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A blast from the past for "June, 2006"

1. WashingtonPost.com on the 21st Century Newsroom

   Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 | No Responses

   Early this morning two senior editors of WashingtonPost.com spoke to a small intimate group of web professionals on creating a newsroom in the 21st century. Jim Brady, Executive Editor, and Tom Kennedy, Managing Editor, labeled their presentation, “Creating a converged newsroom”. Together they focused on four key areas of convergence:

2. Microformats – should I be focused on tomorrow’s technology today?

   Monday, June 26th, 2006 | 6 Comments

   Microformats are here to stay, or so it seems with the announcement of Yahoo! Local’s support. However, should I care about Microformats right now? This was the question of debate among my colleagues today over lunch. The concept seems to make sense, but does this mean we all go back and correct the mark-up around […]

3. Designers – Stop, Drop and Roll! Take back your creativity

   Sunday, June 25th, 2006 | 2 Comments

   Every designer faces the same predicament, controlled creativity. Sort of an oxymoron don’t you think? How can you control creativity, is it even creativity if it’s being controlled? Others of you may be calling this something less dramatic; ‘creative limitations’, creative obstacles’ or maybe you’re so dejected you’ve simply learned to accept this and call […]

4. Flickr and Lightbox — a Perfect Combination

   Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 | 5 Comments

   I was fiddling around with Flickr today and decided to start using the “Blog This” function as an alternative method to post to this particular blog. For a long time now I’ve been utilizing my Flickr account as an image server of sorts (much like Akamai). What I’ve done now is take this a step […]

5. What about ‘Match Color’; a PhotoShop technique forgotten?

   Friday, June 16th, 2006 | 5 Comments

   I was sitting in an Adobe presentation during the HOW Design Conference in Las Vegas, NV when the audience shocked themselves. Standing in front of hundreds of some of the top design talent in the country; the adobe reps asked for a raise of hands for who uses or has even heard of the “Match […]

6. Raising the profile of your in-house design team (HOW Design Conference)

   Friday, June 16th, 2006 | No Responses

   Jeni Herberger, principle of business consulting firm DesignMatters, spoke at the HOW Design Conference on the topic of “Raising the profile of your in-house team”. She focused on the many hurdles that in-house design team’s face – especially when attempting to be recognized.

7. 14 Tips for a Web Redesign (HOW Design Conference)

   Thursday, June 15th, 2006 | 4 Comments

   Kelly Goto, of gotomedia.com, spoke on the topic of web redesigns; titled, “Behind the Wheel of Web Redesign: What Drives Success”. Kelly highlighted fourteen tips for designers to keep in mind when approaching web redesigns. Kelly was by far one of the greatest speakers at the 2006 HOW Design Conference – I wanted to ensure […]

8. Innovation & creativity as drivers for design (HOW Design Conference)

   Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 | No Responses

   Andy Stefanovich, in charge of “What’s Next” at Play in Richmond, VA, in my opinion started the HOW design conference this year in Las Vegas, Nevada. He challenged everyone to ask, “What are you thinking about?” This is a question everyone should be asking themselves and those around them – it’s a unique and powerful […]