White Space: How to Get it ‘Right’

Posted by on Mar 24, 2009 in Design | No Comments
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Here is a great article on white space that comes from Five Simple Steps: A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web, written and published by Mark Boulton and rebublished on Think Vitamin. Some good points that are brought up in this article are the different meanings even with the same content and copy by …

12 Reasons to Use Twitter

Posted by on Mar 5, 2009 in Uncategorized | One Comment
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As of lately, I have been really into Twitter. It was an internal struggle deciding between Facebook and Twitter as to how much time to invest in each. I realize they have different purposes but there is a lot of overlapping. I started down the Facebook path but I always struggle with the “Friend” concept. …

Ignite Salt Lake

Posted by on Mar 3, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments

“Enlighten us, but make it quick” is the slogan of Ignite — a community event celebrating the passion and creativity of geek culture, sponsored by O’Reilly Media. Ignite events showcase a series of speakers who, in rapid succession, give five-minute talks on whatever ignites their passion. The format is half the fun with Ignite — speakers are allowed 20 …

Five Logo Design Tips

Posted by on Mar 2, 2009 in Design, Logos | No Comments

The logo is the visual heart of a brand. The most memorable quote that can also pass as the most important “tip” for logo design is attributed to Steven Gilliatt: “A logo should look just as good in 15-foot letters on top of company headquarters as it does one sixteenth of an inch tall on …