Viral Marketing and Link Baiting
Found an interesting article about viral marketing and link baiting, which is a term I had not heard before. Viral marketing is something that I have been thinking a lot about lately as I try to not...
View ArticleSo you wanna live forever (or Opera is the best browser no one’s heard of)
So scientists, at least I’m assuming he’s a scientist – which could be dangerous, are not reporting that someday we may be able to use nanotechnology to gain immortality. Basically we could use tiny...
View ArticleStylish – the best Mozilla Extension
So I know I’ve been harping on Opera a lot lately, but I figured I would devote some time to what has recently and quickly become my favorite Mozilla extension – Stylish. Now I make regular use of –...
View ArticleSites a Web Designer Should Know (or ‘I wish I had thought of this first’)
Awhile back I did a post on my personal top ten sites. It was dugg and relabeled as sites a web developer should know. This was not my intention since there were many sites on it that have nothing to...
View ArticleSites a Web Designer Should Know (or ‘I wish I had thought of this first’)...
They say patience is a virtue and absence makes the heart grow fonder, but you just want your links, right? So here goes: Templates Intensivstation – XHTML and CSS 2 templates that start you off in...
View ArticleSEO: What I Learned as a Web Designer
One of the most important things for a site is for it to be seen by as many people that would be interested in it as possible. Typically, there are two ways to facilitate this happening. One is paid...
View ArticleCSS: Avoiding Div-itis
As a new web designer one of the things I was guilty of at first was a condition called “div-itis.” This is a common affliction of even some of the more advanced designers out there – usually in their...
View ArticleThe Power of Photoshop (Or Why I’m not a Graphic Designer)
Many of the positions locally for Web Designer – or as the various titles I’ve seen used Web Developer, HTML Programmer, UI Developer, etc – call for some experience in Photoshop. Most of the...
View ArticleA Tale of two Posts
I was perusing through my RSS feeds the other day and came upon two posts that caused polar opposite feelings for the future of web design in relation to web standards, CSS and what I hope to do with...
View ArticleGainfully Employed
I am proud to say I have now joined the team of Helium.com and hope that I can live up to their expectations and my own. I think this is an excellent opportunity to grow my skills, expand my knowledge...
View ArticleKeeping Accessibility In Mind
I saw this article awhile back and meant to blog about it, but haven’t had the time. In working on my site redesign though it struck my eye as I was perusing my links and felt the urge to share it....
View ArticleIE 6 == bad
So I’m designing the other day in Firefox and everything is going fine. My code is clean, simple and rendered correctly. It looks good and matches the mock I had. Life is good. So I fire up...
View Article10 Best Templates to Borrow (i.e. Steal) Ideas From
I will soon, hopefully, be undergoing a new project for a relative of a very close friend of mine. In doing so – since the potential clients are not well versed on the Internet, web 2.0 and the...
View ArticleIs IE7 the Solution or More of the Same?
I had high hopes as I began to read the early beta versions reviews of IE7 and the numerous fixes they had over IE6. I had seen some of my work in IE7 and was pleasantly surprised that it worked....
View ArticleRanking in Google
I pulled an article from my feeds the other day from SEOmoz that was very interesting. Basically, it’s a discussion and compilation of what is important SEO-wise for sites from 37 of the top people in...
View ArticleGreat Geek Job
I had seen a recent article about 8 things intelligent people, geeks and nerds need to work and I began to realize that my job has nearly all of them. They’re pretty flexible as long as you get your...
View ArticleMerits of Good Web Design
Good web design is about reaching the widest possible audience. To reach the widest possible audience you must design with two thoughts in mind web standards and accessibility. Accessible designs allow...
View ArticleThe Basics of SEO
I’ve done a few SEO posts lately, but I got to thinking of another quasi beginner’s guide – similar to the one I posted awhile back. I think this is a little more clear as I have gained more...
View ArticleModular Web Design
So I’ve been reading a lot about modular web design. Basically what it stands for is creating a web site – essentially a template – in such a standards compliant and well thought out manner that...
View ArticleDesigning for cross browser compatibility
One of the best and worst things about the web is the fact that when it comes to your choice of web browser the program you use to access and view the internet – you have multiple options. From the...
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