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Web Wednesday – November 9, 2011

Posted on Nov 09, 2011 by Stephanie Yeager in Web Design, Web Wednesdays

Web Wednesdays – each Wednesday we will feature a website that we’ve come across while in our process of searching for inspiration, the latest trends, or learning about anything and everything we can get our hands on that interests us.

Let’s get back to basics for Web Wednesday. Here’s a fun/addicting game for honing your kerning skills. Created by Mark Mackay from Method of Action, Kern Type will quiz you on how well you know your letter spacing, and you’ll keep going back until you’ve aced the game. Try it for yourself! You can even access it through your iPad and interact with the game through its multi-touch capabilities.

Method of Action is an educational website that will soon launch focusing on three different courses: Design, Entrepreneurship, and Gardening. Kern Type is just one of their creations that has launched prior to their site, and so far Method of Action seems promising. I hope they will continue to create fun educational tools for us ‘designer’s to go back to. In the meantime you can follow their progress through their blog page. Enjoy!

Web Wednesday – November 2, 2011

Posted on Nov 02, 2011 by Stephanie Yeager in Web Wednesdays

Web Wednesdays – each Wednesday we will feature a website that we’ve come across while in our process of searching for inspiration, the latest trends, or learning about anything and everything we can get our hands on that interests us.

Hey all of you smart phone users, if you haven’t heard about it yet, meet Tungle.me. An App that allows for easier scheduling on your calendar, to prevent from over booking and making your lives a little less stressful. It syncs with your current calendar appointments and creates a public profile, which then shares with users when you are available for appointments. Tungle.me is compatible with Outlook, Google Calendar, iCal/Entourage, Mobile Me, Lotus Notes, Blackberry, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Plancast, TripIt and Facebook.

And if privacy is a concern, fear not! Tungle.me will only display ‘Free’ or ‘Busy’ while keeping the information about your meetings completely private. This app is great for any type of business because it allows for interactions with people in different time zones and those using other calendar platforms. It takes away the hassle of keeping track of your appointments and makes it available at your fingertips. Enjoy!

November 2011 Wallpaper

Posted on Nov 01, 2011 by Stephanie Yeager in Freebie, Wallpaper

Happy November 1st everyone! 2011 is going by so quickly and the holidays seem to be right around the corner, oh wait they are! So to start things off right, here is a free download of our November Wallpaper.  Make sure to check back next month for another great wallpaper. (Click on the desired size and save the image to your computer/device)

Choose your size below:

640×960 (iPhone)
800×600
1024×768
1024×1024 (iPad)
1280×800
1280×1024
1440×900
1680×1050
1920×1200

Web Wednesdays – October 26, 2011

Posted on Oct 26, 2011 by Stephanie Yeager in Social Media, Web Wednesdays

Web Wednesdays – each Wednesday we will feature a website that we’ve come across while in our process of searching for inspiration, the latest trends, or learning about anything and everything we can get our hands on that interests us.

Web Wednesdays are back! To start us off, I wanted to introduce you to the Freerice Program. I came across this a few years back and thought it would be a nice addition to our blog. I always love it when design & interactivity is capable of doing some good in the world, and this is a prime example.

Freerice is an interactive website that challenges your trivial knowledge. For every question you correctly answer the Freerice program will donate ten grains of rice to impoverished families all over the world. The subjects that you are challenged in range from Language, Math, Geography, Chemistry and more. It may seem too easy at first, but the questions will become more difficult the longer you play the game.

The website itself, has evolved into including multi-language settings, capable of reaching out to other countries for aid. Last year the UN World Food Program picked up the program and updated the sites capabilities to include social networking, groups, rankings and achievements. So now it is accessible through Facebook and twitter, check it out!

The program originally started back in 2007 and has donated an insurmountable number of rice to families. This past month alone, they were able to donate over 100 million grains of rice capable of feeding over 6,000 people in one day.  So I challenge you to visit this site and answer as many questions you are capable of in one sitting, and you will find that before you know it you’re hooked. Enjoy!

Strictly One on One with Peter Ellis

Posted on Oct 03, 2011 by Anne Lopez in News, Web Design

Check out this episode with Peter Ellis, our Creative Director, appear on Strictly Businews. Strictly Businews is an award winning entertaining business web talk show hosted by Alfonso Santaniello and co-hosted by Cori Verteramo.