All of us who have ever had to optimize a site for the bane of our existence, the infamous Internet Explorer (IE), just want it to go away! I mean seriously Bill Gates? There has to be a better solution?!? The worst of the “still existent” versions of IE being the dreaded IE6… dun dun dun!!! IE6 is the proverbial gums stuck to the bottom of the shoe of every web designer and developer out there. Everyone of us has turned a little grayer and a little more crotchety due this browser. Many people have taken the stance of “screw it”, or prescribe to the “who uses it anyway” ideology. So what is the right path to take and will things ever get any better? Read the rest of this entry »
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Die already IE6! No Seriously…
April 26th, 2010Project Runway Bitches!
April 24th, 2010Another season of Project Runway has come to an end :_( The season was super intense and there were some incredible pieces produced due to a lot of incredible talent. But Seth-Aaron won, woot! He was strong, consistent and very fashion forward the whole way through, so I am super pumped (I’m sure you can’t guess who I was rooting for). Sure Emilio had some stunning pieces, and his final line was filled with an explosion of brilliant coats and stylish outfits, but I think that the judges hit the nail on the head with their final crit of his work…it was just too commercial and did not push the envelope far enough.
Anyway, I have always take a Tim Gunn approach to my teaching, but what about if I try to handle crit more like Michael Kors? Check out this clip of the best of Micheal Kors from Gawker.tv. Kors is super funny and MAN am I glad that I dont have to show him my work! Can’t Wait for next season.
Meta Data
April 18th, 2010Okay, I get this question from friends, colleagues and Clients all the time. “What should I put in my meta data and how can I use this to optimize my SEO?” Well here are my two cents on the matter… But first, what types of Meta tags can we use? There are of course the best know names, Keywords and Description names. But there are also the lesser know and lesser used Author, Copyright, and Robots names as well as a few others.
To get to the meat of it, most of the meta data does nothing! Some of it is just proper documentation (like copyright and author), while others can have have some effects (like description) and others still were once important players but are now deprecated (like keywords). Read the rest of this entry »
Adobe CS5
April 13th, 2010
Being in the Graphic Design world how could I not offer my two cents about the amazing new Creative Suite from Adobe? Check out the movie clips to see exactly how these features work. I will drool a little over some of the highlights of the hotness and offer my opinion of what’s new and what’s better? Read the rest of this entry »
Puma’s red is turning green!
April 8th, 2010
Puma is making all sorts of effort to embrace the new Go Green mentality. In an attempt to reduce waste and break the mold, they have rethought the age old idea of the shoe box. Just think about how much paper goes into one of those boxes and stuffing those to maintain their shape. Sure this may mean a disaster area for frugal Puma shoppers at DSWs across the country, but I think that it is worth it! Plus the new “box” looks like a cute little tote that you could even use to carry groceries. Oh Puma, sigh…
For the full story check out their press release at http://about.puma.com/?p=1367.
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