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White House Now Using Open Source Content Management

October 27th, 2009 | Posted in Web Development

Open Source technologies continue to gain ground as a viable web content management alternative, made evident by high profile companies in the private sector who have recently adopted Open Source technologies including Sony Music and FedEx. Recently, the White House announced that www.whitehouse.gov is now running the popular open-source Web publishing system Drupal.

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Lifehacker.com

August 5th, 2009 | Posted in Resources

LifehackerLifehacker.com describes itself as an award-winning daily blog that features tips, shortcuts, and downloads that help you get things done smarter and more efficiently.

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Double Entendre Branding

August 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Branding

I’ve noticed recently some television ads for Match.com that seem to carry a message with multiple meanings. Some research shows this is certainly nothing new, in fact the ad campaign was launched in late 2006. While as a married man I’m not too concerned with what’s going on at Match.com, I do find the message to be interesting in it’s ambiguity.

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Open Source Content Management Systems

June 20th, 2009 | Posted in Web Development

As you undertake your web design or development project you need to think about who is going to manage the website content. If the answer is you or your staff, then you need to consider a Content Management System (CMS). But many Content Management Systems are expensive and proprietary (meaning the company who provides it for you is the only one who can truly support it). In some instances a proprietary CMS is the way to go, but many times an Open Source CMS will more than fit your needs.

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13th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners

June 12th, 2009 | Posted in News

The winners (and nominees) of the 13th annual Webby Awards were announced on June 8th at a celebration hosted by Jimmy Fallon in New York City. With awards in over 60 categories, the websites awarded and nominated are visually appealling, interactive, strong in usability and more.

Take a look - http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=13.

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Microsoft Gunning for Google with Bing

June 3rd, 2009 | Posted in News

BingMicrosoft has publicly unveiled its new, improved search engine Bing. While it remains to be seen if Bing’s arrival is that of the much awaited “Google killer”, what seems clear is that the new search engine is at the very least a far more competitive product than Live Search.

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