One of the more positive experiences our mapping firm had as a presenter and exhibitor during 2007 was at the annual conference of the State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNY CUAD). The organization represents Alumni Relations, Development, Government Relations, Marketing, Publications, Public/Media Relations, Web Development staff at all 64-member institutions within [...]
I stumbled across an online file conversion service today called Zamzar which I though was so interesting (and useful) that I wanted to make sure and blog about it quickly this evening. It is a simple four-step process that allows you to upload images, documents, audio, video and zipped/compressed files and convert them to any [...]
At mapformation (our “parent” mapping company), we are hired as sub-contractors on a semi-regular basis to produce maps and diagrams for communications consultants, marketing and public relations agencies, etc. as a part of larger overall branding and identity campaigns. Sometimes we can publicize those projects/relationships in our marketing materials, sometimes we cannot. However, that type [...]
Ever since we moved to our quaint little town of Springfield, Minnesota in the Fall of 2003, I have walked by an old collection of grain elevators near the downtown area, along the railroad tracks, and thought to myself “I WANT THAT!” It is entirely impractical, as my tiny bit of [...]
One of the biggest mistakes that people will often make when creating their web sites is not encrypting the email address links which can be found on those sites. Spam bots troll the Internet non-stop in search of a href=”mailto:______@domain.com.” When they find it, that address is immediately added to databases to be bought [...]
In celebration of Earth Day 2008, I thought I might spend a few minutes looking at the web site of the Earth Day Network, to see how well their use of imagery aligns with the desire to “grow and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting [...]
One of the items on my own “Bucket List” (things to do before I die) is to develop my own custom typeface. Ever since I was in high school, about 200 years ago now..especially in the eyes of my two preschool daughters, I have been absolutely fascinated by all of the hundreds of thousands of [...]
One of the tools that I use in my overall image optimization arsenal, which I referred to in a few blog posts back in November 2007, is PureJPEG. PureJPEG is an incredibly easy program to install and use as a Win32 command line application, which is used to remove extraneous information such as digital camera [...]
It’s late on a Friday night…and I’m still stuck here on my computer. Consequently, I thought I would have a little fun with my blog post and talk about a site called Bubblesnaps that can be a lot of fun. Bubblesnaps, according to their web site, “is founded on the principles of a jolly good [...]
When it comes to creating vector graphics, Adobe Illustrator gets most of the market share…and Corel Draw (one of my favorite drawing tools EVER) comes in a distant second. However, there are other vector-based drawing tools in the marketplace…and one of the better ones (in my opinion) is Inkscape. According to their web site, Inkscape [...]
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