Tag Archives: web design

Thank the taxpayers…

Inauguration Day didn’t simply usher in the 44th President heralded globally as hope for an Extreme Makeover: USA Edition. Exciting for web heads, the first change this President made, nearly on the dot during the botched oath was The White House official website.  Keep in mind, this is the president who talked about social networking on the campaign trail, embraced Twitter, now posts his weekly address via YouTube, and fought fiercely for his BlackBerry over the last few days.  Needless to stay, we web-heads are eager to hear his choice …
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[EssentiaList] Web Design Directory Edition

In market for a website and don’t know where to start? Lucky you, because here is a list of all of the top web design directories: BodyModified.com TopDesignFirms.com WebDesignFinders.net Killer Sites Directory WebDesignStuff Web Design Firms Web-Designers-Directory.org DesignDir.net WebDesignersByState.com Did we leave something out? Leave a comment and let us know!

Emperors Should Wear Clothes

As a means of communication, words are incredibly important. In lieu of verbally exchanging words, we use written text to do the bulk of the communication for us online. Any degree of miscommunication can have far reaching consequences (online), so every “i” has to be dotted, every “t” crossed, and every word weighed. However, good content, like the emperor who needed to put some clothes on, should always strive to look first rate. Enter typography, whose sole aim is to dress words up so that they look good. Its noble …
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Time vs Quality: Because Breathing Ain’t Necessarily Living

1810 – 1913 When someone dies, the usual inscription on the tombstone is the year of birth and the year of death, separated by a dash, along with an epitaph in memoriam. The initial reaction is to do the math, and figure out how old she was when she died (shameless you!). What’s interesting about the whole thing is how much we concentrate on how long she lived, when at the end of the day, it’s the dash in the middle that defines what we remember. JFK is a favorite …
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What makes a good site map?

What is a good Site Map? There’s a debate going on about whether site maps will remain necessary with the advent of sites that do not immediately gain much from generating a site map (blogs, media sites, etc… ). While the debate about what will happen rages on, reality reminds us that this is today, and in today’s web, you need a site map. What is a site map anyway? A site map is simply, “a visual representation of a web site’s structure,” with the site map items typically arranged …
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