By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, new idea!, seo, speaker reviews, things to do, viral marketing
So I got to sit down with Brian Shaler yesterday during the Phoenix BarCamp and really pick his brain regarding his recent boost in popularity on the net. I’ve been on a big personal branding kick and I’m trying to talk to anyone who’s someone to ask them how they “did it”. Not necessarily to
Tags: advertising & marketing, applications, April-Holle, artistic-expression, artistic-work, barcamp, barcamp-Phoenix, brand-identity, branding, Brian-Shaler, business, business-communication, Chuck-Reynolds, communication, Crappy-Graphs, created-in-flash, digg, Google, google-results, inspiration, interactive-flash, interests, internet-stars, loyalty-programs, new idea!, personal-brand, personal-branding, personal-experiment, personal-photography, personal-relationships, personal_investment, phoenix-lifestyle, phoenix-web, Phoenix-web-events, rebranding, Search-Engine-Optimization, search-term, seo, ShalerJump, Social-Networking, social-networks, speaker reviews, StumbleUpon, things to do, Twitter, user-interaction, video-blogging, viral marketing, viral-activity, viral-video, viral-videos, web-broadcast, web-community, web-design-communities, web-design-community, web-design-groups, web-event, web-events, web-groups, web-industry, web-video, web-workshops, web_professionals, web_workers
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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 | new idea!, speaker reviews, things to do
Alright so at this point everyone has read the 2007 Web Design Survey at A List Apart. If you haven’t, you should… really. This is the first time we’ve ever had a survey for the web industry alone, and while it’s not necessarily scientific, it is a good sampling of the community, nearly 33,000 web
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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 | things to do
Celebrate web standards by donning a blue beanie Monday, November 25 and while you’re at it, take a picture and post it to the flickr group. This event was brainstormed by Facebook group formed around Designing With Web Standards. The book was written by Jeffrey Zeldman who is well known for his and talks around
Tags: Blue-Beanie-Day, compliant-web-design, cross-browser, cross-browser-compliance, designing-websites, Designing-with-Web-Standards, experience-design, Facebook, Facebook-groups, Flickr, Flickr-group, good-website-design, great-websites, IE-6-compliance, Jeffrey-Zeldman, quality-assurance, safari-compliance, Social-Networking, social-networks, South-by-Southwest, standards-compliance, standards-compliant, things to do, usability, usable-design, user experience, user-friendly, user-interaction, ux, ux-design, web-community, Web-Design, web-design-communities, web-design-community, web-design-groups, web-event, web-events, web-groups, web-site-design, web-standard-groups, web-standards
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By aprilholle | art forms, things to do
Check out the SWEET holiday sale over at Threadless.com. Sweet, designer tee shirts for $10??!! SCORE!
Tags: American-holidays, art forms, artistic-expression, artistic-work, cool-clothes, creative-competitions, creative-links, creatives, design, design-battles, design-trends, designer-tee-shirts, funky-design, holiday-shopping, t-shirts, tee-shirts, tees, things to do, Threadless
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By aprilholle | art forms, things to do
What do goblins, witches and beasties do after Halloween? Why they get jobs of course! Come check out the third book release from Steam Crow Press, After Halloween: An Alphabet Book at Red Hot Robot this Friday. I’ve been a fan of Daniel Davis’ work since I first met him at Refresh Phoenix. When we
Tags: After-Halloween, art forms, Caught-Creatures, childrens-books, Daniel-Davis, illustration, illustrators, Klawberry, phoenix, plushie, Red-Hot-Robot, Refresh-Phoenix, spooky-cartoons, Steam-Crow, Steam-Crow-Press, things to do, web-community
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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
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, technology reviews, things to do
Come on over to Inza Coffee House tomorrow night to join me and the crew of Refresh Phoenix as we discuss Blueprint CSS. Blueprint is a CSS framework by Olav Bjorkoy, which “aims to cut down on your CSS development time.” Matt Heidemann & Matt Gist from Integrum Technologies will talk about their recent work
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