tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:22:35 +0000http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/default.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)Blogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-6161314386551972595Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:07:00 +00002008-08-20T00:22:35.435-04:00Jacksonvilledigital photographysnakesFloridaSummer is quickly coming to an end. One of the things I miss about the north is the change of seasons. We have been in Florida now for a year, as such, we have experience all four seasons: fall, winter, spring, and summer. Up north the seasons are drastically different, leaves change, trees come in and out of live and the landscape changes. In Florida we have really only two seasons, hot and http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/08/pretty-colors-of-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-332896690088222678Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:27:00 +00002008-07-29T21:47:08.108-04:00SEOSearch EngineGoogleDesignCuil is officially launched and the buzz is in, the word, Google should be afraid. I don't think Google has anything to worry about as of yet. So what if the founders of Cuil where key engineers at Google. So what if Anna Patterson orchestrated the latest algorithm that Google is supposedly currently using. I test drove cuil, I think they offer a great interface for the results, but I don't see http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/07/cuil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-615145156708520958Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:56:00 +00002008-07-29T21:10:50.568-04:00FeaturesdemonstrationsNext time you find yourself sitting in a business meeting, instead of zoning out, pay attention to how things go down. Someone comes up with a new idea, the executive thinks the idea is brilliant. Together they identify who is going to perform the task, the executive will leave the meeting and head over to the CEOs office and present the idea. He will take full credit for the idea or he will say http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/07/are-you-in-pyramid-scheme.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-3932186201947903905Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:10:00 +00002008-07-17T15:38:46.478-04:00Web DesignSEOSearch EngineCSSGoogledreamweaverDesignI have become a great fan of CSS and fluid design for the past couple of years. Tables are a thing of the past. The problem is that even though most Web designers have evolved, browsers have not. You see browsers are put together by coders, developers if you will. Those types only understand 0 and 1s and have very little time to worry about nuances that pesky designers would devote their time tohttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/07/div-container-width.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-7856971498525906458Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:30:00 +00002008-07-14T23:53:38.313-04:00cmsadvertisingmarketingcontent managementFreedom of SpeechCSSCustomer ServiceI recently read an entry on Eric Shanfelt's blog entitled "Publish Web First, Print Second" which further reinforced my accounts from a previous entry Instant Information entry. I have discussed this topic to death, which by the way is endless, in the past couple of month. I have discussed it with colleagues, friends, and just about anyone I know who is interested or willing to hear it. Yet, http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/07/you-are-ready-for-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-5063025616186674949Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:38:00 +00002008-06-24T19:00:28.099-04:00While the Yahoo merger is yet to take place, Microsoft is in a quest to regain face to the lost suffer to Google. In an effort to regain momentum in the Websphere, MS has announce the beta release of IE8. Microsoft promised HTML and CSS compliancy with IE7, yet there are still items on the table. IE8 promises to be a browser that follows standard compliant HTML and CSS 2.1 compliancy. IE8 will http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/06/internet-explorer-8-ie7-revisited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-2911848372456575106Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +00002008-06-24T18:35:31.560-04:00JacksonvillecollegejaxEntertainmentFloridaConnecticutMy wife bought tickets to go see Melissa Etheridge for the June 19th concert in Jacksonville, FL. I said wtf, how bad could it be, lets do it. So we went down to the landing for dinner, dine on some fine Italian, the best so far in Jax, but mind you that there just aren't that many Italian restaurants in Jax, and don't get me started on the pizza situation. I digress, the concert was very http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/06/melissa-etheridge-revival-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-8279329787724668708Sat, 31 May 2008 19:29:00 +00002008-05-31T15:44:44.991-04:00photo resizingcmsjagged imagesFeaturesSEOSearch EngineCSSdreamweaverbrandDesignRecently, I have been thinking about design and the nature to code safely on the Web. As designers we typically choose to use Web friendly fonts like Verdana, Times New Roman, Arial, and Trebuchet MS. Designers, however should not let browsers inabilities to carry a vast array of fonts interfere with their designs. Michaelangelo would not have sacrifice the roof of the sixteen chapel due to lackhttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/05/embed-fonts-on-your-web-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-3339162591280351144Tue, 06 May 2008 03:29:00 +00002008-05-05T23:39:05.013-04:00Video Gamesvideocontent managementGoogleDesignTeabagging is a slang term for the act of a man placing his testicles, specifically the scrotum, in the mouth or face of another person, often in a repeated in-and-out motion. The practice vaguely resembles dipping a tea bag into a cup of tea. I first heard the term on Howard Stern and his filthy unrated show. Most recently however, someone told me that simulations of teabagging are often usedhttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/05/teabagging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-4890025027659357242Tue, 06 May 2008 03:20:00 +00002008-05-05T23:28:15.194-04:00advertisingSEOSearch Enginecontent managementCSSGoogleI was recently reading an article on SEO Chat, a large provider of SEO tools, articles, and news. I have been exploring and toying with the idea of hiring a consultant/ helper to get better rankings on some terms. I have a lot of experience on SEO, and keep with with the space, but it is always great to get third party validation. The problem is that when it comes to SEO, you have to open up http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/05/seo-hackery-and-sales-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-6539378214889769347Thu, 01 May 2008 01:50:00 +00002008-04-30T22:01:21.314-04:00Social BookmarkingWeb DesignRSSAlexasoftwareSearch EnginetechniquesCSSGoogleDesignWeb SearchesLast year Google introduced iGoogle, an addition to the Google Web site that allows customization, thereby creating an individual homepage for each user. You can login to your personalized page via the iGoogle top right menu on the Google homepage. Not only do you get to use the predefined gadgets, but you can add your customized RSS feeds or create your own gadgets via the Web developer tools.http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/04/igoogle-themes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-7848447957605217623Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:53:00 +00002008-04-14T17:05:01.348-04:00cmsWeb DesignCSSWeb SearchesI been working on redisigning a couple of Web site and have come across a very serious problem. I created an image to be place as the background of a div. I then went ahead and included the company logo as a transparant PNG file. Everything was going great. I normally develop in Internet Explorer 7, but make sure to test on all other browsers, Firefox, Netscape, AOL, and Safari. Turns out duringhttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/04/ie6-png-transparency-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-6845987412177630964Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:47:00 +00002008-04-11T10:16:59.530-04:00Web DesignadvertisingRSSAlexacontent managementDesignThe Web is designed as an avenue for providing and finding information, yet many media companies insist on holding back on their content until after their publication is released to the market. This is a fatal mistake, folks who read periodicals are not the folks tuned in to the Web. A once a month read is not bad, but what about the media junkies who just can't get enough, how do you deliver tohttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/04/instant-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-2854788725553682665Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:19:00 +00002008-03-24T23:26:43.865-04:00Web DesignGoogleWeb SearchesGoogle is one of those great companies who takes time to make great programs and tools to then turn around and give it away for free. That was the case for the Google version of Microsoft Office, Email platform, just to name a few. I read today the introduction of yet another tool, Google AJAX Language API. The Google AJAX Language API provide developers with the tools needed to automatically http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/03/new-google-ajax-language-api.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-100263930739426215Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:44:00 +00002008-03-16T17:54:14.264-04:00Web DesignmacromediaJoomladreamweaveradobeDesignRecently I formatted my laptop because I thought I caught a virus. I'm very careful, I had Symantec Antivirus and Microsoft AntiSpyware installed, yet my computer seemed to start crawling after a few minutes of working. Since I work on the Web, I typically have Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Outlook running all the time, with 2Gb of RAM, I figured I should be able to do so without much problem. I http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/03/dreamweaver-max-cpu-bug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-1797111283983497409Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:21:00 +00002008-03-06T17:22:11.397-05:00advertisingtechniquesTVplanesThere was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life: 1. He bought his first share of stock at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! 2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspap ers. 3. He still lives in the same, small 3-bedroomhttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/03/warren-buffet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-1380203305580516465Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:10:00 +00002008-03-06T15:18:19.534-05:00Web DesignreutersPoliticsDesignFloridaI'm very concerned for our nation. It seems we have spent so much money with the War in Iraq that the president is now eating just Hot Dogs. It's detailed inthis reuters story that McCain paid a visit to Bush in the white house to secure the president's endorsement for his candidacy. When Bush mention he was having a hot dog for lunch, McCain proceed to request the same. He didn't want to http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/03/us-budgetary-problems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-3830420833514198347Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:09:00 +00002008-03-05T23:02:40.570-05:003D DesignchemistryEntertainmentDesignI was discussing a topic with a colleague which I cannot longer remember even thought the discussion took place less than 24 hours ago. But today I read this story, it describe the use of robotics and technology where researchers are in the mist of creating a system that could allow people to feel textures and shapes of 3-D designs created on computers -- without any kind of mechanical equipment.http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/03/philosophical-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-4142553783684345339Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:15:00 +00002008-02-19T22:30:49.719-05:00initiativetechniquesFreedom of SpeechDesignSince the dawn of time women have been declared as problems. If you believe in the design explained in the bible, where a God created man and then woman, then woman sinned and caused a lifetime of damnation by eating the apple, then you can certainly understand why women are designed to be a lifetime of problems for the male specie. I received an email from a friend today mathematically proving http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/02/women-are-equal-to-problems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-1259654313792017608Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:48:00 +00002008-02-17T21:04:38.373-05:00advertisinghealthFreedom of SpeechdemonstrationsCustomer ServiceThe superbowl this year was a little different for me. Besides being the most boring one I ever watched, I was accompanied by a few friends and colleagues. I never had a superbowl party before, but the turnout was good and everyone claimed to had fun. Why I am writing about this today, when it happened such a while ago, mainly because I just read story about shirts ending up in Nicaragua. Shirtshttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/02/winning-super-bowl-shirts-end-up-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-7663006751308331988Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:13:00 +00002008-02-17T21:06:50.036-05:00GamblingLas VegasEntertainmentDesignLas Vegas, or Sin City as it is also known, is an amazing place filled wiht fun and excitment. I had the pleaure to visit the Disneyland for adults this past week. I stayed outside of the main drag, better known as the strip. I was attending the Chiropractic Event of the year! I stayed at the Las Vegas Hilton, which I have to say is by far one of the worst places to stay at in Vegas, not only ishttp://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/02/las-vegas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-6192133032491604877Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:02:00 +00002008-01-23T13:18:36.937-05:00JacksonvilleWeb DesignjaxDesignI have always been intrigued with design, specifically package design. There are so many ways to present an item, and yet so many designs exists for items of similar fashion. For example, I have at my desk to soda cups. One is from Longhorn, a steakhouse restaurant chain in the Jacksonville Area, another is from Daily's, the local store in the Shell Gas station. They both served as drink holders http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/01/package-design.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-6488997314131684392Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:26:00 +00002008-01-08T22:11:26.853-05:00JacksonvilletechniquesCustomer ServiceDesignEvery once in a while I know I shouldn't answer my phone, but I'm a senior member within my organization and I pride myself on addressing everyone's needs even if it mean being on the phone for an hour discussing the latest blogging strategies or working out a marketing and design plan with someone. Since I only deal on the phone with VIP I seldom purposely send them to voicemail. This morning http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/01/tech-sales-person.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-5374332991326453167Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:37:00 +00002008-01-04T10:43:04.408-05:00jagged imagesdigital photographySnowDesignA colleague sent me this and I thought it interesting enough to share. Here goes: This was sent by a man in Rhinelander, Wisconsin A very eventful day around here... A once in many lifetimes experience! I saw this lil' feller run out in front of a car-- thought it was a lost baby goat. Stopped to get it, and WOW!! A real Albino Whitetail Deer. Just hours old, but doing fine. No Momma deer http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/01/albino-whitetail-deer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14712777.post-1709267576900449305Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:05:00 +00002008-01-03T20:20:05.755-05:00JacksonvilleHolidayAAAmerican AirlinesThe year is already off to a good start based on a very successful Christmas Holiday. I received all the presents I could have hoped for, and was off from work for the entire Christmas week. I didn't gained any weight, mostly because I had a cold for the first few days I was off. I finally got to play golf and found myself quite rusty rounding out 18 holes at a shameful 108. The family trips http://www.paralleldesigns.net/blog/2008/01/happy-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Death is Forever)