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Analysis of The Big Noob

Brad Smith and Ryan Sims first met in March 2000. During lunch, they decided to work together. They started a Midwest design company called Neubix. Smith and Sims hooked up with Keegan Jones. The three men launched "The Big Noob" website at the 2008 SxSW festival in Austin, Texas. The company blog allows Web design artists to exchange ideas, thoughts, and feelings on new media software and design techniques. The site gained popularity.

The pair was asked to move to Boston. Neubix expanded. It became part of a company known as Virb, Inc. Accordingly, The Big Noob suffered. The site was forced into hibernation. The trio missed it. They decided to resurrect the site. I chose to analyze the site for the following reasons:

Isaac Allen
CMS 3710
Updated: 12 November 2008