We celebrated a successful 2025 along with the 12th annual People’s Choice awards during our holiday party on December 12 at Via Vecchia in Portland, Maine. The following team members were nominated for Most Valuable Player, Grace Under Pressure, Most Versatile, Mentor Star, and Top Innovator. The six winners received plaques and gift cards and … Read more
The first PWW Gives Back Day took place on October 24, with a full day of volunteering by our team members. We worked on trails for Portland Trails in the morning and did beach cleanup for Blue Ocean Society in the afternoon. “These are the trails and beaches we take our families and pets to, … Read more
PWW Gives Back, the community service committee at Portland Webworks, is seeking charities and events to support in 2025. PWW Gives Back selects events, drives, and fundraisers that provide opportunities for our team to connect outside the office with the aim of giving back to the community. “We believe that being active in our communities … Read more
We toasted a successful 2024 and the 11th annual People’s Choice awards during our holiday party on December 13 at Via Vecchia in Portland, Maine. The following team members were nominated for Most Valuable Player, Grace Under Pressure, Most Versatile, and new this year, Mentor Star and Top Innovator. The six winners received plaques and … Read more
“I’ve been fortunate to grow with Portland Webworks since the very beginning,” says founder and CEO Justin Davis. “We’re here today because of our team’s commitment to the innovation and skill adoption required to navigate the ever-changing landscape of the internet since our founding in 1999.” A lot has happened in the past 25 years. … Read more
“Writing software is not just about numbers and bits,” says Kevin Ferguson, Director of Software Development at Portland Webworks. “It’s about understanding and caring about the people using the software.” As custom software consultants since 1999, we place people at the heart of everything we do—whether it’s the end users we design for, the developers … Read more
“Portland Webworks stood out from the other companies I applied to because they use Drupal for their content management system (CMS) of choice,” says PWW developer Dang Tran. “After 10 years of working on web development, I wanted to focus on complicated projects using the Drupal CMS and I saw many big and diverse projects … Read more
“Some people think QA is just the testing phase of a project,” says PWW Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer Diane Bienkowski, who wrote a blog on Why Quality Assurance Shouldn’t be an Afterthought. “QA is ideally part of the whole project, from discovery and requirements gathering to implementation and project planning, client interactions, and of course … Read more
People often ask, “What exactly is the difference between UX and UI designers?” We thought we’d take this opportunity to answer that question, and introduce our User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) designers in this Creative team spotlight. Multiple perspectives are crucial to designing good solutions. The Portland Webworks/GovWebworks Creative team is highly collaborative, … Read more
“Over the years we’ve focused on providing our clients with award-winning web designs,” notes Tom Lovering, the Portland Webworks/GovWebworks Director of Business Development. “We’re glad to continue the tradition with four new design awards.” In 2023, two GovWebworks clients received design recognition from the W3 Awards and Web Excellence Awards. The Maine Department of Education’s … Read more