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3D Flash Image Gallery Component Giveaway

October 27, 2008August 7, 2016 Christian Watson

The kind folks at Flashloaded have provided me with 3 copies of their new 3D spiral image gallery Flash component, which normally costs $49.95.

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Write a Web Design Article and Win $1000

September 1, 2008August 10, 2016 Christian Watson

The following is a paid article. Please note: my time is being paid for but my opinions are my own.

Web site [Re]Encoded is running a competition for the best web design or web development article, with a grand prize of $1000.

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Operation Immortality: Your Chance to be Immortal

August 4, 2008September 20, 2020 Christian Watson

On October 12, 2008 NCsoft colleague Richard Garriott is going into space. He will be the 6th private citizen to do so. Richard is the vision behind our science fiction MMORPG Tabula Rasa.

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Do Online Press Releases Serve a Useful Purpose?

April 30, 2008August 15, 2016 Christian Watson

In his article Press releases: spin and propaganda, Gerry McGovern recently railed against the practice of posting press releases on web sites, asking the question: Read More

A Journey Through Web Design & Usability Domain Names

February 13, 2008September 20, 2020 Christian Watson

Ever wondered what you’d find if you visited webdesign.com or usability.com? Neither had I. However, I was recently researching a similar domain name and the question popped into my head.
And so I started looking around. Here’s what I found…

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Review of XHTML/CSS: Service to Turn Designs into Fully Coded Web Pages

July 27, 2007September 20, 2020 Christian Watson 4 Comments

The following is a paid review. Please note: my time is being paid for but my opinions are my own.

XHTML/CSS is one of a number of services that will take a design you send them (e.g. as a PSD or PNG) and turn it into a web page coded with valid XHTML and CSS.

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Great Web 2.0 Idea: Content Monitr

July 23, 2007August 14, 2016 Christian Watson 5 Comments

Everyone’s got their great idea for a web app, so here’s mine. It would be really helpful for web site owners (i.e. me) to have a monitoring service that tracks the age of the content on each web page. Read More

10 High-Scoring Desktop Tower Defense Maps

June 13, 2007September 20, 2020 Christian Watson

I recently joined the ranks of those playing Desktop Tower Defense. My scores haven’t been too great; however, so I’ve been looking to see how I can improve my game.

I like the fact that DTD provides a constantly updated list of player maps. However, because the game background wasn’t included, it’s hard to see exactly where the towers are placed.

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Are the Webby Awards in Danger of Losing their Credibility?

May 6, 2007September 20, 2020 Christian Watson 11 Comments

Did anyone else notice how annoying many of the Webby Award winners were this year?

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MTV Drops Flash Site in Favor of (Boring) HTML

April 25, 2007September 16, 2020 Christian Watson 10 Comments

After only 9 months, MTV has replaced its extremely flashy Flash site with plain old HTML. Why? Because their users complained.

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