Archive for October, 2007

10 Essential Design Tips for A Great Looking Site

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Since many business owners come to the web with a defined sense of who they are and what their product is, creating content can be easy. But creating a web site that visually compliments that content can be a bit vexing. This isn’t to say that you can’t have a great looking web site . […]

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Favorite Links, WE 10.21.07

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

To go along with Holly’s post on 10 things to make your blog or web site look better I decided to include a selection of links this week of blogs and web sites that just look DAMN GOOD! I can’t vouch for their prose, these selections are based on looks only. The common link between […]

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“What’s This?”: RSS

Friday, October 12th, 2007

You may have noticed these days a lot of web sites are sporting this “sexy little orange icon” usually found in the address bar at the top of your browser. Good looks aside, this icon has lead to revolution of how content is viewed and distributed on the web. This icon is for the Real […]

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Why Web Standards Matter for Your Business Web Site

Monday, October 8th, 2007

A few months ago when Brendan, our lead developer, joined bhg GRAPHIC DESIGN we were having a discussion about the importance of building standards complaint sites (specifically validating our sites xhtml 1.0 “strict”). Sounds like a lot of goobley gook . . . RIGHT? Well until you consider that “xhtml strict” sites provide greater […]

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Favorite Links, WE 10.14.07

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Business Week
Business Week on how blogs will change they way you do business.
Jim Horton
Daily entries on Public Relations and communications ideas and trends.
Snap Shots
These great tools can be used to rev up your user interface on your blog or web site.
The Dove Self Esteem Fund
A great link sent to me by a client. Campaign for […]

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Bubby’s Pie Social

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

This past weekend we attended the Bubby’s Pie Social. Bubby’s Pie Social ran in conjunction with the DUMBO Arts Festival and featured a wide range of activities and events for young and old. Bubby’s started it’s Pie Social four years ago when it opened Bubby’s DUMBO. The Pie Social raises money for NYC Public Schools […]

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Big Changes Ahead for bhg & cabinfever!

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

After, a brief hiatus this summer we are back with a vengeance and plan. After much debate . . . IN MY HEAD! and around the cabin, we have decided to take our web site and blog in a whole new direction. Early next year look for our re-design of the bhg GRAPHIC DESIGN site […]

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