Author: Kris Krüg
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Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition
Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition “that Fisher Price lookâ€: “Big buttons, big text, big everything. Yes, it definitely has its place at times. But I wonder if we belittle users with visuals that implicitly say, ‘Hey, you’re too foolish to choose what to do next, so I’ve put a
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Web Design and Development Trends for 2006
Web Design and Development Trends for 2006 Designs will soften, with more rounded corners, pastel colours and hinted boxes.†and “2006 is going to see Ruby on Rails development take off in a big way.
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BeerCasting from the Props Pub @ Blogs N Dogs in Banff, Alberta
Last night we got together and did some podcasting at the pub here in Banff. It was a great time… 20+ people from the confernce showed up, and in the end we ended up with 3 solid podcasts. Download Podcast 001 Zen. Yoga. Spirituality. Sarah Pullman, Len Edgerly, Val Gregory, and Nick Erly chat about
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Canada.com Redesigns Without RSS Feeds
Canada.com Redesigns Without RSS Feeds Canada.com recently launched a long-overdue redesign of their website. I’ll let you decide what you think on your own, but I find it way too busy, deeply unusable and just plain ugly. As somebody recently remarked, they went from looking like an early-n
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Things I Didn’t Know Before Yesterday
Things I Didn’t Know Before Yesterday A number of people asked me yesterday what I learned at the conference, and I had a hard time answering, not because I didn’t learn anything but because the things I learned were a bunch of small things rather than one large thing.
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Why We Love JPG Magazine: Photography is Not a Crime
Why We Love JPG Magazine: Photography is Not a Crime We are not terrorists. We are not dangerous. And we are certainly not a threat. For Issue 5, we’re asking you to go out in public and take photos. Insist on your rights as a photographer. Shoot where people tell you not to. Talk to
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The Dogs Part of the Equation
The Dogs Part of the Equation So, perhaps you were wondering why this geek conference I’m at was called Blogs N Dogs? Well, wonder no longer because I’m here to tell you that today I went dogsledding with my fellow geeks. And jaysus murphy was it ever cold.
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I Feel Like the Prom King
Robert Scales pointed out that the ‘kriskrug‘ and the ‘kk‘ tags on Flickr both made the most popular list today. *blush*
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Rhonda Fast’s Photography Opening @ Wicked Cafe in Vancouver
My business partner, Rhonda Fast, is having a photography show at the Wicked Cafe in Vancouver. It’s a part of a 12 month series we’re running featuring emerging Vancouver photographers and Rhonda is the 3rd artist to exhibit. Her show is titled “Strike”. The idea behind minimalist art is that it lacks concept, focusing on
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Greetings from Banff
Greetings from Banff Right now in Kris Krug’s room there are 7 people, 8 computers and quite inexplicably, a double turntable with a mixer. This is going to be fun. We just got into Banff this afternoon and the mountains are big and the temps are low, like single digits.
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Welcome to BlogsnDogs
Welcome to BlogsnDogs The faculty and their guests are almost all here and Robert Scales confirms that yes, we are all geeking out. In proper journalistic form, Travis Smith has some numbers on the run up.
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The Quest to Acheive Buzzword Compliancy
The Quest to Acheive Buzzword Compliancy …will I really have to start referring to things like my DLA? Or my PSP? In the middle of sentences as if everyone knows what I’m talking about? (Which they would, here at Blogs N Dogs.)
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Blogs n Dogs – Geeking out in kk’s room
Blogs n Dogs – Geeking out in kk’s room Robert Scales testing out Odeo podcasting suite in my room at Blogs N Dogs.
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Testing Odeo – Blogs and Dogs, Banff
Testing Odeo – Blogs and Dogs, Banff Just a lil test of the new Odeo Studio in browser podcasting tool built in Flash. It’s basic functionality seems simple and cool.
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Blogs n Dogs – Faculty Geeking out
Blogs n Dogs – Faculty Geeking out We had a long day of travel
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Off to Blogs and Dogs
Off to Blogs and Dogs Long underwear? Check (though I had to go buy it today). Toque? Check. Snobby attitude about the West Coast? Check.
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Currently -13 F, but Real Feel is -24 F
Currently -13 F, but Real Feel is -24 F Holy crap, it’s cold. That’s -25 / -32 Celsius for our metric friends. My narrow Californian ass is confused. It’s 11 pm. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
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10 Web Moments That Changed the World
From the Webby Awards via the Web of Change mailing list… 10 Web Moments That Changed the World 1. The Dotcom Boom and Bust (1995-2001) – Launched by Netscape’s IPO, the Boom & Bust fast-tracked the Web 2. The Drudge Report Breaks Lewinsky Scandal (1998) – Matt Drudge Scoops one of the decade’s biggest stories
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The Right’s of Photographers (when shooting in public places)
The Right’s of Photographers (when shooting in public places) I carry my camera with me everywhere I go. I know I’m not alone on this because as photographers we know that the greatest shots often come at the least expected times and I never want to be unprepared for those great moments.