Monthly Archives: September 2011

Google+ For Anyone But Google Apps Users

After 12 weeks into its field trial, Google announced Tuesday that anyone can sign up for Google+, no invitation required. It also unveiled a slew of new features, such as search and mobile hangouts (Giddy up on the iOS app update, please!). In addition, Google Hangouts received a major boost with screen-sharing, sharing sketchpads, Google [...]

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Vinyl vs. Hand-Painted Advertisements

As a painter and graphic designer, it’s often that I feel the need to mix my fine art talents with my digital skills. It’s one of those things that when combined appropriately, can create a masterpiece of design. My tendency as a painter is to use wide color palettes and heavy brush strokes to express [...]

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Web Adventures in Busytown

The web works a little like Richard Scarry’s Busytown.  The pretty and cleanly designed search engine pages are a simple interface, but behind the scenes is a realm of organized chaos helping direct you to results relevant to your needs. Often people believe that Google is the builder of this Busytown, when in reality, users control [...]

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A Parking Lot of Links

Have you ever driven to a restaurant that looked good at first glance, but continued driving when you noticed that the parking lot was nearly empty only to later pull into the crowded parking lot of the establishment down the street? Logically the empty, no wait restaurant stands out as the best bet, but emotionally [...]

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