Remembering Jill Smokler

We were saddened to learn of the passing of the founder of Scary Mommy, Jill Smokler, after her courageous battle with glioblastoma. She was only 48. Long before “creator” became a job title and before every media company wanted to buy an authentic online community Jill built one from scratch. She created a place where […]


GDPR and You (and Us)

As this business week comes to a close, much has been written about the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is a new regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. While the law originates in the EU, it also addresses the export of personal data […]


How about an onslaught of 1.5 million unexpected visitors over July 4th weekend? OK!

The Friday before the 4th of July weekend we got word that a story on our client’s site, SammichesPsychMeds.com was struggling to handle a sudden traffic surge. We have hosted Sammiches & Psych Meds, a parenting, humor, and lifestyle website for a couple of years, which generally gets between 5,000 and 20,000 visits per day. Prior […]