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Homepage Elements of SaaS Websites

July 21, 2010

I was hired to design a homepage of a SaaS (software as a service) website, so I examined 10 of the more popular sites that came to mind. In this research exercise I screen grabbed 10 websites, uploaded them to my Flickr account, drew a note box around each element and defined it.

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Tools and Services for Gaining Inbound Links

December 11, 2009

While doing some research on methods to obtain inbound links, here are some key takeaways from my notes.

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How to Make a Curser Pointer in Photoshop in under 30 Seconds

October 14, 2009

It will look like this Use the Photoshop line tool. Use these settings Draw a very short line at about 11 o’clock. Add a Layer Style with these settings

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WordPress Themes for Real Estate Agents

September 24, 2009

I’ve been building websites since the dot come bubble. I’ve also been designing websites for the real estate industry fore a few years now. After seeing success rates of many website tools out there I can say WordPress has been a life saver for me and my clients. Using WordPress for real estate clients is [...]

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Search Engine Rank Checking Programs

September 20, 2009

Research findings from needing to automatically check the rank of several websites. There are many SEO tools that do several SEO related tasks. I needed a program that would check several site’s ranking on specific keywords automatically. I could not find an app that just checked rankings. I found several programs that had a ranking [...]

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Photos of My Favorite Swimming Holes

August 16, 2009

I’m starting a set of photos of my favorite swimming holes in central Texas. Check out these really big photos I’ve taken. You can get the high res images at my Flickr account under Swimming Holes. I have them licensed under Creative Commons as Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative. So you can have them. You just can’t modify [...]

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Grand Canyon

May 26, 2009
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Eeyore’s Birthday 2009

April 27, 2009
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Peelander-Z

March 22, 2009

These guys are nuts. They dreased up like superheros, passing their  insterments to audiacne members, running out and playing in the middle of the street. I caught a random show at SXSW and had to go track them down again with my camera this time.

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Yelapa 2009

February 22, 2009

My good friends, the Bramwells, have a place in an undiscovered Mexico tropical paradise. Yelapa is a bay south of Puerto Vallarta and accessible only by boat. With not cars, a beautiful beach, great food, friendly locals and all the cheap beer you can drink, this is an ultimate get away. A couple of my [...]

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