We’re looking to hire a Web Design Intern for a 4 month position. This is a paid opportunity at $12/hour, working an average of 20 hours per week. Please see this post for the details and send us a résumé with some examples of your work if you’re interested. We prefer individuals located in Ann Arbor.

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Over the years we have made some big transitions at The Wojo Group. Although we used to be primarily concerned with client work, over time we have directed more and more of our effort towards internal projects. Some of these projects have included Motionspire.com, a motion graphics gallery we launched a couple years ago, and SimpleCart(js), the open-source javascript shopping cart that turned out to be quite popular. (more…)

This year’s javascript trick involves taking individual words on your page and let them float or creep away.  Every time the user does not move their mouse for 5 seconds (you can change this interval), the words will start to creep.  Once they move their mouse again, the words will return to their original spot. (more…)

While working on simpleCart(js) 2.0 and a few shopping carts for clients, I found myself writing several helper functions for formatting strings and numbers.  One of the most useful helpers was a toCurrency() method for numbers:

var myNumber = 8.3;

alert( myNumber.toCurrency() );   //alerts "$8.30"

myNumber = 119427.23529;

alert( myNumber.toCurrency() );    //alerts "$119,427.24"

myNumber = 1231;

alert( myNumber.toCurrency( "€" ) );   //alerts "€1,231.00"

The dollar sign is default, but you can replace it with any symbol in the function call.

Just copy this code to your js file and enjoy! (This code also implements a reverse() method for strings that you might find useful.)

String.prototype.reverse=function(){
    return this.split("").reverse().join("");
}
Number.prototype.withCommas=function(){
    var x=6,y=parseFloat(this).toFixed(2).toString().reverse();
    while(x<y.length){y=y.substring(0,x)+","+y.substring(x);x+=4;}
    return y.reverse();
}
Number.prototype.toCurrency=function(){
    return(arguments[0]?arguments[0]:"$")+this.withCommas();
}

We developed a little creation called Twetris that uses the twitter timeline to create blocks for a tetris game. The high score list is published automatically to @twetris and you can even retweet your high scores right from the game. It's a simple javascript/html/css creation thats great for wasting time.
Check it out!

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Over breakfast this morning, I put together a little JS script that will flip all the text on a page.  Just put this link AT THE BOTTOM of your page, and it should provide a little April Fools joke for some visitors:

</p>
<p>&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://wojodesign.com/flipEm.js&quot; &gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p>
<p>

**Make sure to test this on your site, some flash objects or other plugins may not work properly

Enjoy!

We all just spent a few dedicated days listening to talks and having long hard discussions about building web apps in Miami at

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Ok everyone, we here at the wojo group are getting pretty excited for next week. On Saturday, we're packing up our cars and driving straight through the night. We're not stopping until we hit Miami. Why, you may ask? FOWA 2009!

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Wow. What a day. The Wojo Group decided to have a couple representatives and a little booth at the University of Michigan’s “Mpowered” career fair on their engineering campus. I was able to speak with hundreds of engineers, business students, and designers about our company, our projects, and employment opportunities. I wanted to say thanks to all those who were able to stop by our table, and I enjoyed learning about a lot of students, companies, startups, etc. It was a great, albeit exhausting, day.

The app store is one of the greatest selling points of the iPhone. There are literally hundreds of apps already available (including hundreds of free ones!), with more being added every day. Apple's device is already a great productivity tool, but there are also some additional applications that can really help you and your business succeed.

So without further ado, here are the top ten (free!) apps not to miss for your business needs.

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