It’s been some time since my last post. My apologies – I have been sucked into the Twitter vortex which I find fascinating to be honest. I mean, whodda thunk that 140 characters could reveal so many brand insights! But that’s a different post altogether. Today I’m sharing some tips that I learned from Todd […]
Category: Tips
Basics of Trademarks
This is a good post on the basics of trademarks by Linda Joy Kattwinkel (via AIGA CPM). There is a marked difference between copyrights and trademarks, and all designers should be well aware of the implications of each. From the article: “Unlike copyright, ownership of a trademark is not about who created the mark. Trademark […]
Favorite iPhone Apps
I’m always surfing Apple’s AppStore looking for new (and useful) apps for my trusty iPhone. I have to say that I haven’t been terribly impressed with the current offerings at the AppStore, and I’m sure a lot of that has to do with the steep learning curve of developing a decent app. Not to mention […]
You’re Fired! When to fire your clients.
I have worked in many different places in many different capacities, including owning my own business for a brief stint. I know first-hand the problems with keeping a bad client – regardless of how much value you believe they are bringing to your company. I have worked at places where we have lost several of […]
AS3 Tip: Access variable of parent
Quick AS3 tip that may be self-explanatory to most of you out there, yet stumped me for a while. In AS2, if you set a variable on your main timeline and wanted to access it from inside a movieclip, all you would need to do is call it by name. AS2 would then proceed up […]
Quick AS3 Tips
As mentioned in my previous post, some things about AS3 are finally beginning to click. Others are still dark and murky, but we are all fortunate to have lots of smart people figuring things out and posting them online for the rest of us. In an effort to further their efforts (and to document some […]
Flash Localization for Best Buy
I recently had the opportunity to re-design Best Buy’s corporate site (www.bestbuyinc.com), and as part of that effort, I encountered a problem I had not worked through before — different languages in Flash. I learned a great deal about dealing with different languages and for the most part, it was not as complicated as I expected […]
Modulos operandi?
What is the modulos anyway? I have used this operator (%) only twice before and I didn’t quite understand it either time. All I knew is that it was doing what I hoped it would. I figured I should probably know what the modulus operator does so I called on the mighty name of Google […]
Force Google to Open in Same Window
If you’re a faithful Safari user (like me), you have undoubtedly run into the issue where different Google apps refuses to open in a new tab even though you’re holding down the Command key (Mac of course). Admittedly, this alone is enough to send the fence-sitters running to Firefox, but for those of you who […]