Over the last 2 weeks our lives have been turned upside down. We lost 2 of our precious 5 month old puppies, Cisco on October 9th and Yogi on October 11th. Sadly our other 2 puppies began showing signs of Parvo and so I placed Pixie into the Parvo hospital. Shortly afterward Moxie started showing signs of Parvo so I started researching homeopathic methods after spending a fortune at the vet already.  Below you’ll find remedies and recipes that saved my Moxie. I hope they’ll help your Parvo puppies.

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It’s been quite some time since I’ve written a blog post and I do apologize. I’ve been on a very much needed sabbatical for a few months. Those of you who know me personally know that I’ve never before taken a break such as this pretty much ever.

I’ve gone straight from high school to one college degree to yet another without any period of rest. All the while I’ve been in college I’ve worked as an award winning web & graphic designer along with my work with an Internet start-up, Envato. This of course added to my stress and increased my need for rest.

My time of rest is ending and I’ll soon be writing more blog entries and will begin taking on more client work. Thanks for your continued support and please subscribe to my RSS Feed for updates.

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Well, I got the much desired Apple iPhone the other day and have been thoroghly enjoying exploring every inch. As a phone the reception is crystal clear and has surprisignly long battery life considering what all the iPhone can accomplish.
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My wonderfully talented graphic artist of a cousin, Denny, referred a co-worker to me for redesigning her website. Denny is a graphic designer for H Texas Magazine. A coworker of his, Jo Barrett, desperately needed a redesign of her current website for the launch of her third book.

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Many creative professionals are aware that we must protect ourselves by contracts and by being copyright conscientious. However, few are aware that aspects of their creative business may be warranted trade secret protection. Dr. David Himelstein states in his website, “[t]rade secret law can be used effectively to protect web sites and computer software.” (Himelstein, 2006) It is not advised to rely purely on trade secret protection though; websites and software would benefit best from copyright protection and patents in conjunction to trade secret.

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Learning Styles: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners

Most people fall into one of three categories of learning styles: visual learning, auditory learning, or kinesthetic learning. There are few people who fall into more than one style of learning. When designing for a product it is important to do as best as possible to include items to appeal to all three learning styles.

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Last time I discussed the steps and considerations you should take when designing a user interface. A lot of people, designers especially, do not realize that you need to take special consideration when designing for children.

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Designing the user interface should be the most important part of a designers’ job. The interface is what bridges the user to the computer. It acts as an information portal where the user will obtain and process data into information. The interface is where information design actually exists in tangible form. The tangible form is where the look and feel of the program comes into play.

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Last week I mentioned how smart J.K. Rowling was for not signing the rights to her Harry Potter franchise away. By not signing her rights away she has become one of the most famous rags to riches success stories to date. Ms. Rowling went from living in her car with her children to being the most successful children’s literary authors in the world. The billionaire author is a role model for new writers everywhere and a household name for millions of families.

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In the Media Law course I assist the students were given a real world type scenario and were told to give their opinion on what the designer in the scenario should and shouldn’t do.

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