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What is a Feed? RSS? Subscribe?

  • 19 May, 2006

What is a feed? A feed is a web document that usually ends in .xml or .rss and it is a slimed down version of a website that is created to be easily syndicated. It may be represented by an orange icon.  What does it cost? $0 – It’s free. What is a feed reader? […]

I’m a 2006 WebAward Judge

  • 5 May, 2006

I’m very excited to have been picked as a judge in the 2006 WebAward Competition! Sites from all over the world will compete for a WebAward in 96 different industries. They will be judged on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Everyone from Disney employees to to Microsoft folks have […]

IE: Flash and ActiveX Stopped

  • 28 Apr, 2006

I read an interesting article on SEOMoz today about how IE got sued and now all IE users must hop though a few hops before viewing any Flash or ActiveX content on the web. …anyone using Internet Explorer now has to “activate” any flash or active-x element related to their website (EOLAS 521 millions lawsuit […]

Google Calendar Is Available

  • 13 Apr, 2006

Google Calendar is out and I’ve only played with a it a few minutes but it looks cool! I was going to complain about a few missing pieces like syncing and sharing with a specific group of people, but those features do seem to be there. It’ll take some digging to find all the features, […]

Dreamweaver Replacement on the Mac?

  • 6 Mar, 2006

I’m looking for a replacement for Dreamweaver on my new iMac. I like Dreamweaver but it seems to complex (and expensive) for what I need. What I’d like in a new app is code completion and code preview abilities. Granted, I know that’s not always available. Built in FTP would be good too but not […]

Fix: Flash vs CSS Drop Down Menus

  • 2 Mar, 2006

If you’ve ever used CSS drop down menus and Flash on the same web page, you may have found out that Flash is always on top of the CSS. Well almost always, there is a fix! Macromedia has a good tutorial on how to make a Flash movie with a transparent background. It’s quite easy […]

Google Adult Pages?

  • 25 Feb, 2006

I logged into my GooglePages account this morning to see if there were any stats. None that I could find. But I did find the option to mark my Google site as an adult site. I find it interesting that Google allows people to create adult content with their GooglePages tool. I don’t quite understand […]

Free Google Web Site

  • 23 Feb, 2006

Google has now started offering free web sites. That’s right, with the Google Page Creator they have a WYSIWYG HTML editor, pre-defined designs and one nice, easy to use system. I played with it for five minutes or so this morning and you can see my page: TwisterMc’s Googlie Home Page. I even looked at […]

Web Design vs SEO

  • 17 Jan, 2006

There seems to be a discussion going on about web design vs SEO. Why is it that web designers and SEO don’t go together? Well, it’s two different fields that have be separate for so long, but now have to act as one. And no one is willing to change or take the time to […]

Design Update 2006

  • 2 Jan, 2006

Hey Hey Hey! I’ve updated a few things on my site to modify the design. What do you think? The number of changes are quite minor but but I think they bring a big impact. Now I haven’t looked on all machines and all browsers, so there may be minor issues. Just let me know. […]