March 19th, 2009
Well, I have finally gotten some time for a little extra reading, and I stumbled upon the ad campaign/branding initiative for the new Porter Airlines. Check out this interview with the graphic designer: Neal Whittington of Winkreative.
I have that inherent female affection for cuteness more so than any woman I know. However, even if I overlook the raccoon and his obvious cute-factor, I still love this branding concept.
I have noticed a recent push for more simplistic designs. I especially like the rebirth of 1950’s style illustrations. I am happy to say goodbye to the overly airbrushed, high res ads from the late 90’s (think Fanta Commercials). It is nice to see the images take a more streamlined approach. I hope this is a sign that our over-indulgence as a society is becoming less fashionable. Let’s try a little minimalism! 
Back to Porter Airlines: I do however, think that their website is a bit under-designed. OK, I admit it…I do want to see more of that cute little Raccoon, but even some images of the fleet or a little more styling of the navigation buttons would improve the site dramatically. What do you think?
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February 18th, 2009
Everyday while working, I have to use numerous online web applications just to get one job done. Now, I do love having all (err…most) of my applications in the “cloud”, but it is easier to navigate through all of my open desktop applications than it is to navigate from one tab to another in Safari. Well, while surfing the web today, I came across a a life saver to help alleviate this headache. Enter Fluid.app for Mac users and Prism for PC users.
What are these mysterious things?
Fluid is a free Mac application (while Prism, a product from Mozilla, is a free Windows/Linux application) that creates Site Specific Browsers (SSBs). An SSB allows you to run a single web site or application as a stand-alone Mac application, independent of your other web browser windows or tabs. This way, it is always instantly available via the Dock or application switcher, with no fumbling of tabs. Also, if your browser crashes, your important sites (in SSBs) are kept safe from harm.
Basically any web application or web page even, that you visit regularly can be turned into one of these SSBs. Various webmail applications like GMail, Yahoo or Windows Live can be taken from the web and your browser and accessed quicker than a browser based bookmark. Always accessing your WordPress blog, turn that into an SSB. The options are almost unlimited.
If you are a fan of desktop widgets, then you will love these applications. Download and try them today.
Tags: application, fluid, prism, web
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January 1st, 2009
Hello! This is Tira. Curt and I have been working on our website and our own personal blogs as well. It sure is difficult to launch 3 sites at the same time! Now that we are here, let the blogging begin!
Tags: Advertising
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