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Archive for February, 2008
2008 Digital Solutions Cooperative Conference

San Diego Marriott Marina Feb. 21 – 23, 2008.  Yours truely will be speaking about the ever expanding and exciting topic of cross-media. Look for future posts on the subject. Getting Your Assets in Motion:  A Look at Cross Media for Print Professionals In this session you’ll learn about the tools required for a cross-media workflow, including [...]

The Mobile Ecosystem

Sounds like a boring subject but it’s actually a really good read. Check it out on Adobe’s website. It explains the basics, and the future of mobile devices from a global context.  Excerpt: “An Asian startup, ColorZip, has devised an encoding scheme that uses 2D color patterns to embed download or other information that can [...]

Wrap Text around ANY Shape Using CSS

The CSS Text Wrapper allows you to easily make HTML text wrap in shapes other than just a rectangle. You can make text wrap around curves, zig-zags, or whatever you want. Check it out! Tested in Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Netscape.