mindgraffiti

mindgraffiti - noun; musings on creative work, publicly posted.

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I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.

Archive for February, 2007

The Heated Debate Continues…

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

…over the issue of Flash, among web developers and web designers alike. Take a look at the most recent article written at A List Apart.

Semantic Flash: Slippery When Wet by Dan Mall

Personally, I think Flash is a very powerful web development tool. My favorite examples to point to are SlideShowPro, Fauxto and my most recent [...]

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The Design Process - Behind the Scenes, Part 2

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

This would be the part where I explain the technical workings and how we built the new site for Express Ranches. Alas, the cutting edge web site was pulled down less than 48 hours after it launched, and was downgraded to humble tables, among other things.
Until we have a web site that comes close to [...]

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The Design Process - Behind the Scenes, Part 1

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Other Departments
These are the other departments and the role they play to help make our web work happen.
The Photo Department
Our Photoshop wizards digitize all printed photos, remove halters, mud, dirt and sometimes other elements from the photos as per explicit request from the client. Color and contrast levels are corrected and the appropriate settings are [...]

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The Production Process - The Client’s View

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I have been working steadily on the Express Ranches redesign for about 2 weeks now. I thought I’d share part of the process we go through with web site redesign orders.
It started when Express Ranches called my boss and asked us to take over their current site. Aside from doing the updates for them, they [...]

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CSS: Getting Into Good Coding Habits

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Sorry to say, I have been ill most of the week. Next week I will return to the regularly scheduled posts of Tuesday and Thursday. Until then, a Dugg article that I found useful as a noob to CSS.
CSS: Getting Into Good Coding Habits
In this article we will look at what might be considered best [...]

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