Each month, our design team works hard to bring you creative desktop wallpapers. This month, we’re welcoming the snow with a winter-inspired design for your computer.

December’s wallpaper is available with a calendar or sans calendar if you want to keep it longer than 31 days.

December wallpaper with a calendar
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December wallpaper without a calendar
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If you like this wallpaper, be on the lookout for our thunder::tech holiday card coming soon!

In the fast-paced world of an integrated marketing agency, we don’t often get a few minutes to check our e-mail, let alone reflect on all the blessings in our lives. Today, in honor of Thanksgiving, we invite you to take a few minutes to give thanks with us. Use the Twitter hashtag #thunderthanks or leave us a comment below to tell us what you’re thankful for.

Here’s a few of the things our team appreciates::

“The ?: Shortcut, which enables me to code faster” – Ben, flash developer

“Our strong production teams who turn out awesome projects and fresh ideas.” – Kristin, operations administrator

“The new Apple magic mouse, iPhones and wearing jeans to work (almost) every day.” – Matt, videographer

“The Internet: with it I can order pizza, chat with friends, listen to radio, stay connected to the world from my phone and experience the unmatched excitement of woot! offs.” - Joshua, search specialist

“Blogger, Twitter and Tweetdeck!” – Alexa, account manager

“Filezilla, which allows us to transfer multiple files to and from Web servers very quickly.” – Chris, web developer

“For clients willing to take risks and try a new marketing tactic. And foursquare.” – Michael, account manager

“Facebook’s beta version of Pirate English.” – Connie, graphic designer

“Streaming music on Grooveshark, the new FTC regulation that bloggers must fully disclose sponsorship deals and slab serif fonts.” – Lauren, graphic designer

Recent buzz from sites like CNN and Wired proclaims foursquare is the next Twitter. Not to be confused with a favorite childhood game, foursquare is an interactive game based on geo-location networking. While it’s best experienced on a GPS-enabled phone, such as an iPhone or Android, you can also play the game through text messaging and the Internet. A user earns points for checking in at a location, which includes anything from a home to a restaurant to landmarks and is rewarded with badges and titles such as “mayor” for frequently checking in. (For more information, check out Wikipedia.)

As a new way to stay in touch with your friends via the Web or your mobile phone, it’s sure to be something online influencers will embrace, which can translate into a new marketing tool for your business.

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This morning, thunder::tech hosted a small group of friends for our first breakfast forum to discuss current topics and trends in social media. Led by thunder::tech team members from the public relations team, account management team and development team, the discussion covered lessons we’ve learned in social media and what we can all expect in 2010.

Here are some of the ideas we covered this morning::

• Social media marketing will operate around the clock
• Geosocial networking will become increasingly popular
• The relationship between social media and SEO will continue to play an important role in both SEO strategy and online public relations

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