From start to finish,
this by far has been one of my most enjoyable projects. It
took a few drafts before I started to feel confident in my
design, when finally, it all came together. I must say, I'm
really pleased with the end result.
Working with Matt was a pleasure. He was very receptive
to my ideas from the very beginning. In our first meeting,
he came prepared, and gave me all his thoughts and ideas of
what the site should contain. Based on this information,
and the fact that this was a site for an attorney, I wanted
to convey a strong sense of professionalism, with a minimum
amount of images, and a sizable amount of textual content.
This was not at all a problem for Matt. He was able to come
up with some excellent quality content that made it easy to
incorporate into the final draft.
For this site, I used XHTML, CSS, Magpie RSS, sIFR (for all
headers), and a minimal amount of JavaScript and PHP.
This morning, while getting ready for work, the TV was
tuned in to Good Morning America, and the newscasters were
talking about "Google-ing themselves". Now, I realize that
this this sounds like it could be construed as a slang term
for doing something to yourself that isn't particularly
family friendly. However, what this really means, is to go
to google.com and do a
search on your name and see what comes up. You may be
wondering at this time what the big deal is for me to
mention this. Well... I'm gonna tell ya. Google has done
it. They have become a ge
nericized trademark. Much like making a photocopy has
become synonymous with xeroxing, and using Kleenex has
replaced tissue paper, searching for something on the
internet has now become "Google-ing". In the fast-paced,
constantly changing internet technology market, Google has
been able sustain such a huge edge over their competition
that the idea of "searching for content over the internet"
has now become "Google-ing for content".
This morning's GMA was not the first time Google has been
genericized. Pontiac had a car commercial that urged their
customers to "Google Pontiac" (see video clip), while in the
movie "The Holiday", Cameron Diaz goes to Google to find her
perfect vacation getaway. You never hear people saying
"Yahoo to find your answer", or "MSN it".
Congratulations Google! You've truely made a name for
yourselves.
From start to finish,
this by far has been one of my most enjoyable projects. It
took a few drafts before I started to feel confident in my
design, when finally, it all came together. I must say, I'm
really pleased with the end result. 
