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Average Cost

Posted By: Jessica on Feb 21st 2008 @ 4:39 pm

When researching the average cost of any creative work it can get a little overwhelming. Many things have to be taken into consideration, such as experience of the designer, quality of work, and the time spent. The areas that I researched were commercials, web design, logo design, and corporate identity. To make it easier to grasp I’ll break it down into the most common price ranges for each area.
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Ten key points to increase website traffic!

Posted By: Jessica on Feb 20th 2008 @ 4:56 pm

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Sharing Data: Becoming A Walk in the Park (API’s, RSS, Microformats)

Posted By: Derek on Aug 3rd 2007 @ 9:03 am

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One of my favorite web design blogs is ThinkVitamin and the headlining article is “Back to the Future of the Web”. It is a easy read where they asked 16 top web designers this question…

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Turn your website into a Successful Sales Tool

Posted By: Katie on Jul 13th 2007 @ 2:01 pm

In today’s marketplace, everybody has a Web site. Just having one, however, isn’t enough. Consider these tips and trends for making your Web site a successful one. Read the rest of this entry »

Web Domains: Tools To Use, Articles To Read

Posted By: Derek on Jun 29th 2007 @ 9:09 am

Smashing Magazine has this great article on domain related tools, articles and resources. A lot of what they link to for tools are pretty neat and helpful tools.

For Example…
Nameboy, which is a useful tool that takes two works and combines them in to different domain names and shows you which ones are free for .Com, .Net, .Org, .Info, .Biz, .Tv.

Domain Tools has a bunch of different tools. One tool that seems useful is the domain typo tool. It takes a domains and does some smart searches for common typos and give you a list of what people might type.

Read Web Domains: Tools To Use, Articles To Read @ Smashing Magazine

Bring Your Web Apps to the Desktop with Adobe AIR

Posted By: Derek on Jun 14th 2007 @ 9:03 am

AIRAdobe Apollo, now named Adobe AIR is allowing for web developers to use their existing skill set to roll out desktop apps for Windows and Mac OS X. This allows for bringing web apps to the desktop for on and offline use.
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25 Ways To Improve Your Site Today (Fadtastic)

Posted By: Derek on Jun 14th 2007 @ 8:27 am

FadtasticI came across this list of 25 different ways to improve your site on fadtastic.net. They cover Usability/Accessibility, Search Engine Optimisation - Seo, Design/Development Process, Content, and Off-Site. I think this works as some good guide lines to keep in mind.
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Google PageRank: What Do We Know About It? (Smashing Magazine)

Posted By: Derek on Jun 13th 2007 @ 1:38 pm

Smashing MagGoogle PageRank has been one of those things a lot of people will use as a guide to tell them how well their site is doing in search engine wise. It has always been pretty unclear about what the number really means.

Well Smashing Magazine just did a great article to clear the air. It is a massive article but is easy to read and well structured. I highly recommend the article.

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Being Online While Offline: Intro to Google Gears

Posted By: Derek on Jun 7th 2007 @ 10:15 am

Google CodeGoogle just announced a open source project called Gears. In a nut shell Gears is a browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality.
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What is AJAX?

Posted By: Derek on Jun 1st 2007 @ 12:50 pm

AJAXAJAX has been a buzz word in web development for some time now, but a lot of people don’t have a clear understanding of what it is. I’ll shed some light on the issue and break it down for you.


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