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04/15/2024

Our very own Brooklyn Taylor is presenting at the Design Santa Cruz meetup. Don’t miss it!

10/06/2022

94% of negative website feedback reported by users was about design. How does your website stack up against competitors? See how can take your website's design to the next level.

We'd love to learn about your business and provide a complimentary quote. Contact our web design & development agency today.

10/04/2022

Everyone know how important your website is in acquiring customers, but when's the last time you gave it a checkup? Is the user journey well thought out? Are you using a quality host? These are just a few of the questions can help you answer, and resolve. Learn how we can help.

If you want to be a successful business, you’ll need more than just a great product or service. You’ll need a crisp, well-functioning website to get your message out and serve as a source of lead generation. So what are the things that keep your business website from working well and getting in ...

09/29/2022

Are you in need of an experienced, passionate and tech savvy development to get your project started or clean up a previous mess? With satisfied customers in a multitude of projects form the artistic to the technically complex, will be the last development agency you work with. See why we're picked last.

Working with a design agency is one of best ways to leverage expertise outside your team and accomplish unusual projects. But how do you know if an agency is the right fit for you? We think every working relationship should be positive, productive, and relatively effortless. So this post describes w...

09/22/2022

See how created a responsive web experience allowing Santa Cruz Tech Beat readers to get news on any device. Read the Case.

Santa Cruz Tech Beat is “the go-to source for Santa Cruz tech” – Sara Isenberg, the founder and curator, keeps the site current through daily updates about the best tech-worthy content from around Santa Cruz Country. Sara wanted to redesign her website to have a more news-worthy experience for...

09/20/2022

When Santa Clara University needed a website for it's student led radio station KSCU, they turned to . With a modern contemporary look, practical features, and a backend that's easy to manage; it's no wonder the site was nominated as the best website for a college radio station -- twice. Read the Case.

KSCU has a tradition of broadcasting at Santa Clara University since 1948. The site we created adds a modern touch to their web presence. Find out more.

09/12/2022

Everyone know how important your website is in acquiring customers, but when's the last time you gave it a checkup? Is the user journey well thought out? Are you using a quality host? These are just a few of the questions can help you answer, and resolve. Learn how we can help.

If you want to be a successful business, you’ll need more than just a great product or service. You’ll need a crisp, well-functioning website to get your message out and serve as a source of lead generation. So what are the things that keep your business website from working well and getting in ...

09/08/2022

When Santa Clara University needed a website for their student led radio station KSCU, they turned to . With a modern contemporary look, practical features, and a backend that's easy to manage; it's no wonder the site was nominated as the best website for a college radio station -- twice. Read the Case Study.

KSCU has a tradition of broadcasting at Santa Clara University since 1948. The site we created adds a modern touch to their web presence. Find out more.

03/17/2022

Cloud Brigade is proud to host this event in collaboration with AWS. Santa Cruz area folks, please share in your circles.

Are you a woman interested in a career in the technology sector? Learn tips and tricks to pursue the many job opportunities available.

03/14/2022

Have you had your Pie today? In honor of Pi Day we created a "Pie-AI". Before you take a bite of your favorite slice today, submit your slice to our Pidentifier web app (no download necessary :-).

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04/22/2020

Call for action folks. If nothing else, just hear me out. Matt is the wizard behind the curtain of Event Santa Cruz, and I met him 13-ish years ago when he first arrived in town. From my perspective Santa Cruz grew on Matt like a, um, well let's just say he drank the Kool-Aid and he's been a community-centric promoter for about 10 years. Wanna see?

Matt invited me to speak at the first Event Santa Cruz at our beloved Theatre. He tasked me with entertaining an audience of 200 people with a budget of $200, and this is what I came up with :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UXuUf5TzTA

But before you get bored with "2013 Nervous Not-Relevant Chris" experimenting with public speaking and audience participation, it's not just Event Santa Cruz that Matt built.

Like many of us in the business community, we just don't know how to say no "The Calling". Matt also holds a role at Santa Cruz Works which, for a while he was carrying by himself.

Did I mention he co-founded TechRaising? It's a geek hack-a-thon which has spawned a few businesses in town, and it's really been a proving ground for budding entrepreneurs. In fact our team has participated in four such events which had a profound effect on my teams and our community.

But here's the thing. You might not be a tech GEEK like I am, and that's totally cool. I think this whole crisis has been a testament to our community, both in our unspoken community norms and the behavior we naturally exhibited as reasonable human beings, and for the greater good of this community.

Many of our community members are hurting, and you may likely be affected by this crisis in a bad way. If you are however able to contribute any amount, even five bucks, that is going to send a message to Matt and others like him that their investment in the community was worth it. And we so need people to invest in he greater good. That despite the divisive climate that we live in, it is still worth fighting the good fight on general principals.

My company is weathering the storm "this week", and we've been fortunate in ways that others have not. That is not lost on me. I am thankful we are able to keep our employees paid and fed in the short term, even we don't know what lies ahead.

I am keeping the faith that we will all get through this, TOGETHER. It will be tough, and this will pass. Regardless of the unknown, and despite our precarious position, I felt we needed to share our good fortune with Matt in honor of his service to the community.

Will you join us and contribute in any amount to our community catalyst Matt Swinnerton?

Chris Miller
Founder
Launch Brigade

Matt Swinnerton and Event Santa Cruz have been promoting and supporting local businesses, artists,… David Dennis needs your support for Help Event Santa Cruz!

12/23/2018