Author Archives: Kirsten

UIE Web Masters Tour

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Kirsten

Where Worlds Collide by Jared Spool Its not about the application, its about the experience Good design disappears into the background The Twitter experience is about ambient intimacy What are web-based applications? Where user needs, business, & technology collide Corporate … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Users Group 05/27/10

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Kirsten

At this month’s Photoshop User’s Group we went over some of the new features of Photoshop CS5.

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Philadelphia Standards Organization (05/11/10)

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Kirsten

diveintohtml5.org/forms.html presentations.kimberlyblessing.com dev.w3.org/html5/markup/Overview.html Remember that field types bring up conditional keyboards on iPhone and Android Placeholder text in HTML5 Modernizr: js library that detects if a functionality exists in a browser so you can give alternate solutions if they don’t … Continue reading →

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Two Major Life Events

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Kirsten

The last two Saturday’s have made this year, 2010, one of the best in my entire life. Let’s review: On the first Saturday, April 17th, my robotics team, Team 341 Miss Daisy, was bestowed the honor of the Championship Chairman’s … Continue reading →

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MIX10: Jason Weber’s High-Performance Best Practices for Web Sites

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Kirsten

During a long car trip to Buffalo, NY I decided to enrich myself by watching a few videos having to do with the field of web design. Here are my notes on Jason Weber’s presentation on High-Performance Best Practices for … Continue reading →

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