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Changes are in the wings here at Fuse. This was a long time coming but we've finally moved our primary domain to fuseinteractive.ca from fusetech.ca. Why the move? We've been using fusetech.ca since our inception in 2004. We liked the short snappy domain but people were starting to call us Fuse Tech instead of Fuse Interactive and that frankly just bugs. We're also not just a 'tech' company. We want to be known for our killer design just as much as our Drupal chops. So fuseinteractive.ca it is.New Branding

On Jan. 1st, working with Anaid Productions, Slice Network & Mod7 Communications, Fuse launched phase 2 of xweighted.com. The popular Canadian weight loss reality show airing on Slice Network had a mandate to bring X Weighted to the masses through the web.

Kentwood Floors, one of Canada's premier flooring manufacturers, has experienced substantial international growth over the past few years and as part of a rebranding and launch of several new product lines Kentwood required a revamped web presence that would serve to propel and better manage their international expansion. They required a site that more accurately represented their products and brands, while providing region specific information in multiple languages.

Fuse recently launched a new site for Aritzia on the mighty Drupal platform. Drupal sites are boring you say? they all look the same? We think not. Aritzia.com is a perfect example of how good theming and interesting design can give a Drupal based site a fresh and engaging look while meeting all the requirements for dynamic and well indexed content.

Fuse was recently contracted to build a Widget and Gadget for Future Shop. We worked closely with Burnkit on this project. They provided the design and we made it happen. The project helped fulfill Future Shop's mandate to provide multiple channels for up to date information on new products and get their customers more involved with their online community: futureshopforums.com

After more than 4 years at 395 Railway Street, we've packed up our servers, foosball table and positive attitudes and made the long trek down town to 395 Alexander Street. It was only a block, but it wore us out pretty good. The new space gives us an extra 400+sq ft, our own bathrooms (with shower!), dedicated meeting room, nice little kitchen and more elbow room for foosball.

For the second year in a row, Drupal - our favourite Content Management System - has been named Best Overall 2008 Open Source CMS by Packt Publishing in their yearly Open Source CMS Awards. Drupal beat out Joomla!

Here are a few projects that have recently left our helping hands for greener pastures on the world wide interweb, followed by some new and exciting projects in the works:

Jack Griffin is a startup providing pre-production planning, photo-shoot management, image retouching and post-production for commercial photography assignments. Chris Raedcher and Steve Pinter are the two names behind Jack Griffin CPS Inc. Besides being ex-Rethinkers and brilliant photo magicians, Chris and Steve were really great to work with on this project.

One of Fuse's favorite clients got some good press recently here. Fuse has been PhotoGIFTCARD's technology partner for over two years now, helping them land contracts with Subway US/Canada, Earl's, Joey's, Cactus Club and Esquire's Coffee Houses to name a few. With software built by the Fuse team, PhotoGIFTCARD.com brings a personal touch to gift card giving.