Archive for February, 2009

  • February 26, 2009

    Why I link to my competitors

    On our Apollo Creed Travels site, we link to some of our local competitors. Why do we do this? You may at first think it’s a horrible idea to link to your competitors. Well, we see it a bit differently. We’ve built so many websites over the years, that we feel we’ve got a pretty [...]

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  • February 25, 2009
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    Gmail troubles? Calm down, have some dip.

    I heard lots of people complaining about recent Gmail issues over IMAP. I mostly use my gmail account as an archive, so all my emails end up in there. It works really well, for me at least. But there’s an issue today, where I can’t seem to move my messages into the All Mail (archive) [...]

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  • February 13, 2009
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    Site launch: Apollo Creed Travels

    Now here’s an interesting site of ours. It’s a toy doll who enjoys traveling and getting into all sorts of adventures. We’ve redesigned the site to be a whole lot more usable than the previous one. Jim made an awesome design, almost entirely from scratch. I think he only used a few real images; the [...]

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  • February 11, 2009

    A preview of my new site design

    I’ve been running this current theme for far too long. It’s crappy, old, and most likely consistently broken. But my brother threw together a fantastic wrapper for me, so I’ve been fleshing out the mockups like mad crazy. It shouldn’t be more than a week or two until I get it tested in prototype, then [...]

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  • February 11, 2009

    My song in Twestival’s iPledge streaming video

    I remember when I did that song… it was around 2004, I think. It was originally made for a streaming video for a friend, but he never used it. Well, the guys over at Asheville Twestival used it for their streaming video on pledging for clean water. Cool. Thanks for the credit, guys. Glad I [...]

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  • February 11, 2009

    The truth on corporate websites

    Paul Boag has published a great article over at Smashing Magazine pointing out 10 harsh truths on corporate websites. This is a good read, 100% accurate, and it’s a must-read for any corporation having or in need of a web presence.

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  • February 7, 2009

    Asheville Twestival 2009

    Heard of this Twestival thing yet? Well, it’s a charity fundraiser to help supply some clean water for those who can’t get clean water. Remember Marty McFly’s glass of water from Back to the Future 3? Yeah, there are still plenty of people in this world drinking from Marty’s glass. More info is available over [...]

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  • February 6, 2009
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    Internet Explorer 6, I’ve got your number

    Don’t you love when all your IE6 preventative measures actually come to fruition? You know, after you’ve spent days and days tweaking CSS and HTML, and you finally decide to risk looking at in IE6. And when you do look at it, it’s identical to your normal browser? Don’t you just love that? Of course, [...]

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