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01.17.2012
Fastspot Wins a Pixel Award for Jambalaya
Fastspot's word jumble game takes the top prize in the Apps category.
12.05.2011
Fastspot Nominated for Two Pixel Awards
Fastspot is a finalist in the Art category for the Chrysler Museum of Art’s Website and in the Apps category for their word game app, Jambalaya. A panel of industry experts will evaluate the finalists; the public can also vote on the winners of the People's Champ awards.
10.20.2011
Fastspot Wins Six W3 Awards
Fastspot has been honored with two Gold Awards and four Silver Awards. This is the third year that Fastspot's work has been recognized by this prestigious competition.
10.11.2011
Fastspot Launches Website for Notre Dame of Maryland University
In designing and building the new Website, Fastspot tackled its core challenge: providing different sets of information to NDM’s diverse audiences, from traditional undergraduates in the Women’s College to adult undergraduate students in the College of Adult Undergraduate Studies, as well as alumni and parents.
07.19.2011
Fastspot Launches Website for Chrysler Museum of Art
As part of the museum’s recent rebranding effort, Fastspot created a modern and sophisticated Website that demonstrates Chrysler’s vitality and connection to the community.
07.06.2011
Fastspot Creates "TheySay" Twitter App During XDay
What can you do in eight hours? The Fastspot team decided to find out for themselves.
05.31.2011
Fastspot Launches Baltimore Fishbowl Website
With the tagline “Your world. Beneath the surface.,” Baltimore Fishbowl combines a commentary and editorial approach into a publication targeted at residents of Fells Point, Federal Hill, North Baltimore City, and Baltimore County.
05.10.2011
Fastspot Honored with Webby Award Win
Fastspot is very proud to be a recipient of the industry’s most prestigious award. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
02.01.2011
Fastspot Nominated for a National Design Award
Fastspot has been nominated for the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's 2011 National Design Awards program, for excellence in Interaction Design.
11.02.2010
Fastspot's Work Nominated for Pixel Awards in Two Categories
Fastspot's Denote Web application and their work on the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust's Website are nominated in the 2010 Pixel Awards.
08.02.2010
University of Puget Sound's Website Wins Two EduStyle Awards
University of Puget Sound's Website wins Best Website Design, People's Choice, and Best Redesign, People's Choice, in this year's EduStyle awards. The Website was also a finalist in the Most Innovative category.
04.15.2010
Fastspot Receives Two Webby Nominations
Fastspot is proud to announce that they have been nominated for two Best School/University Websites in the 14th Annual Webby Awards for their work on the Bucknell University Virtual Tour and the University of Puget Sound’s Website.
03.11.2010
Fastspot Creative Director Explores Failures for SXSW Panel
Tracey Halvorsen will be participating in the panel “We F*cked Up: Happy Cog and Friends, Exploring Failures, Together” on Saturday, March 13.
01.22.2010
Parks & People's New Website Launches
Fastspot recently launched a new site for The Parks & People Foundation, a Baltimore-centric, community-minded non-profit organization.
01.04.2010
Baker Artist Awards iPhone Application Released
Fastspot announces the release of a companion iPhone application for their client William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund’s 2010 Baker Artist Awards Website. Easily browse the site's entire catalog of artist submissions by image or by artist name with the flick of a finger!
11.04.2009
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Retains Fastspot to Design and Produce its New Website
Fastspot was selected following a national search of leading interactive agencies as part of the Museum's re-invention of itself.
06.07.2009
Tracey Halvorsen Wins 2009 SmartCEO BRAVA! Women Business Achievement Award
Fastspot announced today that CEO Tracey Halvorsen has received a Baltimore SmartCEO 2009 BRAVA! Women Business Achievement Award, which recognizes 25 female CEOs who have been able to not only grow successful companies, but are also actively involved in giving back to the community.
04.14.2009
Fastspot's Work Receives Webby Awards Recognition
The Baker Artist Awards Website, designed and produced by Fastspot, has been selected as an Official Honoree in the 2009 Webby Awards. The Webby Awards is the Internet's most respected symbol of success. The 13th Annual Webby Awards received over 9,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide.
03.04.2009
Fastspot Selected for Interactive Design Projects for Dickinson College and University of Puget Sound
Fastspot has been selected by Dickinson College and the University of Puget Sound to redesign both institutions' sites.
10.09.2008
Fastspot Completes Redesign of Bucknell University Website
Fastspot has created a new Website for Bucknell University. The new site is a key element of the University’s communications strategy to increase national awareness of its academic and intellectual stature.
12.20.2011
Fastspot Announces Launch of Digital Viewbook for Bay State College
Fastspot created a digital viewbook that combines striking visuals and a dynamic interactive experience to encourage viewers to dive deeper into Bay State.
11.14.2011
Fastspot Wins Six Davey Awards
The Davey Awards are international creative awards focused exclusively on honoring outstanding creative work from the best small firms. In this year's competition, Fastspot won three Gold Awards and three Silver Awards.
10.17.2011
Fastspot Launches Interactive Art-viewing Experience for the Walters Art Museum
Fastspot was contacted by the Walters to explore the possibilities and challenges of bringing its online collection, which includes more than 11,000 objects, beyond the constraints of The Museum System (TMS), a database software used by museums for cataloging purposes.
07.21.2011
Wheaton College Website Debuts
Wheaton contacted Fastspot to refine their interactive marketing strategy and tackle their Website design. Now, visitors to the site are immediately drawn in by the engaging features, which share students' positive experiences at Wheaton and post-graduation in their own words.
07.12.2011
Fastspot Receives Multiple Accolades in the 2011 eduStyle Awards
Fastspot is a finalist for three eduStyle Awards, which celebrate the most innovative and exciting developments in higher-education Web development. Winners will be announced on August 2.
07.05.2011
Fastspot Launches New Website for Bay State College
Fastspot created a site that captures the school's friendliness and warmth, as well as attracts different kinds of students to Bay State's diverse set of programs.
05.16.2011
Fastspot Launches Website for HistoryMiami
Fastspot is proud to announce the launch of a new Website for HistoryMiami, a cultural institution in Miami, Florida.
04.13.2011
Fastspot Receives Multiple Accolades in the 15th Annual Webby Awards
Fastspot has been honored with a Nomination and two Official Honoree distinctions in the 15th Annual Webby Awards.
01.03.2011
L.A. Museum of the Holocaust Wins Pixel Award
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust's Website, designed and built by Fastspot, wins the People's Champ award in the 2010 Pixel Awards Non-Profit category.
10.27.2010
Fastspot's BigTree CMS Earns Accolades
BigTree, the content management system designed and developed by Fastspot, was recently featured in a University Business article discussing successful CMS implementations by higher educational institutions.
05.06.2010
Fastspot Honored with Webby Award Win
Fastspot is pleased to announce that their work on the Bucknell University Virtual Tour has won a Webby Award in the School/University category in the 14th Annual Webby Awards.
04.15.2010
Fastspot Releases Jambalaya Word Game App for iPad
Fastspot is proud to announce the release of Jambalaya, a fast-paced word game developed exclusively for play on the iPad.
02.18.2010
Bucknell University Virtual Tour Named Finalist in 2010 South By Southwest Web Awards
The Fastspot-designed Bucknell University Virtual Tour was named one of five finalists in the 13th Annual South By Southwest Web Awards' Educational Resource category.
01.15.2010
Fastspot Partners with Bodygoodies to Build E-Commerce Website
Bodygoodies, a small handmade-soap company founded in 2009, recently teamed up with Fastspot to transition from a small business into a fully functioning, branded e-commerce site.
12.02.2009
Fastspot Announces Release of Denote Application for Posting Notes to Live Websites
Denote is a sleek, easy-to-use, browser-based tool that allows users to post comments directly to live Websites. It works on any Website and in any contemporary browser and requires no downloads or software installations.
09.16.2009
Baker Artist Awards Website Wins Best of Baltimore Award
The winners of Baltimore City Paper’s annual Best of Baltimore readers poll were announced yesterday in the Paper’s popular "Best of Baltimore" edition. Included among the honorees was the Baker Artist Awards Website, which was voted Best Baltimore-Related Website.
06.01.2009
Fastspot Lands Four New Clients
Fastspot recently added several new clients to its roster. Parks & People Foundation, CityBizList, Hill Management Services, Inc., and Woodbery Kitchen have signed on to have Fastspot create new Websites, social media strategies, mobile solutions, and content management systems.
03.24.2009
Baker Artist Awards Closes with Huge Numbers
We hope to see other cities and artists’ communities throughout the world adopt and build upon what the Baker Artist Awards Website has established for the Baltimore arts community.
01.05.2009
Fastspot Creates Second Baker Artist Awards Website with Social Media Tools
In addition to social media tools such as online voting, a comment area for each nominated artist, and e-mail alerts, the site features a gallery format similar to that found in a museum.
07.26.2008
Koenig and Waugh Join Interactive Design Agency Fastspot
Fastspot announces that Kim Koenig, Project Manager, and Zach Waugh, Programmer and Developer, have recently joined the firm. The announcement was made by Tracey Halvorsen, Fastspot Creative Director and Principal.