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Graphic Designs

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Lately I’ve been asked to create logos for a few local bands and businesses. How exciting! I think it’s fun to explore my creative side, especially after stifling it having spent many years in corporate IT. Helping clients build their ideas and turn them into graphic and web design realities has been some of the most rewarding work I’ve done thus far in my career.
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Tags: business card, graphics, Logos
Posted in Logos, Marketing, Portfolio No Comments »

ZenCart: eCommerce Solution (Part 2 of 5)

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Once you’ve initially setup your Zen Cart installation you need to start thinking about the products you plan to sell on your website. You need to have a relationship with one or more vendors whose products you will feature and sell. You can even be your own vendor and sell unique products that you’ve designed yourself. Part 2 of this series focuses on setting up Zen Cart for product data import scripts.
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Tags: database, import scripts, modules, zen cart
Posted in Software Reviews, eCommerce, zen cart 2 Comments »

Add Rich Multimedia to Your Website

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

I’ve been approached by several clients recently who were in need of video capabilities on their respective websites. This is a great idea in terms of sales and marketing! Of course, not everyone is going to need video on their website, but if you do here are two options.
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Tags: embed, flash, video, youtube
Posted in Joomla, Latest News, Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Design 4 Comments »

Mobile Productivity: Vlingo

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

By now most of you should be able to gather that I like my tools. Offline, I enjoy collecting pocket knives. Each one of these knives serves a unique purpose in my collection. I’ve got business casual, hobby related, and my personal favorite: my black one-handed blade movement. 9 times out of 10 that’s the one knife I’ll have in my pocket. And over in my other pocket? My favorite electronic tool; my iPhone. Just like my knife collection, I have a staggering library of apps that I use and test daily, and one of the gems is Vlingo.
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Tags: iPhone, mobile, productivity
Posted in Software Reviews, mobile productivity 1 Comment »

OpenOffice.org – The Free and Open Productivity Suite

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

CrazyWebFoo Design is an open source propenent all the way. Whenever the opportunity comes along to discuss various software applications or even content management systems, we always give strong consideration to the top open source contenders in each category. It’s on the rarest of occasions that we come down off of our design pedestal to discuss software. Consider this post one of those occasions.
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