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Site Plug: ReadyMadeWeb.com

February 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

For those of you on a budget (me me me me), www.readymadeweb.com is a great resource for web tips about easy-to-use, out-of-the-box, ready-made web-ware. Is there a record for the number of hyphens used in a single clause? For instance, here’s a great post explaining why you might want to use a mass follow program [...]

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Smart Podcasts

October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I’m a podcast junkie. Every morning my super smart Beagle pup, Cooper, and I walk for about 45 minutes. It is a perfect time for listening to a podcast. I have a few staples like Boagworld, Marketing Over Coffee, and Six Pixels of Separation, but I’m always hungry for more. I just stumbled on a [...]

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More Fonts

September 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Here’s yet another list of good free fonts.

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Safari 4. Me likey

July 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I’m using Safari 4 for the first time today … and I love it. I had grown tired of firefox, but still relied heavily on their FireBug web developer tool. Safari now has a similar tool built into the browser. Sweet. They have also taken the quick start page from Opera and added some style [...]

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Cool Fonts

June 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The more I design, the more attention I pay to little things like fonts typography. Here are some cool fonts from Smashing Magazine.

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WordPress 2.8 Release – Widgets Upgraded Big Time

June 14, 2009 By 2 Comments
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WordPress 2.8 is finally out. There are some key improvements for the casual WordPress user including easier theme addition. Like plugins, you can now browse the WordPress.org theme gallery from within your WordPress admin screen. One click and your theme is installed. For the wordHeavy user, that is the designer/developer building their content management system [...]

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WordPress CMS has arrived

June 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
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I work for a non-profit and most of my freelance clients are non-profits. Money is scarce but needs are many. Most organizations need a full content management system. They need an events calendar, a multimedia gallery, a press release section and a dozen other content types. But they can’t afford it. I used to handle [...]

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AWOL

December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I know I’ve been AWOL for a while. But I’m back now. The plan is to start blogging again about media for non-profits. Thanks for you patience.

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The “Complete” Solution Is Dead; The Future Is Fractured

September 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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I frequently tell clients that the future is fractured. They usually have no idea what I mean by that and I’m not really sure even I know what that means. But I still believe it to be true. The future is fractured. How many clients have I consoled who are stuck with “complete” web solutions, [...]

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How to title a blog post

August 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Problogger had great article last week on how to title a blog post. Sure it’s a boring, mundane part of your site, not nearly as sexy as those moving images and flashy drop-down menus. But the title of a post could be the most important factor your are ignoring. Not only do post titles effect [...]

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