A Few Reasons Not To Send Files In Microsoft Word Format.

Posted on February 24, 2007
Filed Under Misc. Stuff, Web Development | 1 Comment

In conjunction with another post a few weeks back, I decided to add a few points to clarify some of the problems I have in general with recieving web content in Word files. It’s not that I debate the usefuleness of word processing programs in general, it’s just that Word file attachments in particular are rapidly becoming more and more popular among users to transport documents, most of whom do not realize the problems they can cause.
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Website Mood Boards: A Successful Precursor to Visual Prototyping

Posted on February 14, 2007
Filed Under Design, Web Development | 11 Comments

A few weeks ago, my company took a project to redesign a major charity’s website. After the initial documentation and planning stages was completed, we were ready to move into the visual design phase of the project. We decided to try a new approach, at least for website design, and show the client a series of mood boards to establish the overall atmosphere and emotional impact of the site before we plunged into the actual layout phase of the design.
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Microsoft Office, Website Content and A Rusty Nail In My Eye

Posted on January 21, 2007
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As a professional web developer and graphic designer, I’ve always found one of the biggest challenges of a website project has been obtaining content from a client. I think many clients go into the web project with some type of field of dreams mentality, that if they just build a site, people will come irregardless of the content. I find that more than a few clients don’t seriously consider what type of content they’re going to put on their site ahead of time and those clients that are on the ball enough to actually write some content for their website usually find the the most annoying ways to deliver it.
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NAPP Launches Adobe Photoshop CS3 Learning Center

Posted on January 3, 2007
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The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Preview Learning Center is your one stop for all things CS3 with no less than 12 online video tutorials, an interview with Adobe Product Manger John Nack, an overview of CS3’s top new features and enhancements, a special episode of Adobe Photoshop TV: Photoshop CS3 Secrets Revealed, and a lot more.”
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Adobe Releases Photoshop CS3 Beta

Posted on January 3, 2007
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If you’re a graphic artist or developer, especially one with a new MacBook Pro or any of the other Intel chip equipped macs, you should RUN to the Adobe website and download the free beta version of Adobe’s latest generation of the popular Photoshop application dubbed Photoshop CS3. The application is a free 2 day trial BUT, if you have a registered version of Photoshop CS2, you can register that serial to unlock the new beta version for unlimited use. If you don’t already have CS2 and want to use the new version, you will have to purchase a CS2 liscense and then upgrade from there.
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