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I've been doing web design for years and have been stuck with the good old web safe fonts.  By creating your page in web safe fonts you can be assured that all browsers on all operating systems will be able to render your page.  I know how important accessability is, but after a few years the same fonts gets boring... "Do I want to use Verdana or Arial on this page?"  Sure, you can use graphics for other fonts but that will ruin SEO and access efforts, so it should be used minimally.   This leaves web designers stuck in a rut...

Google Chrome

Google announced yesterday that they are entering the delicate ecosystem of web browsers.  Google Chrome is an open-sourced java based web browser that is in development currently by Google. 

What makes Google Chrome special?

I recently had a client that wanted me to design a site.   Let me say first that I really enjoy designing sites, and I always look forward to starting a new project.  During our initial discussion he mentioned that he already had hosting with Sitesell, and this includes the SiteBuildIt package.  He said that sitesell handles many functions that normally a web designer would handle:  marketing, SEO, tracking stats...  It sounded pretty good if you can get this all from

Web 2.0 is the buzzword in today's technology scene.  Most people don't seem to know what it really means, but the guy that uses the word a lot at work gets promoted often, so it is probably best to play along.

Adobe has rolled out its newest member of the Photoshop Family and the price is so nice.... FREE!

I recently opened a webpage I did and was shocked to see a database error.  Shocked first because apparently my host automatically upgraded my drupal installation, and shocked as well because the site was completely shut down and inoperable.

I've created the new look for the website, the 4.0 if you will. I'll hopefully be blogging more often about things in the tech world, web design practices, drupal issues, etc.