Tag: Design

  • Extending Technosailor, Extending Thesis

    Recently, I kicked off a development effort behind the scenes here at Technosailor.com that will take a bit of time to see through to completion. This plan involves you as a community of readers as well as some of the best technology currently lying around the web. I’m calling it Operation Dharma for no fancy…

  • RFP: Do You Want to Redesign This Site?

    This is an official request for proposal. Comments are closed. If you would like to make a proposal, email me at aaron@technosailor.com. In this RFP, I will explain key interests for me. If I don’t mention them, I will leave to you to be creative. Key Interests Content First. Artwork should be kept to a…

  • Movable Type to Catch up with WordPress on Sandbox

    Movable Type, tonight at midnight Pacific time, plans to release a Sandbox development plugin which separates markup from presentation and style in theme development. The concept is a utopian Mecca for many standard-coherent designers who attempt to structure webpages in a standard structural way and then apply styling to adjust and modify the way the…

  • Five Thoughts for New (and old) Bloggers

    I’ve spent a good portion of the weekend restructuring things around here at Technosailor. You can see that the site is much more organized around topics, as you can see from the new Masthead. Each of the verticals have been segregated into five separate blog-like entities. Desk of the Editor is all of my content.…

  • Mobile Audio Posts via Utterz

    Mobile post sent by technosailor using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

  • The Difference Between Designers and Marketers

    A reader of this blog, recently, inquired about the difference between Designers and Marketers. I took some time to think about it and came to so many conclusions that it was Wicked Marketing entry worthy. This won’t be as snarky as my usual posts, but then again I’ve been known to surprise myself now and…

  • But this worked four years ago?

    I was sitting at the mall waiting for my niece to get out of a certain store that had huge round mouse ears, I watched a gaggle of tween-age girls walk by in outfits that I hadn’t seen, and honestly hoped never to again, since 1988. The leggin’s, oversized sweaters and neon bracelets in the…

  • What a designer is and isn’t”¦seriously you need to know”¦

    Before I begin, I want to thank Mari Adkins and Janice Thomason for taking the time to comment on the last entry.  I lacked on replying to your comments, but know that I agree with both of you and will be better responding in the future. Now on with the latest entry. I’ve been doing…

  • The difference between success and closing next year…

    The silver bullet for marketing a successful business”¦doesn’t exist. Sorry to disappoint you. There’s a world of difference between closing in six months and seeing year two come and go. A lot of it is hard work, timing, patience and the ability to adapt. I’m going to say this over and over again over the…

  • Siliconera Redesign Launch

    If you’re a fan of video games, you’re probably a fan of Siliconera, one of b5’s largest sites on the network. For those of you who came to Social Media Club DC, you’ll remember the video from the Siliconera author, Spencer Yip, in my presentation. The ground rules for the design project was “fun”. It…