Posted by Russ Adams in Blogging, Featured Articles on 02 28th, 2009 | 14 Comments
10 Ways to Chase Down Your Visitors
Let me give you a reality check. What you write is really not that important. Now before you go off and pout in the corner, let me explain. There are a zillion blogs out there all vying for attention. No matter how good you write, or how funny you are, there is someone better than you. So what is a...
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Posted by Russ Adams in Design on 02 27th, 2009 | 11 Comments
Pretty in Pink: 15 Inspirational Pink Websites
I’ll have to admit, I’ve never been a fan of pink. If it wasn’t for my wife and daughter I wouldn’t have a single pink thing in my house. But for those of you who don’t know, being the father of a little girl will change your perspective on the color pink. So what is pink...
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Posted by Russ Adams in News on 02 25th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Google Joins Twitter
Google (@google) joined Twitter about 4 hours ago and posted its first message. “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010″ – about 4 hours ago from web For those of you that don’t speak binary,...
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Posted by Russ Adams in Design, Featured Articles on 02 25th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Many Paths to Creativity
My wife and I were at our favorite hole in the wall Chinese restaurant over the weekend, and the two of us enjoyed a wonderful, quiet dinner. After we were through the waitress brought over the basket of fortunes and let us pick our fortune cookie. This is the part where most places mess up. The receiver...
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Posted by Russ Adams in Design on 02 24th, 2009 | 11 Comments
Think Green: 20 Inspirational Green Websites
All too often as designers we use the same set of colors on our designs ad nauseum. It’s as if we were given a set of crayons and we use the only ones we have left. This will be the first in a series exploring infrequently used colors in web design. After I’m through you’ll have...
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Posted by Russ Adams in Design, Featured Articles on 02 24th, 2009 | 15 Comments
Redemption: CSS Layouts
I took quite a bit of heat when I dared write my post on CSS vs table layout. Keep in mind it was a tongue in cheek post meant to identify the problem with fanatical design opinions rather than taking up the side of tables for layout. One of the arguments that came up was that layouts should be done...
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Posted by Russ Adams in News on 02 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment
PR Stunt? Google Penalizes Google
For those of you who don’t know, Google slapped Google Japan in the penalty box. Why you ask? Because Google Japan dared to venture into the dark world of paid posting. The big wigs at Google High Command frown on bloggers making money by doing paid posting. Probably because they haven’t...
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Posted by Russ Adams in Blogging on 02 20th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Thick Skinned Blogging
My last post was a rant on CSS vs Tables. The result was a lot of angry commentors. Here are a few of my favorites. Juventus says: Evolve. Justin says: Yeah you should be burnt at the stake. Move on man! Mike says: You are retarded. Jason says: This post is funny for two reasons. One, you are obviously...
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Posted by Russ Adams in Design, Featured Articles on 02 19th, 2009 | 29 Comments
Rant: CSS or Tables for Layout
Which should you use for layout CSS or tables? The consensus these days would be CSS, but I don’t always agree with that. Let me stop you right there before I’m burned at the stake for design sacrilege. While I’ll agree that CSS gives you control to do things that one can only dream...
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Posted by Russ Adams in News on 02 18th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Facebook TOS Goes Full Circle
Three days ago The Consumerist started quite an uproar when they notified the world of Facebook changing their terms of service significantly without notifying anyone. Before the change the rights to all the good stuff you uploaded expired when you deleted it. After the change, Facebook owned you....
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