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$150 Discount on “Voices That Matter” Web Design Conference

April 20, 2010August 9, 2016 Christian Watson

If you’re in the San Francisco area at the end of June you may want to check this out. New Riders’ Voices That Matter web design conference takes place June 28-29.

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Get Ready to Claim Your Facebook Vanity URL

May 31, 2009August 10, 2016 Christian Watson

TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook users will soon be able to pick their own vanity URLs, which is pretty big news if you’re a business using the site for marketing or community-related purposes.

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Typography-Based Layout Contest

May 22, 2009August 10, 2016 Christian Watson

For any designers with a bit of spare time on their hands, Smashing Magazine is running a contest for the best typographic web page layouts.

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Are Server Side Includes Still a Relevant Technique for Managing Large Web Sites?

November 30, 2008August 6, 2016 Christian Watson

Most of the sites I’ve managed have used content management systems that spit out static pages.

As such, I’m become a proponent of using server side includes (SSI) as a way to manage global site components, due to their simplicity and ease-of-use. Read More

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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What Type of Personality Does Your Web Site Have?

July 22, 2008July 22, 2008 Christian Watson

Three good questions to ask clients when embarking on a web site redesign:
# If your site was a person, what would he or she be like?
# How would you expect visitors to react when they first view your site?
# What celebrity (or car, movie, etc.) is your site most like? Least like? Why?
Nice ice breaker and a way to get them thinking creatively.

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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