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SelecTrucks Three SelecTrucks sites launched this month: Las Vegas , Charlotte , and Springfield . Vegas is a funny design, kinda dirty like a worksite, Charlotte is obviously Nascar-themed, and Springfield... Well, let's just say that Springfield is special. Dave, the designer, said that it was something he comped up for fun, and was suprised when the client went with it. It's a fun little design, and I enjoyed helping out with it. LifeWorks NW LifeWorks NW had been working with us for quite... Read More...

Brian Fling from Blue Flavor ran a great workshop called " Designing for Mobile " (you can view the slides here). He told us about the fundamentals of the mobile "ecosystem," and shared myths and terminology from the industry. The slides are worth reading through for the "jargon" definitions alone. When he explained the mobile ecology to us, I thought the coolest thing was when he explained some of the differences between our mobile culture here in North America as opposed... Read More...

Designing for Mobile The workshop I attended was excellent, and I'm going to do a separate post writing about it. In the meantime, here's the notes on all the other little panels I attended. Tagging in the Real Web World Thomas Vander Wal , who coined the term " folksonomy " gave this largely uninteresting lecture. He explained the history of tagging (archeologists putting a literal tag on an arrowhead which contains data about the object), and the purpose (to provide an identifier and description... Read More...