Philadelphia Web Design

Illustration Friday - Insect!

2006-03-07T12:16:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday - Tea!

2006-02-28T10:23:00.000-08:00

I decided I had to do another version because I'm sitting in a really long boring meeting right now.

Illustration Friday - Chair

2006-02-07T10:52:00.000-08:00

I know I'm bonkers but hay it's fun!

Illustration Friday - Blue!

2005-12-02T12:39:00.000-08:00

My friend Wade turned me on to this site called Illustration Friday where people from all over submit their illustrations based on an announced theme. I thought I'd give it a try and it turned out to be quite fun. It's been a while since I illustrated anything fun. Oh the theme this week is Blue.

Google Analytics

2005-11-23T05:15:00.000-08:00

I've been using Google's new offering Google Analytics for a little over a week now. Here are my first impressions. Although the interface is mostly solid, I find that in certain areas you can't get back without using the left navigation which brings you back more steps then you need. The presentaion in Google Analytics is it's strong point; A contemporary design with lots of colorful info-pron graphics . Overall it's an extremely powerful tool for people and small business that can't afford the expensive alterantives.

User Experience Design

2005-11-15T06:44:00.000-08:00

Interesting article on User Experience Design from semanticstudios.com. The article provides some really good information on evaluating the websites we design on how they stand up in terms of meeting their intended goals such as usabililty and some other factors you might not be aware of like credibility and whether the site is actually useful!

the Plough & the Stars

2005-11-15T06:32:00.000-08:00

I just completed a full overhall of the Plough & the Stars' website. That includes an all new PHP backend and a brand new look and feel for their website. The Plough is an Irish Pub and Restaurant located in Old City Philadelphia; they have great food, drinks and traditional live Irish music on Sundays.

New Advanced Photoshop Magazine

2005-11-07T05:52:00.000-08:00

I went to the bookstore this weekend and I picked up what appears to be a new design magazine focused on a more advanced look at Photoshop and it's tools. I'm impressed so far by the tutorials and other content but I am hesitant because these magazines can get cheesy very quickly. Also why are all these design mags based in the UK?

Publishing Company:
http://www.paragon.co.uk/

Happy Halloween!

2005-11-01T09:39:00.000-08:00

These are my two dogs Lefty and Marley. My wife decided Lefty should be a Ballerina for Halloween which is really quite amusing because he is over 90lbs!

Form Assembly!

2005-10-25T13:35:00.000-07:00

I love this site, you can use their engine to make custom forms which use a little AJAX and their custom style sheets. This tool saves me so much time when I'm creating forms for my client's websites. http://www.formassembly.com

Make sure you create a free account so you can save your forms for future use.

-enjoy

10.2

2005-10-25T13:28:00.000-07:00

This is Jarrod Ballou's site - 10.2
Another all Flash site but again the navigation is intuitive and clear. I like the use of vibrant colors with strong contrast. I would however like to see some more work in addition to the recent work on the right.

http://www.markamadio.com/

2005-10-25T12:39:00.000-07:00

I found mark's site through a google search. http://www.markamadio.com/

Although I'm not a big fan of an all Flash site, this one is done well with effective navigation and innovative graphics. One thing I would suggest is to make larger 'hit boxes' for the buttons i.e. 'services' etc.