Archive for the ‘Web/Tech’ Category

Countdown to MacWorld

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Yes, this old gal is heading to MacWorld for the first time, and am I ever ready to take it all in!
Pal Karin (aka the Wild Woman of Wild Woman Design) and I are meeting up in San Francisco to see what’s new and for a thorough meander of the exhibits. Karin has a goal [...]

Technology Contest #4:Technology Reenvisioned

Friday, November 9th, 2007

As one who builds and manages websites for clients, I am at home with many web technologies. These I respect for their role in enhancing communication.
Beyond the internet, where I work, there are simply so many other applications of existing technologies I barely understand. Yesterday I read about an example of one of these that [...]

Blogging While Traveling out of the Country

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Ok, I’m not that far from home, but am writing this in Mexico (Puerto Peñaco, Sonora). While being a virtual worker and working while mobile and away from the office is something I’ve mentioned before, this is different, for me at least.
Puerto Peñasco is experiencing tremendous growth and the number of WIFI spots has [...]

Technology Recycling Contest #3: Pick Your Issue and Drive it Home

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I find I am concerned enough to write about a number of environmental issues (making home/office greener, harvesting rainwater, and finding safe disposal options for fluorescent lightbulbs, for example), but perhaps NOT concerned enough to actually do more than blog about them, run occasional technology recycling contests, and write letters to my elected [...]

Is Original Web Design a Dying Art?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I’m slotted as a guest speaker for class of college of students enrolled in a web design course today, and in preparation I found myself listing all the ways the process has changed since I built my first site back in 1994.
With all the options in Content Management, using WordPress AS your website, and [...]

Website Backgrounds

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

As a followup to the last post here (the group-generated blog tips meme), I just found a great list of sites offering lovely patterns and backgrounds, thanks to Char who compiled it at Essential Keystrokes.
It used to be that web designers created these from scratch for every new custom web project. Either that, or [...]