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Attempted Launch

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Well, I'm going to just go for it and launch this new version of the site. Here it is - built on a nice CMS (I'll talk about that in it's own post), all standards compliant as usual, and much more emphasis on Photography (I figure if I make it prominent on my site, I'll be more pushed to actually take photos).

Enjoy.

Logo Design Buyer's Guide

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Here's a buyer's guide which should be a read for anyone approaching logo design.

I agree with this article, especially since logo design is business goal and marketing driven. Many people will be able to give you a beautiful logo I'm sure (and that's a big part of it no doubt), but to have a truly successful logo it needs to communicate the business from the get-go.

Now on Linked In

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

It's been a little while, and the website has changed a little bit but nothing major, ~~just some AJAXy goodness in the portfolio which should make the interface smoother~~. While I'm on the subject of a smooth interface, I've just signed up with Linked In (the professional social network), and it's one of the easiest interfaces I've seen since the early days of FaceBook...

Take for example the setting up of the profile. As you can see, I'm 70% there. I'm not sure what it means, but I have a goal, a progress report, and even a hint as to what I can do so that I can make it to 100. I'm going to go finish that off now, but come check it out at http://www.linkedin.com/in/markhuser.

Statues in Milan

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

blinko.com is live

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Well, it's actually a little old news now (the site has been up since the beginning of July), but the hard work & stress of the past few months has eased into a sweet release of the new social networking and communications platform for mobile and the web. Blinko.

I'm very stoked with the outcome; as lead designer and front end developer it's extremely rewarding to see such a project take flight. Despite the fact that it's still in invite-only beta, there's so many users on it... Very many... So yeah, it's another facebook right? Almost, but we've got more of a personal approach to making friends - primarily users can chat with anyone in real time (with real people), anywhere. Send an SMS straight from the web to your friends; use the Mobile Phone Java client to chat; update your status with photos, even from your mobile.

Well, enough of that. If you're keen you can ask me for an invite :-) Or see what it looks like here on the portfolio page.

Spider

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700