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  • September 17, 2007 in Product Reviews

    Getting Large Files From Clients is Still a Problem!

    Clients very rarely understand the concept of file size. When they try to send a 20MB file by email and it doesn't make it through, it baffles them. For about a year now I have pointed my clients to a service called yousendit.com. Without getting into too much detail, yousendit.com allows you to send large files by email. However, you run into a problem when there are a lot of large files that all need to be sent together. In these cases yousendit just doesn't cut it. Rather than set up and FTP account and try to explain how to use it, I would usually just tell my clients to snail-mail it or drop it off. That is, until recently. I discoverd a cool little FTP Java applet that has solved my problems. You embed it into a web page and it automatically connects to the FTP account you specify and it allows the user to drag and drop files onto the applet for easy upload. So all I did was create a web page in a directory with standard Cpanel directory protection on it. Then I added the applet to the page and sent my client to it. Problem solved and it really makes you look like the wizard of the web. Here's a link to the applet.

  • September 11, 2007 in Product Reviews

    Online Video Revisited

    A few months ago I wrote a post comparing and contrasting the most popular YouTube clones on the web. One of the sites I reviewed was Blip.tv. At the time I was extremely impressed with the podcasting options Blip.tv provided. But I found they were lacking in the ability to embed a Flash player into a web site. This is a feature that nearly all of the other sites had and was a big deciding factor in my review of Blip.tv. In doing some research recently for a client on video publishing options, I found that Blip.tv has added the embed feature to their service which, in my opinion, puts them at the top of the game. Check it out when you have a chance.

  • September 5, 2007 in Web Design Culture

    Know What's Going On In New Media

    In any industry, but especially in new media, it is important to keep up with what's going on. It keeps you from getting behind the curve and it invigorates your work when you see the cool things that other people are doing. Two good places to "get your learn on" are Vitamin News and Digital Web. I think they both do a good job of keeping a finger on the pulse of new media.

  • August 29, 2007 in Web Design Culture

    Zeitgeist Movie : The Downside of Universally Accessible Self-Publishing

    The success of the full length online documentary Zeitgeist is a huge step toward bringing professional video content to the web. It's also a pungent reminder to the web community at large that we are now the gatekeepers of content. In case you haven't heard...

  • August 28, 2007 in Web Design Culture

    Cool Today, Passe Tomorrow

    This is really just a quick observation but I think it's an important one...

  • August 21, 2007 in Business & Process

    Managing Support Issues as You Grow... Enter Helperoo

    No matter what size your new media business is, you will always be dealing with support issues. When you first start out, you can easily mange them with a handwritten to-do list; but as your team grows and your client list grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to effectively manage support issues...

  • August 20, 2007 in Mirificam Press News

    Beyond Bits O' NewMedia

    As cool as Bit O' NewMedia is (no boasting here), I am sorry to say that it will never alone be a sufficient source of information for the cutting-edge new media professional. The diversity within the industry makes it impossible to have a one-size-fits-all information outlet...

  • August 16, 2007 in Programming & IT

    A Little PHP For the Designer

    We work in a strange and unique industry where the right and left hemispheres of the brain must be engaged on a regular basis to complete the tasks we are given. If you have too much programmer in you, your designs will suffer and it you have too much designer in you, your functionality will suffer...

  • August 14, 2007 in Product Reviews

    Start with a CSS Framework : Blueprint CSS

    For all the wonderful things tableless layouts have brought us, I give thanks. But you have to admit that some of the CSS browser quirks are a serious pain...

  • August 10, 2007 in Business & Process

    The Ideal New Media Consultant: Confident but Humble

    Confidence and humility are two very important characteristics of a good new media consultant. Your confidence gives your clients confidence about your services and your humility makes you approachable and enjoyable to do business with...

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