Posted on June 25, 2007
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Mmmm. Tasty. Need I say more?
Posted on June 25, 2007
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Well, it happened yet again. Another one of my client’s site designs was ripped off by a competitor. North Shore Parasail of Lake Tahoe is now sporting the exact same design as my client, Beach Parasail of Virginia Beach. I’m hoping that the parasail company isn’t to blame for the plagarism. It could be that their “web design firm”, a company which on the site bills themselves as “NSPR” but then links to a real estate site with no mention of any web development. Nonetheless, if the parasail company isn’t the culprit, they should have done some market research and/or hired a reputable developer to get their own custom site.
The ripoff site uses many of the same identical graphics, and those that were recreated were obviously done by an amateur. With all the proliferation of free or low cost web templates out there, it always amazes me that people resort to outright theft of other peoples designs. I guess some things never do change. See the comparison screencaps after the jump.
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Posted on June 22, 2007
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Jason Santa Maria talks about designing your way out of a paper bag on day 1
The An Event Apart conference has been particularly inspiring and eye-opening in many respects. It’s definatly one of best conference’s I’ve ever been to in terms of really relevant information presented by really qualified individuals. I have thoroughly enjoyed the pragmatic approach to web design and web standards discussed by the presenters. We’re half way through day 2… just 3 more sessions left and we’re done. I kind of find myself wishing there was more. I guess I’ll have to make sure and hit the event again next year sometime.
Posted on June 20, 2007
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I’m still sitting here in the Seattle airport waiting on my friend Carl to fly in from Virginia Beach. We’re doing some of the tourist things today and getting geared up for the An Event Apart Conference at the Bell Harbor Convention Center all day tomorrow and Friday. The presenter line-up is great and I know I’m going to pick up some really good information. The trip came at a great time too, I was way ready to get out of the office for a few days and go somewhere new.
Posted on June 19, 2007
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I can’t brain today. I have the dumb. The Internet and all of those pointless emails are overworking my neurons and attacking my brain.
