Kelly O'Regan and Travis Hiltrop are on the leadership board helping to organize dancers to raise money for treating the over 146,000 children at Children's Memorial Hospital. If you like to shake your tail feather and want to help the kids, register for the event on Saturday March 3, 2012. 13.1 hours of entertainment, fun & inspiration!