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There are 10 things you MUST know before you register a domain name with anyone (ex. yourdomain.com)
This article blows the lid off of the hidden "gotchas" domain registrars use to leverage your domains, your traffic and your money to their advantage.
If you are thinking about buying a domain name (ex. yourdomain.com) then we highly recommend you read this article. (more...)
No it’s not some a keystroke in Microsoft Word, it’s a website where you can rate websites against one another. Think “Hot or Not” but with more of a web design focus.
Link: CommandShift3
As mentioned in our reasons why to choose us we touched briefly on web-standards. This is something I've felt needs a little more explaining, and it's worthwhile taking a read through this article if you are unsure what web standards are, or how they might apply to the design and development of your website.
While I was looking for a decent project management suite that had the ability to create tasks, track tickets, and manage users I came across a few websites that have a huge list of “Web 2.0” sites. For those of you who haven’t heard of Web 2.0 yet I’d recommend checking out Wikipedia’s article on it.
Excerpt:
Advocates of the concept suggest that technologies such as weblogs, social bookmarking, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds (and other forms of many-to-many publishing), social software, Web APIs, Web standards and online Web services imply a significant change in web usage. Source: Wikipedia
Check out the giant list of all things Web 2.0:
A really interesting link today to a green web hosting company named AISO (Affordable Internet Services Onine). I found their mission quite unique.
AISO.Net is a reliable and responsible green web hosting company. We have made a strong commitment to help fight pollution and preserving our natural resources. Solar panels run our data center and office, not energy credits. Take a look at the (Solar Panel Photos)
Solar tubes bring in natural light from the outside providing light during the day. AMD Opteron powered servers use sixty percent less energy and generate fifty percent less heat. These are just some of the ways AISO.Net is becoming the world’s most responsible green web hosting company.
This week we’ve decided to review Coda, a fully furbished text editor built by Panic Software. Our office has recently started using Coda and since Panic offers a free trial we thought we’d download it and try it for 2 weeks. Having been long-time Transmit FTP owners we’ve really appreciated the quality of software that Panic has produced in the past we were certain that this would amount to a killer of a text editor.
What caught our eye initially about Coda was it’s feature set. Here are just a few of the features that Coda boasts their product offers:
Simple Station is proud to announce the launch of two new sites.
The first site was built for Rebecca Wellman who is a local photographer in Victoria. We’ve worked hard over the past few weeks blending her unique photographic style and artistry with texture, colour, and typography, and we’re thrilled with the result. The site utilizes a flash photo gallery that is tied to a back-end administration system that allows Rebecca to easily upload new photos to her homepage and portfolio.
The second site was built for the Canadian Christian Science Committee on Publication. The Christian Science Committee on Publication in Canada is comprised of Christian Science branch church members who are appointed to give accurate information to the media, legislature, and public regarding Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy. The design features photography from across Canada, and is presented in such a way that as the browser window gets wider, the more you see of the photo. We love the look and feel of the site, and so does our client. Simple, intuitive, and sleek. Additionally we have integrated a blog into the site which will allow the Committee to post upcoming news and events. RSS feeds and Email subscriptions are also built into the blog so that individuals who wish to stay current with news from the Committee can easily get fresh news updates.
Having had a few weeks to digest An Event Apart I now have decided rather than detailing the entire event cover to cover, to just focus on the highlights.
My good friend Brant Arthur sent me a link this morning to a site worthy of some acclaim. A totally original concept based around the use of household appliances, a digital camera, and a back/forwards button. It was created to guide you through promotional material for a book by Miranda July. Enjoy!
http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/
The writeup on An Event Apart is still in the works.
Well here I am sitting in Seattle airport just about to leave for Boston to attend An Event Apart 2007, which is an intensive 2–day web design and development conference. I'm awaiting the conference with some anticipation as I've been contemplating for weeks what the highlights of the conference might be. The opportunity to mix with some of the web's greatest designers is reason enough to be excited. I've picked out Interface Design Juggling with Dan Cederholm and Good vs. Great Design with Cameron Moll to be my favorite picks thus far from the topics presented. I am prepared to be surprised though as many of the topics covered are going to be great additions to the knowledge arsenal here at Simple Station Inc.
I'm hoping to cover as much of the event as possible in the journal, though I'm not 100% sure how I'll recharge my laptop during the conference. Worst come to worst there may be a few days of lag between the conference and the time when I publish my notes.
Boarding time! Boston and An Event Apart 2007 await me.