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Lunascape 5 Genisis. Yep, It’s a Browser!

Jim Creech — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:00:39 +0000

OK, who here enjoys developing for all the browsers out there? Especially CSS and IE6! What a match made in heaven. I’ve been developing now for almost 12 years and nothing has ever irritated me more than having to develop for so many browsing platforms.(...)
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Information Architecture And You

Jim Creech — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:00:13 +0000

Information Architecture (IA) is defined as…

“The art and science of organizing and labeling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability.“

On the web, information is exponentially growing at a pace that is almost impossible to keep up with. Companies these days need personnel and proven architectures in place to get their message out to the minions of prosumers in a highly efficient manner.

Notice I said prosumer instead of consumer. Applications are becoming so robust and complex that users demand total access and they want to take a much more proactive role in the development of something rather than just reading and/or making a simple purchase. With the continued development of blogs, wikis, forums, social networks, etc., it’s very apparent we are all ravenous for information and want more when it comes to being online.(...)
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Kuler It Up!

Jim Creech — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:00:44 +0000

As I’ve been going through this blog, I noticed that there isn’t anything on Adobe’s color theme creator Kuler.

Kuler is a free online repository of nothing but color palettes and themes created by developers and users for a wide variety of applications based on rules of color theory. It has an established community sharing color palettes and you can create a theme for anything online or out in the real world.(...)
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Ecommerce + Magento = Growth!

Jim Creech — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:00:23 +0000

If you’re like me, the task of developing an ecommerce site usually begins with a shot, Tylenol and a new keyboard. However, an open source architecture called Magento is making a few developers turn their heads. And, with 500,000+ downloads, there must be something to the buzz Varien is creating.

This store is everything and the kitchen sink. Its feature list and roadmap are comprehensive, It’s a great CMS, their forums are a good source of support, there is a ton of documentation and the Magento Connect utility makes it easy to do upgrades and install plugins. However, if you are really going to take it to the next level, you’d better understand a few things and realize the learning curve that goes along with its customization.(...)
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