http://creatabyte.com Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:39:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just dropping in to announce that I've launched a new portfolio over at JustinDelabar.com. It's chock full of one-page goodness, check it out. What does this mean for Creatabyte? Well, I'm considering making this domain a personal playground of sorts in the near future. A place where I can test ... http://creatabyte.com/new-portfolio I'm busy prepping for my first week at Rise, so just a couple updates: First, my final work for UCF, a landing page for Research Week 2008, is live. Second, my Summer Research Academy layout is featured over at CSS Mania, as well as CSS Drive. My SURE layout is ... http://creatabyte.com/quick-updates Yeah, I know. Haven't been posting a lot. I also know that posting a funny YouTube clip most likely done by Dane Cook (or so goes the urban legend) doesn't really get me off the hook. I could blame it on being busy, but we both know that's a cop ... http://creatabyte.com/announcement http://creatabyte.com/you-suck-at-photoshop What? Almost a month without an update? Insanity! But I do have a good reason: I've been incredibly busy. The proof, you ask? Two Wordpress projects, PoliGazette and The Digital Diplomat version 2. http://creatabyte.com/feeling-bloggy Must be nice to have the staff on hand to put together a design project showcasing a redesign project. I'm assuming the DVD packed with extras is next. In seriousness, I'm glad MSNBC is finally redesigning but what they have showcased looks far from promising. I think this is ... http://creatabyte.com/a-design-of-a-redesign-of-a The portfolio has been updated with a design comp for a side project and my latest full website endeavour for the University of Central Florida -- the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR, because everything at UCF has to be an acronym to receive funding from the state government. Or so ... http://creatabyte.com/the-our-project BusinessWeek recently reworked their brand by abandoning squished serifs throughout their print and online publications, altogether not a terrible thing. However, the newly polished site has a major problem: the world's most frustrating navigation scheme. http://creatabyte.com/badusabilityweek I've been fairly busy recently, working on three separate projects simultaneously. Each of the three are rather far along in the process, but are awaiting copy edits and final approval before they can go live. So, while we all wait for me to have something of substance to post about ... http://creatabyte.com/26 At 3am EST tonight, the Orange Box (meaning Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal, and the first two Half-Life 2 offerings) will become available to me via Valve's Steam -- yay digital pre-order with 10% discount! The sad thing is that I actually considered staying awake long enough ... http://creatabyte.com/the-coveted-orange-box-my-downfall