Category: Web, Tech & Design
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Hurricane Relief: Web Development
I just got back from spending the last several days in Shreveport, LA. I took a team of 13 volunteers from our church down to assist in whatever way we could. We ended up working at the Red Cross shelter at Hirsch Coliseum. You can read about the experience at my personal blog. My contribution…
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FEMA in violation of Federal Law
Attention, FEMA. You are in violation of Federal Law. This violation has the potential of hindering many people from being able to recover from the ill effects of hurricane Katrina. Your Web site fails to comply with Section 508. This non-compliance prevents those with certain disabilities from accessing the information on your Web site. Section…
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Survey on Web site appearance: Gender differences in preference
An interesting survey was done at a University in Wales recently: Web site’s appearance matters (from CNN news) In a recent study at Glamorgan University Business School in Wales, test subjects rated the personal Web pages of 60 people for usability and aesthetics. Not surprisingly, male subjects tended to assign higher ratings to pages designed…
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Philly Emergent Cohort Blog
My task here was to design a quick and dirty WordPress Theme for Todd Hiestand. It made me fall in love with WordPress’s theme system.
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Dreamhost. Lives up to it’s name.
*these stats have been severly upgraded. Check out their site to see the most recent deal.* Got Web Hosting? Dreamhost is a sweet hosting company. And they have an amazing deal on until the end of this month. For $10/month ($8 if you pay two years in advance) I get the following: *2.4gig storage (increases…