May 6, 2008 at 8:16 am · Filed under Industry Notes, Web
The Webby Awards is an international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences since 1996. There is also a second set of awards called the People’s Voice Awards for the same categories which are given by popular vote.
The Webby Awards push developers to strive to create better working, more creative, and highly accessible websites. They are an important force and the web, and the awards is simply the best collection of web sites on the internet.
Take a look at what your site could be doing
April 4, 2008 at 1:23 pm · Filed under Industry Notes, Web, IT
The world wasn’t built in a day. And neither was your website. In fact, if it was done well, it should have take a fair bit longer than that.And in the middle of it, ie6 caused a problem with display and function. SaveTheDevelopers current campaign focuses on assisting users in upgrading their Internet Explorer 6 web browser. This campaign will result in former IE 6 users having a more enjoyable experience on the web while (hopefully) creating a less stressful and complicated environment for web developers by hastening the retirement of an outdated browser.
March 9, 2008 at 7:58 pm · Filed under Web / Programs, Layout
Completed under a tight deadline for an art exhibit, the site is minimal in code but served the clients purpose of having a full portfolio available in 3 weeks to reflect existing branding. We hit the time target, and he happily handed out business cards directing potential clients to his new promotional site.
http://www.jeremygcox.com
March 9, 2008 at 7:47 pm · Filed under Web / Programs, Layout
Toronto Mastering Studios, or Lacquer Channel Mastering, is a professional studio in Toronto, ON offering services in Audio Mastering and Lacquering. Their site was built to allow editing via a secure back end panel. Designed by Noah Mintz of Lacquer Channel, The Variables Company took their ideas and converted them into a web compliant site layout.
Visit site: http://www.lacquerchannel.com/
November 7, 2007 at 8:08 am · Filed under Web 2.0, Industry Notes, Web
Yesterday I posted about about OpenSocial, which is a new universal Google API that when implemented allows API development that work within it’s framework. Today Facebook announced a new advertising solution based on this model:
What is changing:
You now have a way to connect with products, businesses, bands, celebrities and more on Facebook.
Ads should be getting more relevant and more meaningful to you.
You now have the option to share actions you take on other sites with your friends on Facebook.
Read the full Facebook article here: http://blog.facebook.com/?ref=nf
Here’s more about OpenSocial: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/
November 6, 2007 at 7:50 am · Filed under Web / Programs, Web 2.0, Industry Notes, Web, Culture
In my mind, the world syncs up. Or at least, in a the perfect world in my head, humankind would have the ability to sync up useful applications with their lifestyle. As a habit, I buxfer my financial transactions, scrobble the music that I am listening to, stumble my bookmarks and facebook my face, all through the safety of my personally accessorized NetVibes portal.
When words become concatenated on the web, be prepared for a new buzzword. Today’s new buzzword is OpenSocial. OpenSocial is a new universal Google API that when implemented allows API development that work within it’s framework.
Many sites, one API
Common APIs mean you have less to learn to build for multiple websites. OpenSocial is currently being developed by Google in conjunction with members of the web community. The ultimate goal is for any social website to be able to implement the APIs and host 3rd party social applications. There are many websites implementing OpenSocial, including Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.
In order for developers to get started immediately, Orkut has opened a limited sandbox that you can use to start building apps using the OpenSocial APIs.
October 29, 2007 at 1:26 pm · Filed under Design
If you’ve ever thought that hot colours just happen by the fate of collective subconscious, it may be slightly disturbing to know that Pantone, which is basically the company that has set the standards for colours and inks across many print/paint mediums is actually the same company that releases ‘hot colors’ per season. Have you noticed an awful lot of purple this season? To be more exact, have you noticed an aweful lot of PANTONE 18-2929 Purple Wine? Pantone has released it’s official 2007 Fall Fashion report, outlining 10 hot seasonal colours, as well, what to accent them with.
View the PDF
October 4, 2007 at 8:14 am · Filed under Web / Programs, Industry Notes, IT
Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!
Download and install the program, and once it’s running, hit alt+space and type in something like photoshop, and it will call up the program for you to launch.
August 22, 2007 at 7:59 am · Filed under Web 2.0, Training
Want to build a dynamic, database driven website from the ground up? Don’t know jack about coding? Where does one being? Recently, Meaghan from The Variables Company put together a 2-hour crash course curriculum aimed to teach new/never programmers how to set up, install, and edit content and themes of one of the easiest web-softwares there is, WordPress Blog Software. This site is a good example of how crisp the software works, and can look.
During this 2-hour course, a semi-tech literate member of OPSEU 599 and I were able to set up a blog, add static pages for pertinent content, learn how to post content and add images, plus learned how to moderate comments from users. The feedback from was immediate and positive. Please inquire about crash course tutorials in with any media software.
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