Macromedia Releases Studio 8

Version 8 Released 8/8. Get it? This may be the last Macromedia release before their products port over to Adobe. Get it while it’s fresh.

Browser Statistics

“What display resolution should I design my websites for?” This is the age old web design question. While many designers have left the old 800×600 standard behind and moved on to 1024×768 when considering the size of their websites, they should really consider their audience. Check out the stats at W3Schools and you’ll find that […]

depthCORE

There is some beautiful digital artwork on display at depthCORE. I love their tagline, “Digital to the Core.” The site is made up of “packs” – collections of artworks within the same theme. Truly creative work.

MAP

Beautifully designed site!

Mighty Mouse

Apple finally came out with a 2 button mouse! It’s about friggin’ time.

Top 10 Web Fads

CNET highlights the top 10 web fads over the past 10 years. How many of these do you remember? Read the article.

How to Create a Vodcast

Podcasts are so last month. If you want to get in on the hip trip, you’ll turn your attention (and camcorder) to vodcasts, Video-On-Demand-casts, that is. No, this isn’t stuff of the future. Read the tutorial at Playlist.

Ten Years That Changed the World

Wired has a series of fascinating articles that study the past, present, and future of the internet. The Past: In late 1994, Time magazine explained why the Internet would never go mainstream: “It was not designed for doing commerce, and it does not gracefully accommodate new arrivals.” The Present: In fewer than 4,000 days, we […]

PowerPoint to Flash

I’m often asked to convert PowerPoint presentations to Flash movies. While there are several third party applications that will do this, none truly meet my clients’ needs. These presentations need to behave exactly like a PowerPoint presentation. They must maintain all text and vector art. Most of the third party conversion utilities simply convert the […]

STACKOPOLIS

The most addictive game since Tetris! Check out this beautifully done Flash game by Bloc Media. You’ll have a hard time leaving, so consider yourself warned.