New Business Card

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February 22nd, 2010

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I decided to do some work on my old business card, this involved throwing the old out and starting again.

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Vancouver Olympics 2010

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February 16th, 2010

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I’ve been hanging out to watch the winter Olympics for a while now, because you see, I love the snow.  I spent sometime in New Zealand a few years ago, and visited snow for the first time, and completely loved it.

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Above the Fold

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January 26th, 2010

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Above the fold refers to the area of a web page that is viewable without scrolling, alternatively but far less frequently called ‘above the scroll’.

It’s an important aspect of a web site design, since people will have judged your site in the first few seconds of being there, so you want to make sure that whatever you display in this area will immediately catch your audiences attention.

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Website Hotspots/Heatmap

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January 21st, 2010

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Not to be confused with image hotspots, or wifi hotspots.  This form of hotspots is used for keeping a track of what your sites visitors are looking at.

Most people when reading through a website will be using their mouse to guide their eyes, it means they will be ready to click through on a link, or take action straight away when they need to.

As such, we can track what people look at, and better understand our website, like where things should be placed if we want to give them more attention.

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Web Font Standards

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January 2nd, 2010

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What are the best practices when it comes to web font?

When it comes to print, like newspapers and magazines, these have already set standards, depending on the audience.  They know what font works best, the sizing and colours that capture attention, and leading lines.

But what about the web, since it often needs to perform the same task as print?

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Fishing in Stormy Weather

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December 12th, 2009

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Last night, myself and a few friends went out fishing from the shore, we had to travel a little way to get to our destination, we had all the supplies we needed to survive the next couple of grueling hours, chips, beer, and fishing gear.

Fishing Spot - Crab Creek

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My New Design and Blog

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December 10th, 2009

Well this is it, my new website.  Prior to this I simply had a static website, I found that I wasn’t inspired to add new content, or make changes, I really want a website that will slowly evolve as time goes on.

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