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Yesterday I had the blues
Not the rain outside on the sidewalk blues
Not the Daddy won’t make French Toast blues
And not the deep down in your shoes blues
Yeah…
Yesterday I had the blues…
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Max belted this out just now while I was making him lunch. Where do 5 year-olds get their inspiration? I do not know, but I sure am loving life with mine =)
YVOD makes building websites quick and painless. We have developed a tried-and-true 6 Step process that our clients have called “quite enjoyable”. Hard to believe? Think about this for a second…
You know who your intended audience is. You may not know how to find them online (that’s our job) or to create a great looking website (that’s also our job) or even what needs to go on your website (again, our job). But you do know your business and you know how to come up with a few hundred words to describe what you do. You also know how to answer a few basic questions about design: What
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Introduction: What is Important
YVOD’s approach to building websites is 100% client focused. Many businesses want to tell their own story. They spend a lot of time talking about their approach to solving problems and why they are so fantastic. While this is very good to know, it is of little importance on the web. A successful website must deliver what the visitor wants to see.
Step 1: Who Are Your Clients
YVOD likes to start the conversation by asking owners of websites to think about who is going to visit their site. We try to develop at least 3 “personae” of potential visitors. These personae may describe existing online visitors, desired visitors or existing offline clients that you wish to convert to online customers. What is important is to think deeply about who these visitors are.
On the road to creating user personas, YVOD likes to ask a number of questions about your visitors. Below is a small sample of questions that should be answered for each persona.
Life Related:
How old are they?
What proportion are female vs. male?
What is their level of education?
Where do they live (state)?
Where do they live (city, suburb, rural)?
Do they have children?
Work Related:
Have they ever had to move for their job?
Do they travel for their job?
How long has they been in their current position?
What is their salary?
How long have they been in their current field of employment?
What is their technological sophistication?
How do they use technology?
Do they enjoy technology?
How do they communicate at work (email, phone or in-person)?
How much time do they spend on
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I am a film student at Berkeley Digital Film Institute and I need to get an external 500GB drive for my work. I was looking at a drive from New Egg and was wondering if you think I should get it.
The drive you are looking at costs $120. This is a nice price.
You might want to look at this one that costs $99 with rebate.
Unfortunately, your instructor told you to get a drive with a Firewire 800 external connection and the one you are looking at is USB 2.0.
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USB 2.0 is about equal to the speed of Firewire 400 (1394a).
USB 2.0 is about half as fast as Firewire 800
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Just got this album from a Evan Naylor and I can not stop listening to it. So nice… Go grab a copy!
Gomni - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabeté [In The Heart Of The Moon]
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In The Heart Of The Moon is a duet recording by Malian guitar slinger Ali Farka Toure and Mandé lineage griot Toumani Diabate on kora. There are a few other players who contribute percussion here and there, and Ry Cooder plays a Kawai piano on a couple of tracks and a Ripley guitar on one, but other than these cats, this is a live duo set without edits or enhancements
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“whiners” is a perfect post. Apple is finally getting it right and people are blasting them. So friggin’ what. I bet they are laughing all the way to the bank with all this free publicity.
Two clients called me yesterday saying how happy they were that they could now get the iPhone. They think they are getting a S-T-E-A-L because the thing is “worth” $600 but they are only being charged $400.
How do you spell “brilliant”?
Think about it another way… If Apple had released the iPhone for $400 they would not have been able to lower the price for a very long time. Every iPhone they sell from now on will be valued at $600
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