By aprilholle | new idea!, new technologies, speaker reviews, technology reviews, things to do
I had a GREAT TIME at the 2008 Phoenix BarCamp today! I was a little… OK maybe more like VERY nervous about having to stand up in front of people and tell them about things that I might have some expertise in. But once I saw that everyone else was just as informal, I got
Tags: barcamp, barcamp-Phoenix, being-open, building-great-teams, building-teams, business, business-communication, business-relationships, business_owner, business_owners, command-and-control, command-and-control-culture, common_sense_approach, communication, company-goals, company-values, company-vision, corporate-culture, corporate_environments, creative-culture, creative-teams, creatives, Derek-Neighbors, employee-investment, employee-moral, employee-values, enjoy-work, enjoying-work, Escape-from-Cubicle-Nation, fun-at-work, fun-work-environments, great-employees, Integrum-Technologies, interests, internal-communication, new idea!, new technologies, open_honest_communication, Pam-Slim, Pamela-Slim, personal-investments, personal-relationships, personal_investment, phoenix, Phoenix-BarCamp, phoenix-lifestyle, Phoenix-web-events, Refresh-Phoenix, speaker reviews, team-building, team-goals, team-management, team-work, technology reviews, technology-conference, things to do, true_interests, web-community, web-workshops, web_industry, web_professionals, web_workers, work-atmosphere, work-environment, working_environment
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By aprilholle | life news, new technologies, technology reviews, user experience
As an early Christmas gift to myself I went ahead and bought an iPhone. I’ve been debating for quite a while about plunking down the change for one, but eh, there just really isn’t a better phone out there right now, and there isn’t going to be for a while. So, why not. I LOVED
Tags: Apple, AT&T, cell-phone, cell-phone-coverage, Cingular, iPhone, iPhone-review, life news, More-bars-in-more-places, new technologies, technology reviews, user experience
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, art forms, flash, new technologies, project management, technology reviews, things to do, user experience, viral marketing
I just wanted to make sure you were invited to all the awesome web and design happenings this week in Phoenix! Tues, Dec 4th – Refresh Phoenix Refresh Phoenix meets every first Tuesday of the month to discuss current internet issues and trends. The topics range from becoming your own boss to css frameworks to
Tags: AIGA, AIGA-Arizona, aiga-art-auction, art forms, art-auction, artistic-expression, artistic-work, backend-technology, barcamp, barcamp-Phoenix, broad-technical-understanding, browser-type, business, client-relations, code-camp, compliant-web-design, content-management-systems, creative-teams, creatives, cross-browser, cross-browser-compliance, css, css-stylesheets, design, design-trends, dynamic-content, dynamic-website, flash, front-end-development, good-website-design, Inza-Coffee, Inza-Coffee-House, monorchid, new technologies, phoenix, phoenix-lifestyle, phoenix-web, Phoenix-web-events, print-and-web, project management, Refresh-Phoenix, Search-Engine-Optimization, standards-compliance, technology, technology reviews, technology-conference, things to do, uat, university_of_advancing_technology, usability, usable-design, user experience, video-blogging, viral marketing, web-community, web-design-communities, web-design-community, web-design-groups, web-event, web-events, web-groups, web-site-design, web-standard-groups, web-workshops, XHTML, XHTML/CSS
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By aprilholle | new technologies, technology reviews, things to do
Alright so what do all those geeks out there want? I’ve rounded up a sweet list of the things I have been hearing around the office… and around the web. For the Apple Geek: If they don’t already have one, I’d say the iPhone or the new Touch would be right down their alley.. For
Tags: Apple-Touch, BioShock, christmas, Christmas-gifts, cleaning-robot, computer-gifts, designer-gifts, designers, gadget-gifts, gadgets, gamer-gifts, gamers, gaming-console, geek, geek-gifts, geeky-gifts, gift-giving, gifts-for-gamers, gifts-for-geeks, gifts-for-nerds, giftts-for-designers, green-gifts, Halo-3, Helvetica, iPhone, iRobot, nerds, nerdy-gifts, new technologies, Orange-Box, robot, Roomba, Scooba, social-responcible-gifts, technology reviews, things to do, vaccum, Veer, Wii, Xbox-360, XO-Laptop
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By aprilholle | new technologies, speaker reviews, viral marketing
I keep forgetting my notebook at work, so eventually you’ll have some good quotes and stats to go along with this post, but I wanted to get it up here before the content became stale. I attended the Facebook Developers Garage in Phoenix, AZ on Wednesday. Overall it was extremely informative. We’ve been on a
Tags: chris-johnson, Dave-Morin, Facebook, Facebook-Applications, Facebook-Developers-Garage, facebook-platform, joel-neubeck, new technologies, personal-relationships, phoenix, phoenix-facebook-developers-garage, phoenix-lifestyle, Phoenix-web-events, redbull, Social-Networking, social-networks, speaker reviews, technology, technology-conference, Terralever, viral marketing, viral-activity, web-community, web-event
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By aprilholle | flash, general observation, new technologies, user experience
Call me a girl who loves money, but I think the security features in all the new American currency are fascinating. The different levels of complexity of design, the material the dollars are made out of, the metallic inks, the list goes on. Anyhow, I was reading The New Old Five Dollar Bill article over
Tags: A-Brief-Message, American-currency, currency-security, financial-security, five-dollar-bill, flash, flash-application, general observation, graphic-design, interactive-flash, money, money-design, new technologies, new-dollar-bills, security-features, usability, usable-design, user experience, user-friendly, ux, ux-design
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, new technologies, things to do, user experience, viral marketing
This is just a happy little reminder about the Phoenix Facebook Developers Garage event! What is a Facebook Developers Garage? It’s an opportunity for developers, marketers and any one else to learn more about Facebook, Facebook applications, marketing through Facebook applications, building applications and everything in between. Highlights of the event include a presentation by
Tags: advertising & marketing, Dave-Morin, Facebook, Facebook-Applications, Facebook-Developers-Garage, new technologies, Phoenix-web-events, Red-Bull, Social-Networking, things to do, user experience, viral marketing, web-event, XHTML/CSS
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, flash, new technologies
My sIFR 3.0 inline post was mentioned by Mark Wubben, in the TextDrive forums for sIFR yesterday, in response to Norman’s request for sIFR 3.0 in a list format for navigational use. I had a little time this morning, so I created an example of sIFR 3.0 used in a list as navigation. You can
Tags: flash, Mark-Wubben, new technologies, sIFR, sIFR-3.0, sifr-example, sIFR-hacks, sifr-in-list, sIFR-inline, sifr-navigation, TextDrive, XHTML/CSS
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, flash, new idea!, new technologies, technology reviews
Recently we’ve completed four sites for Civigroup Companies. Within those sites you’ll notice several instances of sIFR (flash replacement text) inline with content. This is no easy task for sIFR text. While trying to accomplish this feat of magic, I spent quite a bit of time researching different aspects of sIFR and how it works
Tags: browser-type, Cascading-Style-Sheets, cross-browser, cross-browser-compliance, css, css-file, css-stylesheets, flash, flash-text-replacement, IE-6-compliance, new idea!, new technologies, safari, safari-compliance, sIFR, sIFR-3.0, sIFR-hacks, sIFR-inline, style-sheets, stylesheet, stylesheets, technology reviews, typography, using-sIFR, XHTML/CSS
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By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, new technologies, things to do
What is a Facebook Developers Garage? It’s an opportunity for developers, marketers and any one else to learn more about Facebook, Facebook applications, marketing through Facebook applications, building applications and everything in between. Highlights of the event include a presentation by Dave Morin of Facebook on Platform and a detailed look at the evolution of
Tags: advertising & marketing, Facebook, Facebook-Applications, Facebook-Developers-Garage, new technologies, Phoenix-web-events, Red-Bull, Social-Networking, things to do, web-event
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