Archive for the 'Web Design' Category

July
27th 2008
Keywords, Meta Tags and Trademarks

Posted under Client Relations & Copyright & Intellectual Property & Legal Issues & Trademarks & Web Design

legal1 Keywords, Meta Tags and Trademarks The article “Keywords, Meta Tags and Trademarks” is one we all as creative professionals should take to heart. Many creative professionals add meta tags in websites unbeknownst to them that they are possibly committing trademark infringement. Attorney Ivan Hoffman’s article poses to shed some light into trademark infringement in regards to web development.

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July
15th 2008
The Castle Still Stands!

Posted under Blogging & Client Relations & Death & Friendship & Web Design

logo-thumb The Castle Still Stands!Over the last few weeks I’ve received a surge of visitors leaving  comments on my Death of a Client post.

Castle of Spirits is such an integral part of many peoples lives. When the website stopped being updated regularly fans became concerned. After a few Google searches the COS visitors stumbled across my post.

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June
8th 2008
Inspiration vs. Infringement: When Designers Go Too Far

Posted under Copyright & Ethics & Freelance & Intellectual Property & Morals & Web Design

Photo by Elena777As a creative I often scour the Internet looking for inspiration for my own creative endeavors. It seems there are inspirational websites popping up everywhere you look.

There are websites to showcase beautiful CSS design, websites to assist with developing color pallets, and stock image websites to drool over gorgeous photography.

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May
27th 2008
The Death of a Client

Posted under Client Relations & Death & Friendship & Web Design

Rowena Gilbert - Owner and Founder of AGHS & Castle of Spirits

Like many people I adore watching television shows about ghosts and paranormal such as Ghost Hunters on The Sci-Fi Channel. There is just something about the unknown that really manages to draw in people from all walks of life.

Believing in ghosts, life after death or paranormal activity  is a personal choice and not one that I’m going to try to persuade otherwise. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs.

Because I do believe that some spirits stay behind after death, whether willingly or not, I was extremely excited to be hired by one particular lady.

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May
12th 2008
Oy Vey! What a Cockamamie Professor!

Posted under Art Institute & Higher Education & Professors & Web Design

I swear, for such a “prestigious” institute of higher learning the Art Institute of Pittsburgh sure hires inadequate professors. It seems like every other instructor I get is either incompetent in their field, dang near an absentee instructor, or both!

For those of you who do not know me personally, I’m receiving my B.S. in Interactive Media and Web Design and will soon be receiving my M.S. in Educational Technology. I have been designing and developing websites professionally for a few years now and love, almost, every minute of it. I also privately tutor a few adults in web design for a nominal fee. So, as anyone can see, I’m quite experienced in web design!

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April
1st 2008
Hello world, my blog will be online soon!

Posted under Blogging & Web Design & Wordpress

Just an update to let you all know that I am just designing the front-end of my blog.

Hopefully I’ll have that up and running here shortly.

I have a post or two I’m working on as well.

Stay tuned!

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