HTML Templates
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
There is a lot of debate over whether HTML email should be used at all, but if you are going to do it, here are some templates to get you started.
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Business Card Samples
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
I’ve always wanted to get better at creating a portfolio of good designs that I find. A friend that I used to work with had a file cabinet full of magazine clippings and other things that that they had stored away for inspiration. This was a great resource to spread out on the floor when getting started on a new project. If you are looking for some inspiration, here is a page of business card examples.
Steve Jobs Alter Ego?
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
I thought that this reporter for USA Today (shown here on CNBC) looks a little too much like Steve Jobs himself.
Despair
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
I love these posters every time I see them
iPhone Video
Friday, June 22, 2007
Apple today released a nearly 25 minute-long video about the iPhone demonstrating its use. There are two things that it confirmed to me. One, it seems be a great pocket-sized mac in the way that it handles email, the web and sms chatting. Second, I think that its going to be an awkward phone. The size and shape just don’t seem like something that I would want to carry everywhere.
Podcasting with Manila
Thursday, June 21, 2007
People seem to get bored with technology. I know that I often do. It’s why I can’t wait for Apple to release Mac OS 10.5 even though 10.4 works great. It’s why I check macupdate.com throughout the day looking for something that’s new or improved. It’s also why I think that people seem to have forgotten what a great tool Manila is and are so ready to push it out the door.
Pultz Links
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I just said that I’d stop posting constant lists of links… but these are from somebody else, so it’s okay. Chris Pultz (trainer extraordinaire) sent me some great links through del.icio.us that would be useful to anybody getting started in designing with cascading style sheets Keep It Simple, Stupid showcases 49 site designs that are beautiful for what they did not do to their sites more than what they did do.
More blogging, less linking
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I really see my blog as the center of my life on the web. My blog is the first place I search when I want to recall something that I did months or years ago. For this reason, I have often muddied my posts with everything I have been bookmarking and more. Throwing all of this information in one pot can discouraging to those that are looking for some perspective.
New Web Sites All Around
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The beginning of this summer has been hectic as I have launched a couple of sites already including the new Lincoln Public Schools web site. The new site is a little wider than the old site, now being 990px wide. We had quite a bit of discussion about this before we went live wondering if it was the right decision to do this. Interestingly, since then Apple has launched their new site and CNN has released the beta of their new site.
Best Mice Ever
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
It may not be often that you give your mouse a lot of thought, but I just had one of those moments where I thought “Wow! What a great mouse." I use a Logitech VX when I’m portable and a Logitech MX at my desktop. These are basically the same mouse with some small differences that make each better for the environment they were designed to be used in. The key feature on both is a scroll wheel that is able to work (as many scroll wheels do) in a mode that sort of clicks as you scroll, and a mode that is unique where it is free to spin like the Price-is-right Big Wheel.
Columbus Dreamweaver Workshop Followup
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Thanks again to those of you that attended my workshop in Columbus on Tuesday. Here are some of the resources that I told you I would post here: Firefox Add-ons Firebug (Firebox-based CSS Inspector) Firefox Web Development Toolbar MeasureIt (screen ruler) ColorZilla (Color grabber) Browser Testing Evolt.org (Browser Archives) Install multiple version of IE on Windows XP Web Sites CSS Zen Garden CSS Beauty: CSS Design Showcase CSS Vault: Inspiring Creativity CSS Hack Glish: CSS Layout Techniques Layout-o-matic A List Apart Digital-Web Magazine Stylegala The Web Standards Project Useful books
Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Digital-Web Magazine offers an educational article about PNGs and how to use them in ways that no other web image format can be used.
Child hit by car followup
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
I have really enjoyed reading the blog recently started by our city’s police chief. It gives, what I think, is a rare and honest look at the inside of law enforcement. Yesterday he provided his response to the many complaints he hears about there not being enough police around schools in the morning to prevent accidents such as those that happened last week at Prescott Elementary.
Intel Metro Laptop Video
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Of course Intel doesn’t make laptops, but they often put out demonstration technology that they hope hardware manufacturers will draw inspiration from and run with. Here is a new ultra-thin laptop with an e-ink display in the lid to allow checking of calendar, email etc without opening the computer. Powered by ScribeFire.
While we're on coffee houses... My favs
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
I visit more coffee houses and drink more java than I’m prepared to fully disclose, but here are some of my favorites in Lincoln. The Mill: This is, along with 'the coffee house', the classic coffee house. I love the wood and brick. I love the dock. I enjoy the atmosphere that all of the international students that hang out there provide. The tables are a little small and the chairs too uncomfortable to do more than an hour of work there.
Lincoln's Coffee houses in today's Journal Star
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Brian Christopherson of Lincoln’s Journal Star took on the burden of visiting some of downtown’s larger coffee joints to compare the vibe and prices. Powered by ScribeFire.
Office Suites / Replacements
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
First, Congratulations to Kirk Langer for his semi-annual posting. They are rare, but good. Concerning Sun’s committing a couple people to the aqua port of Open Office, I am not impressed. Sun makes me yawn almost as much as Microsoft. First, I know that Star/OpenOffice has been around for quite a few years now, but here’s some problems I have with it… What does Sun know about client applications? They make servers, an operating system and Java.
Speed test - Pefect Cup - Lincoln, NE
Friday, April 20, 2007
I like going to Perfect Cup on East O Street in Lincoln. Good coffee, close to work, big windows and CNN running on an overhead TV. It makes it hard to work there however when they have by far one of the slowest internet connections I have seen.
Speedtest - Haymarket Scooters - Lincoln
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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VT Tragedy on Wikipedia
Monday, April 16, 2007
It’s hard to say anything about this without sounding insensitive, but unfortunately Wikipedia sometimes shines when there are terrible events. Here is Wikipedia’s coverage of today’s shootings at Virginia Tech University.
Speedtest - Braeda, 33rd and Pioneers, Lincoln
Friday, April 6, 2007
Speedtest - Panera, Gateway Mall, Lincoln
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Shortest Contribute Version Ever?
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
I’m not sure how long Contribute 4 has been out, but it has not been a long time. Six months? I was surprised to see, during the Adobe CS3 launch event yesterday, that a new version of Contribute (Contribute CS3) was being bundled with the web studios. I wanted to give Adobe the benefit of the doubt and assume that they were just renaming the product, but after a visit to their web site it is clear that this is considered a full upgrade and an owner of version 4 has to pay the same to upgrade to this new version as an owner of any previous version.
Braeda Internet Access - SLLOOOWW
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
I’m sitting at Braeda this morning having coffee while I catch up on some things and as always, the internet connection is pitiful. I wanted to know how pitiful, so I fired up one of my new favorite sites: speedtest.net Here is what my results were: To get a comparison, run this same test from nearly ANYWHERE and I’m sure you will get a much better speed. I only wonder if they do this on purpose to keep people from camping on it.
ApolloCamp
Monday, March 19, 2007
I guess this is Apollo day. Learn more about Apollo from these videos created at Adobe’s ApolloCamp. See ‘em here
Christian Cantrell: Firefox 2 Live Titles
Monday, March 19, 2007
I had forgotten about this supported feature in Firefox 2 - microsummaries. It allows people to create bookmarks of your page that you can later change the titles of - live. Christian Cantrell: Firefox 2 Live Titles
Apollo Alpha Preview - lynda.com Online Training Library ™
Monday, March 19, 2007
Mike Chambers has a set of training/introduction videos up on Lynda. Apollo Alpha Preview - lynda.com Online Training Library ™
Adobe Apollo - Write Your Own Desktop Apps!
Monday, March 19, 2007
Adobe has released a public alpha of it’s upcoming Apollo development software / runtime. This looks to be an incredible technology with wild possibilities. With Apollo, HTML and Flex developers (among others) can write code as they usually do, but then have it compiled into a distributable application that people can run on their computers outside of a web browser. I really expect many cross-platform applications that are generally written in Java or even REALBasic to begin showing up in this environment instead.
13 best tips for Improving CameraPhone Pictures
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
I hate taking photos with my camera phone as I know they aren’t going to look as good as a picture taken with a normal camera, but sometimes you need a shot and it’s all you got. Here’s some tips to make the best of your situation. Digital Photography Weblog: 13 best tips for Improving CameraPhone Pictures
CSS-Based Navigation Menus: Modern Solutions | Smashing Magazine
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Looking for some ideas for that next site navigation you need to build. This article from Smashing Magazine displays a whole bunch of good-looking ones. CSS-Based Navigation Menus: Modern Solutions | Smashing Magazine