Since switching to a Mac about 3 weeks ago, I’ve been searching the net for Mac specific software and recording it on this blog.
This week I was looking for a task list manager to help remind me of things I need to do.
Luckily, I found Check Off, a simple Mac designed software app that has the following features:
– Easily accessible from the Mac OS X Menu Bar.
– Allows creation of groups of items and can be sorted by color
– Each item can have its own note for more information.
– Finder-like Labels.
– iPod Synchronization so you can take your tasks on-the-go (iPod must support notes feature).
– Did I mention free? Its free!
I’ve been using it for a week now – so far so good. No crashes or force quits. Only thing is that I have to restart it every time I reboot. Wish it would just stay on. You know it’s on because it puts a little check mark in the top right corner of your Mac.
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I found a really nice tool tip maker for a website I’m currently finishing up.
The client wanted a nice map of the US with Flash like effects. Flash is expensive and takes forever so I wanted to try it with something else.
It looks like this:
But, I needed the tooltip to be more customizable, so then I luckily found one entitled “JavaScript, DHTML Tooltips”
I found this very easy to use – all i had to do was insert one piece of javascript at the bottom of the page and then use a mouseover effect. The mouse effect also has a ton of custom options so that I could change what I needed like: the font size, background color, border size and color, dropshadow color and size, width, textalignment, etc.
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I normally do 50% up front and 50% when it’s done. However, this was a special rush case so I went ahead and did the work.
What other guidelines do other web designers/developers out there use for pricing and getting paid?
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Besides the photo area, the site is complete. My buddy Heath is hooking them up with free hosting since they are non-profit.
We stayed with these guys when we went down there last May – it was such a blessing to meet such awesome people. They helped us out alot as far as surf spots, things to do, things not to do, etc.
So, I hooked them up with a nice site – hope you enjoy it.
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This February marks the one year anniversary for Impulse Web Solutions!
I just want to say thanks to all my clients for a great first year and I look forward to serving the Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach community in 2007.
I have made some upgrades to the site this month – enjoy!
Link: Wilmington NC Web Design
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This is a site I redesigned for AValive.com which became AValive.biz on the new site.
AValive sells and rents audio visual equipment not only here in Wilmington but nation wide. Therefore, as an e-commerce site, I had to design the site with SEO optimization in mind.
This site has been live for about 4 or 5 months now, has 11,100 pages indexed by Google and ranks in the top ten on many of it’s products.
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The new Surfrider site is up for Wilmington’s local chapter.
Link: New site
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My home PC is getting horribly slow whenever I run Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Even my wife is starting to complain when checking her email.
So I might be buying a new computer soon and am thinking about making the ultimate switch from XP to Mac OS X.
But with Vista coming out soon, I’m not sure.
Anyone out there ever switched? What are your thoughts?
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Recently started a project for neighborhood networks publishing to redesign their website and make it more professional looking.
Link: Their current site
Look for the new site in a couple weeks.
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Mike Sansone had some good pointers about blogging:
- Find-ability: Use social tools such Technorati, Flickr, del.icio.us, and Digg to make your site findable.
- Adapt-ability: Track your traffic – both your site and your feed – and adapt to what your audience reads and clicks. Don’t box yourself in to tight. Change is growth.
- Response-ability: Comment on other sites, send ‘thank you’ emails to other bloggers for their work, always respond to comments left on your blog.
- Market-ability: Get great at writing headlines. The best way to do that is by writing headlines (and posts). Submit your work to Carnivals, or start your own.
- Sustain-ability: Don’t start something you aren’t willing to see through to completion. Patience, young blogger. The reaping comes after the sowing.
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