Extending Technosailor, Extending Thesis

November 10, 2008

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 reason except I can’t wait for LOST to come back. :)

Seriously though, the goal is to pull together some of the best ideas and technologies of the web and combine them with the most thoughtful and ambitious people on the web to extend a community that I already am very proud of.

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RFP: Do You Want to Redesign This Site?

October 7, 2008

Technosailor.com is divided currently into 4 sections. These 4 sections may be added to or subtracted from as time goes on. The hierarchy is based on categories with actual content metadata described in the form of tags.

Key plugins in use are the All-in-one-SEO pack and Disqus and key integration includes Lijit and Friendfeed.

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Movable Type to Catch up with WordPress on Sandbox

September 9, 2008

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 look and feel is conveyed.

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Five Thoughts for New (and old) Bloggers

July 27, 2008

During the process of reorganizing things, I had to go back through all four years of my archives, a step that kicked me into a significant introspective mode. Where have I come from? Where am I going?

Honestly, much of my content from early years is downright embarrassing. And really, it goes beyond the content. I’ve spent the weekend thinking about the mistakes I’ve made as a blogger and wondering what I would do differently if I could. Keep in mind that my goals for this site were always professional and that I foresaw a day when it would be my only job (I hope that day comes, still!).

Here is my advice for bloggers who wish to do the same thing.

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The Difference Between Designers and Marketers

July 3, 2008

Aaron, Technosailor himself, sent me an email after my last post where someone 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 then.

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But this worked four years ago?

June 20, 2008

The reality is that today’s buyer is getting younger and younger. These potential clients are becoming savier to the lack of time or effort you put into your whatever it is. They really don’t want you to dust off the remaining brochure from four years ago you somehow still have and parade it around at a networking function. They want the latest and greatest.

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What a designer is and isn’t…seriously you need to know…

May 30, 2008

Would ask a plumber to check your electrical wiring? Would you entrust the marketing of your business to the cashier at your local fast food joint? So let’s review what a graphic/web designer really is.

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The difference between success and closing next year…

May 23, 2008

In this Wicked Marketing entry, I go over the silver bullet for the marketing pieces of a company that is the difference between closing in six months and seeing year two come and go.

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Siliconera Redesign Launch

March 4, 2008

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 is [...]

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The Technosailor Design Process

May 1, 2007

Last week, I launched the new and improved layout of this blog. I mentioned Lisa Sabin created the look. She deserves a lot of credit for taking very vague conceptual ideas and turning them into the layout and design that is being showed off here. Lisa describes the process of doing the Technosailor design work [...]

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Technosailor Version 7 Hits the Street

April 23, 2007

I’m really, really happy right now because we’re begininning the three year anniversary celebration a little early here. Back in March, I started to discuss the possibility of a professional theme with the fantabulous Lisa Sabin. I gave her some of my ideas and in essence let her go to town creating something suitably professional [...]

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