There are tons of articles written about the benefits of writing lean, semantic code, and designing with web standards in mind. The SEO Rapper has managed to compile all of these best practices into a concise, entertaining video that takes less time to watch than it takes to get through a single article. Who knows? Some brave soul might even attempt this at the next TechKaraoke Night. Enjoy!
Last night I went to an event at the LaFayette Hotel for local Twitter users to meet up and get to know each other. Drinks were had, along with breaded chicken tenders for appetizers (as well as some wierd red quesadillas that went mostly untouched), and many pretty faces. I’ve met some new Twitterfolk — Twits? Twitteers? Twitterers? Twitters? That last one sounds like a breaded appetizer — and it was a great chance to expand my social network.
A lot of the people who attended either work directly or are interested in new and developing technologies (a fancy way of saying “I like/get paid to play on the Internet”), so it was a comfort to find that — should I say it? We were all birds of a feather.
Now, I must confess, I’ve always been a little weary of diving deep into social media…
Tags: brand, internet, Social Media, social network, twitter
Posted in Social Media, Web Design & Development | 5 Comments »>As the proverb goes, two minds are better than one, right? But one thing that can thwart any amount of potential is a lack of communication. Today, it’s common to have a graphic designer comp up a web layout before handing it off to a coder. (I believe part of this stems from hiring print-based graphic designers to double as web designers in an effort to meet a small budget. Allowing graphic designers to break out of their traditional medium can be a benefit, but I digress.) As someone who’s worn both hats as a designer and developer, I’m writing this as part of a series to offer some basic advice on how to communicate effectively with both.
Tags: building, development, planning, sketches, wireframes
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Client: Sotheby’s International Realty
Industry: Residential Real Estate
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Client: Le Saison
Industry: Food & Hospitality
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Industry: Event Planning
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Client: The Fund for Public Internet Research
Industry: Public Interest
Tags: charity, humanitarian, internet, nonprofit, not for profit, npo, portfolio, public
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Client: Continental Custom Builders
Industry: Construction
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Client: NAI Boise
Industry: Commercial Real Estate
Tags: boise, building, commercial, nai global, nai kowallis, one-page, portfolio, real estate, realty, template
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Exceptional craftsmanship, quality design, and personal attention are foundations on which Whitney Homes was built. With quite a solid business base, they needed a site that reflected their stature as a prominent custom home builder.
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