Case Study
Rock Promo Flyer – Shameless
This was created to promote a series on freedom from shame and guilt for The Rock; a ministry aimed at college students and 20-somethings in Ames, IA and Iowa State University.
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Written Observations
Explorations into theology, technology, leadership, and culture.
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Essay
Exactly WHY are Frames bad?
I was recently asked why exactly it is that one should not use a frameset for a Web site. A frames based page is something I’ve always sort of recognized as a bad thing, but have never had to verbalize or support objectively before; until now.
Tutorial
Improving Link Display for Print
Print style sheets are a very handy (and becoming a necessary) part of content-driven CSS based sites. One never-quite-perfect aspect of print style sheets has been displaying link URLs in the print version. The current method is to use a little CSS/DOM trickery to place the URL after the linked text within the document. This […]
Recommendation
Another Great Color Scheme Generator
An updated color scheme generator from WellStyled Color Scheme Generator 2
Reflection
Hurricane Relief: Web Development
I just got back from spending the last several days in Shreveport, LA. I took a team of 13 volunteers from our church down to assist in whatever way we could. We ended up working at the Red Cross shelter at Hirsch Coliseum. You can read about the experience at my personal blog. My contribution […]
Commentary
FEMA in violation of Federal Law
Attention, FEMA. You are in violation of Federal Law. This violation has the potential of hindering many people from being able to recover from the ill effects of hurricane Katrina. Your Web site fails to comply with Section 508. This non-compliance prevents those with certain disabilities from accessing the information on your Web site. Section […]
Quick Take
A List Apart redesigns
A List Apart has gotten a ground-up rehaul. Everything except for the most important thing: it’s amazing content. Bravo, A List Apart. Thunderous applause from the stands.
Recommendation
Color Schemer Online
A handy little tool for helping you come up with a good color scheme. Color Schemer Online (free version)
Commentary
Survey on Web site appearance: Gender differences in preference
An interesting survey was done at a University in Wales recently: Web site’s appearance matters (from CNN news) In a recent study at Glamorgan University Business School in Wales, test subjects rated the personal Web pages of 60 people for usability and aesthetics. Not surprisingly, male subjects tended to assign higher ratings to pages designed […]
Case Study
Philly Emergent Cohort Blog
My task here was to design a quick and dirty WordPress Theme for Todd Hiestand. It made me fall in love with WordPress’s theme system.
Recommendation
Dreamhost. Lives up to it’s name.
*these stats have been severly upgraded. Check out their site to see the most recent deal.* Got Web Hosting? Dreamhost is a sweet hosting company. And they have an amazing deal on until the end of this month. For $10/month ($8 if you pay two years in advance) I get the following: *2.4gig storage (increases […]
Reflection
New Hobby: Server Administration
I work with several very good server admins who let me play on their hardware for very little money. I am very grateful for them and owe them both a debt of gratitude (as well as some money to help them upgrade their setups). Thanks Russ (that is: Wombat) and Mike (Konsole), and special props […]