Semantics

  • posted: 13 Aug 2010

The problem with championing the semantic web is that people are inherently presentational. They don't want that word emphasized; they want it italicized.


Special Pricing on Expression Studio

  • posted: 22 Dec 2008

Nineteen months ago I wrote how I felt that Expression Studio is a better design value than the comparable Adobe suite. This price disparity still exists more than a year an a half since I wrote it. On Amazon.com, owners of Photoshop can upgrade to CS4 Web Premium for just $1290. Owners of any Expression product can upgrade to Expression Studio 2 for $330.

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In the Spotlight Again

  • posted: 19 Aug 2008

Fresh off the attention I received for my Vine Type website, Microsoft now spotlights ... me.

Community Spotlight Interview

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Inner Shadow for Expression Design

  • posted: 23 Jul 2008

Expression Design provides several great graphics effects, but one that is sorely missed by me is inner shadow, or inner glow. They're basically the same except inner shadow would be a black glow, I suppose.

I've been using a simple solution to simulate inner shadow by using two rectangle objects and a blur effect and I demonstrate this effect in the following video tutorial. Click on the photo below to view the tutorial.

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Blueprint CSS Template for Expression Design

  • posted: 23 Jul 2008

In preparing for my own design work, I created an Expression Design template for myself based on the Blueprint CSS framework.

There are utilities to customize the Blueprint grid to any number of columns of any width, but I started with the default 24-column grid and created a starting template for my latest project.

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