Author Archives: mindvamp
eLearning Yearning
It has been a while friends. And it is good to see you here reading. Life has an interesting way to mangling one’s carefully crafted and organized schedule, and I am certainly no exception to this rule! This is not … Continue reading
Designer No-Nos: 5 Rules Web Designers Shouldn’t Break
While I’ve always been in agreement with the notion that outstanding design is not created by following “the rules”, there are a few rules of design that are there for a reason, and simply should not be broken. In no … Continue reading
Bathroom Blunders: Shitty Design At Its Finest
The concepts of good and bad design are not limited to a mode of communication, or particular medium. Rather they stand alone, each as pillars to their respective polar sides of good taste. ‘Shitty design’ is no different! So moved … Continue reading
Assembly Committee Consider CalChamber-Supported Flex Work Schedule Bill Today
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill that allows an employee to voluntarily request a flexible work schedule, with an opportunity to work 4/10 hour workdays without the employer incurring overtime will be heard in the Assembly Labor and … Continue reading
Downwurd
Ours is a world where growing innovations promote shrinking attention spans; where – all too often – the cure is dreadfully worse than the condition, and where as a result, attorneys will offer you a free consultation to discuss the … Continue reading
‘Forget Me Not’ Friday
Happy Friday! Yes, it has been a while indeed… my apologies for that, friends. At the risk of turning explanation into excuse, I’ll just say that my world has been upside down as of late and leave it at that. On the work-front much … Continue reading
2013 Miles to Graceland
Another notch on the belt, another ring around the tree… whatever your cliché of choice may be, the fact remains that a new year is again upon us. It is the time when resolutionites resolve to change their wicked ways… … Continue reading
Thanks for Giving
Being ‘that’ time of year, I thought it appropriate to ramble at the table a bit, and give thanks to those things that have truly enhanced and/or contributed to my career in web development; my own techno-turkey celebration if you … Continue reading
Web Development: Sites vs. Apps (introduction)
The line in the sand that has been drawn through the center of ‘web development’ deepens with each and every web-based application project; a skill set ravine that marks the delineation between web ‘sites’ and ‘applications’. As more and more users find themselves … Continue reading
PicManips: Amazing PSD Manipulations
Just a small sample of some of my favorite Photoshop manipulations… amazing works indeed.