Entries from March 2008

Making Deadlines

March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Any company, be it big, small, profit, or non, has to deal with deadlines. Some companies deal with their own internal project deadlines, others with those set forth by their clients. Deadlines drive many industries and the web industry is no different.
However, different companies deal with deadlines in different ways. Take for example those [...]

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MSU makes move to raise web accessibility standards

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Michigan State University is enacting new regulations to raise website accessibility standards, perhaps even as early as next month. At the last meeting of the President’s Advisory Committee on Disability Issues, Sarah Swierenga, Director of the Usability & Accessibility center, spoke regarding the principles behind why the shift is necessary. Not only is there a [...]

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The Point of Social Media

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Everyone loves social networking and spending time communicating on the web with their friends. What’s even more interesting is that we are starting to see many more companies getting involved. Marketers are aiming towards this quite a bit in effort to extend their brand further.
The point, however, for using social media is to hear more [...]

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Sandbox - Velvet Acid Christ

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Hey guys, I’m back with another sandbox entry, this time with an industrial music act that I’ve been a fan of for some years now.
The considerations I wanted to take in making this piece were:

Presentation style: This entry, like my GT-R advert, are intended to be used as promotional desktops for fans.
Graphic components: The core [...]

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Good design found again…and HOW!

March 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

One of the resources I tap into for creative ideas is HOW magazine. It’s a solid publication about design: print, ads, websites, products, all sorts of design. I’m lucky because I got if as a gift from my fiancee

Anyway, each year they come out with a Design Annual edition that showcases the best [...]

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