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2010 Off to a Great Start

Posted on: Apr. 28, 2010  |  By: John Vincent

If our work load is in any way related to the U.S. economy, then things are looking up for everyone. Yulan Studio has experienced a significant surge in project work since we greeted the new year.

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In Search of Better Writing

Posted on: Apr. 28, 2010  |  By: John Vincent

How many times have you picked up a brochure or looked at a website representing an A/E/C firm and encountered utterly meaningless marketing-speak? One often gets the sense that a majority of marketing copy is generated automatically by a software program that allows companies to insert their name, location and project list. Why does this happen? And what is perhaps more important, what can we do about it?

Note: An edited version of this post appeared in the “Daily Journal of Commerce.”

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SXSW Interactive Part 6: Interactive Infographics

Posted on: Apr. 6, 2010  |  By: Lisa Holmes

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Interactive infographics, which are graphical depictions of data, allow you to process what would have taken hours to understand into seconds. In this session, four panelists showed examples of infographics and then talked about the current state of technologies related to creating them.

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SXSW Part 5: Greater Good, Sustainability and Unconsumerism

Posted on: Mar. 25, 2010  |  By: Lisa Holmes

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Sustainability is a hot topic that is just now starting to reach the interactive community, hence the focus on sustainability at the 2010 SXSW conference in one of the keynote addresses and in the “Greater Good” session track.

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SXSW Interactive Part 4: HTML5 and CSS3

Posted on: Mar. 24, 2010  |  By: Lisa Holmes

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Keeping up with the latest technologies is an ongoing part of a web designer’s job. Currently in the works are new features that will be available through the use of HTML5 and CSS3. While not all of the new features are currently supported by most browsers, there are some elements that can be used now.

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SXSW Interactive Part 3: Visual Note Taking

Posted on: Mar. 19, 2010  |  By: Lisa Holmes

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At SXSW Interactive, all of the keynote addresses were “recorded” by artists to document the discussion in real-time. The conference also offered several sessions on visual note taking to help people learn how to solve problems and communicate through simple drawings.

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SXSW Interactive Part 2: Content Management Systems

Posted on: Mar. 18, 2010  |  By: Lisa Holmes

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These SXSW sessions focused on WordPress and Drupal Content Management Systems (CMS). Both are free and open source backend systems written in PHP code that utilize template files to build large, dynamic sites that pull content from a database.

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SXSW Interactive Part 1: Web Design & Web Typography

Posted on: Mar. 17, 2010  |  By: Lisa Holmes

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I just returned last night from a great week in Austin at SXSW Interactive. This was my first SXSW conference and first trip to Austin… a very creative city that reminded me a lot of Portland. It even rained on my last day there.

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Interesting work with clients both new and old

Posted on: Mar. 5, 2010  |  By: John Vincent

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March 2010 is proving to be a busy month with both new and long-term clients asking for help on a variety of projects. It’s great to be buried with work after the challenges of 2009.

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What will the next 11 years bring for Yulan Studio?

Posted on: Feb. 22, 2010  |  By: John Vincent

What will Yulan Studio’s second 11 years bring? I believe the next decade plus one simply will bring more of the same. Here’s why…

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