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I have just completed Mass Effect for the first time, 5 years after the initial launch. It was better than I expected, better than I read in the reviews, and better than I had hoped for. I am writing this while downloading and installing Mass Effect 2 and its related DLC. I intend to pick up the story as soon as I can.
I had tried to play Mass Effect once before, much closer its original launch date. For whatever reason, I got sidetracked and never completed what I had started. In fact, it was the memory of some old save files from my first play sessions that originally led me to pick this game back up. Sadly, those save files were not found, so I ended up playing through the game with a fresh character. It should go without saying that I want to do it all over again because I'm not satisfied with some of my choices, however I will continue my story without going for a perfect save game status. I want my character to play out just like he should. My current time investment of 19 hours will have to do, as I am just too eager to get into Mass Effect 2.
There are things about this game series that are very compelling to me. The relationships you form with your shipmates being number one. The sense of pacing the developers have put in the game is stellar. Interestingly, I was actually a little disappointed in some of the game mechanics. The actual shooting itself was competent enough, but the Mako driving sections were just tedious and time consuming. One area that I feel Bioware is to be applauded as the Journal and Codex. These two additions were handled well and really added to my experience. Alas, let me not turn this into a review. I've heard the action gets better in ME2, so I am looking forward to that. Beyond the action however, is the continuation of the story. It is the cinematics and storytelling that are so compelling for this franchise. I am genuinely excited to see what happens to Shepard and the crew. So it appears my installation of Mass Effect 2 is complete. Here we go!
This is fantastic!! I laughed so hard!
Dear Vinny and Drew,
Please do a Quick Look for this game. With the industry being a little slow, it seems like the perfect time to check out the franchise. Especially as they have just launched the Enhanced Edition.
I wanted to take a moment and share how I felt after just watching Indie Game: The Movie. Let my first few words be, if you have not seen this film yet, you need to stop reading my words and just go watch it as soon as you can.
Indie Movie is a heart warming documentary about a small handful of developers that throw themselves into the creations they work on. The games that the developers are working on impact the lives of not only themselves, but of their families, friends, and millions of players around the world. The film tracks the development of Super Meat Boy, Braid, and Fez and provides insight into what the developers go through to bring this creations to life. The best part of the movie is that the story doesn't end when the movie does. A simple Google search will reveal the success and determination of the indie scene. It also points the way to a super bright future for game development.
I witnessed the indie game scene spring up around me a few years ago with the very titles in this documentary, but somehow I missed the release of this documentary until just now. I caught the film on Netflix, and was able to watch it in high definition. It should be noted that the production values of this film are simply stunning. The images presented are all crystal clear, and the sound keeps step. The production team even go so far as to incorporate small details that are integrated along with the film that I won't spoil here.
If you have any interest in how games are made, or any of the titles listed above, you owe it to yourself to spend some time with this film. The film is available in a variety of different formats, channels, and venues. The music that plays through the ending credits alone was enough to elicit a strong emotional response from me. There is something to be said for that.
It is with great joy that I begin writing this blog to you, for it has been over a year in the making. What follows is a story. Specifically, it is my story of some decades in time, boiled down into a few key moments. This story is about the journey, though it does conclude with a happy ending. Normally this content would be published on my own personal blog, however I can think of no better audience than my fellow Giant Bombers. Enjoy.
I am 32. I started console gaming with Pitfall on the Atari 2600 a few years after its release. I started PC gaming even earlier when my Dad created a math game on our 286 computer, though I suppose an easier benchmark might be BBS door gaming using a 2400 baud modem. I have been gaming, video and otherwise, my whole life. I would not go so far as to say it is my only hobby, but it is definitely one of my favorites. I suppose my affection for games is only surpassed by my love of the industry from which it originates. I now spend more non-professional time following this little industry than I do participating in the content it provides. I am sure that many of you can relate if you're a member at this site.
This story begins all the way back when I was a little kid. Back when I was fascinated by video games. I loved the colors and sounds. I loved the way it felt when you pushed a button, on a gamepad or keyboard, and something on-screen reacted. More than that however, I loved the immersion. Of being able to leave behind a world that I was not particularly gravitating towards, and dive inside a different world that lit up my gray matter like the NYC Christmas tree. Soon after the initial shock of playing video games, I started reading more about them. I remember going to the supermarket with Mom, where I would find issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Gamepro, and other magazines where I could learn about what was coming out, or get hints on the games I had. I subscribed to these magazines, and still have some of those early issues to this day. I began to follow.
I learned about genres, and platforms. Of characters and stories. I learned there was order and reason to an industry that I only thought put out things randomly. This lead to me being able to track, follow, and then enjoy a particular game. I learned that I could predict what I would like or not like. This was great! I could make purchases much more intelligently. More than that, I didn't have to waste time or money on titles I was not going to enjoy and then ultimately regret. Regret will become an underlying tone as I am sure you'll see. As the years rolled on, the state of technology improved. Games and players would go on to evolve into 8bit, 16bit, 32bit, and the Atari Jaguar generations. No wait, the cake is a lie and the Jaguar was never 64 bit. With each of these evolutions, we would innovate on the level of immersion we could experience as gamers.
1994 - The immersion level reaches an absolute fever pitch! I am standing in Wal-mart. Not the supermarket infused megastore that we have today mind you, this is an old-school Wal-mart. With a computer section. That sold Packard Bell computers. And hardware components like computer memory and hand-held scanners. More importantly, they were running a program that would go on to define literally thousands of hours of my life. Wal-mart had a computer display that was running a demo loop of a game I had never seen before. No doubt, this had been organized by a fellow gamer employee, and was not store sanctioned. I can remember this moment as clearly as any of the most significant moments of my life. My jaw hit the floor so hard my teeth shattered. I gasped and quickly turned around to the department associate now smirking at my wide-eyed expression. I bellowed, "What is this!?" He replied "Oh, that's DOOM".
DOOM changed my life. The well crafted genius of some folks in Texas sent me into month after month of dedicated gaming, exceeding anything Atari or Nintendo had ever done before. DOOM and DOOM II would somehow go on to define my video gaming love beyond all measure, and transcend console and computer evolution until its eventual accompaniment alongside Quake 1, Mechwarrior 2, Super Mario World, Wing Commander III/IV, Whiplash/Fatal Racing, Street Fighter II, EverQuest, and Super Mario Kart as my "greatest of all time". Yet despite this highest of peaks, the ball had been set in motion for the ultimate valley that was soon to follow. For as of this moment, I am still fourteen years old, standing in a Wal-mart with my imagination set ablaze. With a decade to spare for these other games I have mentioned to appear and disappear from my gaming palate, I am now predisposed to nearly every gaming trope, genre, idea, and story type. Still, it is the pinnacle trophy of complete immersion that is key to focus upon.
As the years rolled on, I began to see less mechanical innovation and more technical. I saw less creativity and more evolution upon existing ideas. Titles which introduced something new became increasingly rare. This has everything to do with the gaming industry becoming less about crafting an idea, and more about crafting a profitable idea. The two are not mutually linked, just ask any artist. So while the industry is finding itself, I am also finding myself... bored! Why are the same genres repeating themselves, often with little to no advancement beyond graphical prowess among their titles? So flash forward a bit to the new millennium. We're in the N64, PS1, Dreamcast, and "Pentium" era. I can chalk this whole generation up to the radical innovation of internet multiplayer. Consoles were starting to get it, however the PC got it in a big way and Quake 3 Arena shook the FPS world while Diablo and Ultima Online showed us what was possible. The console world saw some of its best evolutionary games ever in Grand Theft Auto, Halo, God of War, Super Mario Galaxy, and Gears of War. Still, despite the accolades all these games received, the experienced among us can easily see the underlying game mechanics they use and where those mechanics originated. Regardless, they do their part in immersing us in a world and drawing us deeper into the lore of that world. I cannot help but feel like I've seen it all before, and even worse I feel that I've played it all before. Though what happened next was the most damning aspect of it.
The Xbox, Playstation 2, and Gamecube gave way to the current generation. This new generation of gaming focused so tightly on the technology that the whole fucking gaming industry suffered for it. Sequel after sequel was published in an effort to tide gamers over. While I do not intend to turn this into a rant, dear reader, I do need to paint a very clear picture. I was burning out. I was loosing patience for one of the few passions I had in life. A funny thing started to happen alongside this event however! You see, it was about this time that yours truly started to enter the work force. As such, I had the financial resources available to fund some of my passions. I began to build a gaming library, both physical and digital at a much faster rate than ever before. This would become a powerful element to this story as you will soon discover.
I mentioned earlier that I have been keeping up with the industry more than I actually spent time playing games. While I have been doing this for as long as I can remember, I suspect the true origin is probably when online media overtook paper media in the expedited release of content. That is when I became utterly engrossed in the details of all the announcements, previews, interviews, and etc. While this is a bittersweet statement, it has afforded me the opportunity to live vicariously through the experiences of others. Namely the editors and authors of countless previews, reviews, and general coverage of the video game industry. Combine the knowledge that these channels provided with my own pool of gaming knowledge from the early days, and I can gauge pretty damn well what a game is and what it is like to play. This has the side effect of spoiling a lot of experiences. It also has the side effect of luring me into a false sense of experience about the immersion factor of a game. I'll play an FPS game in competitive multiplayer because I know it offers me a specific experience that will occupy my mind. On the other hand, I might not have it in me to play a Skyrim because I know how vast that game is (read: time sink), and because I already played every aspect of Morrowind so much different could it be? Not to mention that I have seen so much coverage of Skyrim, I feel that I've already played it to death before I even start. This sort of thinking has gone on for a long, long time. It would usually take a radically standout title like Journey to bypass my stigma.
Most gamers have a library of games. Some libraries are small and tight. Perhaps only the recent AAA or most frequently played games stick around. Other folks have systems and games that stretch back years if not decades in time. Very rarely do we get around to dedicating time to playing these older games because we're consumed in the shiny new game that is keeping us addicted. That certainly was the case with me, as I tended to let myself be consumed with competitive FPS multiplayer because it offered me a short-term immersion "fix". I would often think of games I owned but didn't play like Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, or even Metroid: Other M. So many games but so little time. Then I hit prestige in Black Ops 2. When I hit prestige and then went back to fire up another round of Hardcore FFA, a thought shot through my mind: "What the fuck am I doing?" I am only playing this game because it can offer enough manic, competitive twitch-gameplay that my brain can reach "Tilt." Profoundly, my mind is not actually enjoying the immersion in this experience, merely consuming minutes until my next mandatory venture of work. Work to play. Play to work? Enough is enough.
I spent some time thinking about what I was doing with gaming. I had forgotten why I loved it so much as a kid. I had lost the love. I had lost immersion. That singular memory of what gaming was to me as a kid was all I needed. I felt months of confusion suddenly come into focus. My moment of clarity, as it pertains to this story. I soon found myself watching Brad play Mass Effect 3 on Thursday Night Throwdown. The look on his face when Ryan asked him if he liked it stirred something in me. The look on his face was of surprised amusement. The nuances of his voice, advocating that he had just experienced something honest-to-God fun. He had not anticipated Mass Effect's multiplayer being as fun as it was.
"I've got it", I thought to myself. I started researching what game I wanted to play. If Wing Commander and Tie-Fighter had taught me anything all those years ago, it was that I loved space operas. I decided I would just go back to Mass Effect 1 and start fresh. Let me finally put down the desire to play the "known" standby and go visit a universe that I had denied for far too long: The Unknown. I got myself pumped up by watching a bunch of Mass Effect videos and then fired up Mass Effect 1 on my PC. That was somewhere around 7:00PM last night.
*big yawn and stretch* "yeah, this game is fun, but I'm sleepy... What time is it? Holy Shit! 4:47AM!"
The Beginning.
Going to keep it light for the first post. Catching up on a lot of "older" games such as Skyrim, Syndicate, but I am playing a healthy dose of Black Ops 2 on PC. Just watched the Farcry 3 QL and it looks great so I'll probably have to pick that up at some point. Cheers!


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The 5 Hottest Web Design Trends for 2015
Wednesday 12/17/14
It's almost the end of the year, so we're starting to shift our focus on what's coming up in 2015. Based on some trends we saw from 2014, we can make a few educated decisions about what design trends we'll all be following in the coming year. If you have a website that needs a refresh or a redesign, you can be sure that many if not all of these elements will be present in your new web design.
1) Go mobile or go nowhere
Having a mobile friendly website is not an option anymore. The number of people accessing the web from mobile devices is steadily rising, making it standard practice to have a website that is mobile friendly. Get on the bus or get left in the dust.
2) Images & Video
Having amazing images and videos that are very prominent on your homepage is a simple and elegant way to make sure your website stands out. When it's incorporated into an overarching style and tone, it can be very powerful. In an increasingly visual society, images are going to mean more and more with each coming year.
3) Flat Design
Flat design refers to a way of designing an interface so that it does not give the illusion of having three-dimensions. This means that things like drop shadows, textures and gradients that are used to add depth to a design won't be as present as they have been in years past. Instead, the focus will be on a minimalist approach that uses simple elements of typography and eye catching colors.
Flat designs are also faster to load, making for a quicker and more responsive user experience.
4) Unconventional and innovative design
With such things like large images, videos and flat design, website designers are challenged to come up with designs that are user friendly, present important content prominently and present a smooth experience overall. We're going to start seeing some really great stuff as designers strive to flex with the shifting landscape.
5) Stories told through design
When you put all of these elements together, you end up telling a story about your brand through your design. Everything from the images, page layout, font choices and actual written copy is a part of your overall story that embodies your strengths and values as an organization. Careful attention must be paid to make sure that all of the elements are in harmony and reinforce your message together.
All of these trends are ones we have seen gain some momentum in 2014. We are excited to have had the opportunity to put them into practice and look forward to seeing how far we can push them in the year to come!
Our Process: A Peek Under the Hood at GLAD WORKS
Wednesday 11/12/14
Here at GLAD WORKS we are quite proud of the way we approach our projects. We have developed a process that we use in just about everything we do, and at this point, it's so finely tuned that it's every bit as sexy and streamlined as a hot red racecar. Here's a little peek at some of the major points of our process.
Whether we're designing a mobile friendly e-commerce website or a simple postcard, our general work process is similar across all of our services. It's how we get to maximize our time, getting the right things done at the right stages so that projects are finished on time, every time and don't go over budget.
Before any contracts are signed, we make sure we have a very clear picture of what our clients are looking for. That way, all of the project details and pricing are agreed upon and fine-tuned before we even seal the deal because nobody likes surprises. We don't like them and you don't like them, so we avoid them as much as possible.
Sure, things may change a bit here and there as we move along, but clients are always in the loop and very involved in our process. We see our work with you as collaborative and we want you to give honest feedback. In return, we will be honest with you if we think something is not in your best interest.
Getting to work
Once we've had our kickoff meeting (a meeting in which we do NOT kick you) we get to work on design/copy/photos/web development—whatever the project might be. But we don't race ahead to the finish line after we meet!
We take a few pit stops along the way, checking in with you at key points to make sure we're headed in the right direction before proceeding. Sometimes this step-by-step process seems a little overly cautious, but in the end, it saves a ton of time and money performing edits and guarantees your satisfaction since your are involved in every stage of the project.
Final Approval
When we have produced our final version, we send it over for your review one last time and get your sign off before handing it over to the printer, making a website live, posting a blog post, what have you. We go over it again too, just to make sure it's what we had all envisioned it to be.
We guess you could call us a well-oiled machine!
Zoom, Zoom!
You may not know this, but there is a rather heated debate going on between writers and designers over how many spaces should follow a period. In fact, a long time ago a designer confronted our very own copywriter. She was informed that it was not correct to use two spaces after a period. Who. Knew. Apparently, to a designer, seeing two spaces makes them die a little bit inside.
So, in an effort to save the souls of designers (and the lives of writers) everywhere, let's tackle this subject. To double space or not to double space, that is the question!
Two spaces after a period, everyone does that right?
Even as this post is being written, double spaces are being used because: HABIT. When the post is done we go back and do a "find and replace all' to fix the egregiousness because it's very hard to stop what has become so automatic. Thumb hits space bar twice, what are you gonna do? The thing has a mind of it's own! It all started way back in high school typing class where we had it drilled into us that you need to have two spaces after a period. Remember your high school typing teacher? He or she would be aghast at this single space tomfoolery! What nonsense is this?
Evolution is a real thing
If you look at a style manual, you won't find one that doesn't specify a single space. Both the Chicago and MLA specify only one space, for example. But why have we been putting two for all these years? What gives?
As it turns out, the double spacers of the world are not wrong, per se. It's just that style has evolved in favor of the single space. This is due in part to digital typefaces, which have precise spacing already built in. Typefaces (aka fonts) are designed so that the letters take up a certain amount of space. Designers carefully consider spacing when they design typefaces, so to add an extra space after a period goes against the intentions of the person who designed the typeface. It kind of ruins their day. To a designer, space is an extremely precious thing. Don't fuss with it and they'll let you keep your face.
So, what now?
Well, since using a single space is now the standard, you're going to have to break your old habits. The adoption of that standard by major style manuals pretty much makes it a law. Of course, you won't get arrested or anything, but you'll totally get a stern look from a designer. Trust from those who know.
The purpose of this post is not to make you sad, double spacers. You're not wrong and you're not bad people or bad writers. You're more like fashion victims. Step away from the proverbial blue leisure suit and nobody will get hurt.
Our poor copywriter, knowing the rules full well, is still trying to break the double space habit, bless her heart. She's trying to be cool, GLAD WORKS friends. She's trying and taking it one day at a time.
Thank goodness for the "find and replace all" tool, that's all we're saying.
So tell us, do you double space or single space? Is this the first you're hearing of all this? Speak up in the comments below and for the love of all that is good and decent in this world, single spaces only.
Today we have a special treat for you! We've given you a glimpse into the lives of a graphic designer, a copywriter and a web developer, but today we bring you a glimpse into the life of a creative director. A creative director is the person who brings all the folks from different disciplines within a creative agency together to form a cohesive team. She is the keeper of the creative vision and it's her job to deliver a great outcome to her clients. Here at GLAD WORKS, that person is the multitalented Gina DiSpirito and she wears many hats indeed (literally and figuratively).
A creative director is certainly someone with a strong artistic and creative vision, but she also needs to be a people person. First, she needs to be able to communicate effectively with her client and know all the right questions to ask so that she can fully understand their needs. She then interprets that information and brings it to her team in a creative kickoff meeting. Once the team hits the ground running with their agreed upon strategy, it's her job to manage the different disciplines (design, tech, copy, photography, etc.) to provide quality control over concepts and projects and make sure everyone sticks to the same vision.
When she's not busy supervising and inspiring her team or presenting concepts to her clients, she's communicating with her account and traffic managers to make sure that deadlines are met and schedules are adhered to. She does this with multiple projects simultaneously every. single. day.
And, she has her own design projects that she works on as well.
It's sort of like being the ringleader at the circus, only with less elephant poop and way more paperwork.
A typical day for Gina looks like this:
Wake up after only about four hours of sleep (if she's lucky) to the sound of Bella and Dolce, the GLAD WORKS Chihuahuas, begging for their breakfast.
After the ladies are taken care of, she calls to check in with the office and starts looking at her emails. "Gee," she notices, "only 150 emails while I was sleeping. Slow night!" Next, she prioritizes, sorts and answers as needed. Sadly for Gina, none of it is spam and it all requires her attention.
Once she's answered her emails, she has her morning protein smoothie and gets ready to come into the studio. She puts on a jaunty hat and chooses coordinating outfits for little Bella and Dolce. With her husband Adam (our technology director) in tow, the whole family heads out for another busy day at the studio.
Once she arrives at GLAD WORKS and Bella and Dolce have done their visiting with each team member, it's time to get to work. While the little ladies work on getting their beauty rest, Gina gets started on her projects.
On any given day, she jumps on multiple calls with clients and vendors, heads out for meetings, works on her own design projects, meets with the creative team to review work, heads creative kick offs, works with project managers and generally kicks butt.
Before you know it, it's 4:30 and she hasn't had lunch yet. Too bad, there's another conference call in three minutes! Who needs lunch, anyway?
After work, when most people are heading home like zombies, just waiting until a decent hour to go to bed, Gina hits the gym for consecutive hour-long spin classes, 80-minute treadmill marathons or sessions with her personal trainer.
Once the gym is done, she and Adam finally head home, eat dinner, answer more emails and watch an episode of The Pitch or Shark Tank. Finally, she falls asleep only to wake up a few short hours later to Bella and Dolce's desperate pleas for breakfast.
Clearly, it takes a special kind of person to shape and manage the collective creative brain of an entire agency while at the same time managing daily business operations. We get tired just watching her!
Awesome Web Design Trends for 2014!
Tuesday 1/21/14
It's always fun to take a look at what's going to be the new hotness for the coming year! Web design has a lot of fun things happening in 2014 and we're very excited about some emerging trends. But don't confuse following trends with following fads. Fads are a flash in the pan, while trends stick around for years and evolve over time. Our designers put a lot of effort into staying on top of what's new and what's cool so that your websites are top notch and full of The Awesome. Let's check out some possibilities…
Sweet fonts abound
You know what total typography geeks we can be, so it should come as no surprise that we're so stoked about all the incredibly fun fonts that designers are starting to add to websites. We think that when used in the correct amount and in the correct place, cool fonts that step outside the standard serif or san-serif rut can add great impact to a webpage design.
Video and video and more video
We're seeing video popping up all over the place! Instead of reading, people are watching. Since they're becoming easier to produce and share, videos are becoming the favorite way to communicate, especially when the information is complex and needs a lot of visual support. Some companies are putting a video portfolio right up on their homepages, forgoing written copy in favor of dynamic slideshows set to hip music.
Less Content
We've all read the articles saying that "Content is King," but this year it might not be. Content is going to start shrinking down into bite-sized pieces instead of lengthy paragraphs. This is because our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter with each passing moment and website content needs to be very direct and succinct.
Mobile Optimization
We wrote about the growing need to be mobile friendly in a post about mobile marketing. More businesses are catching on to the fact that they need to be accessible anywhere, by anyone on any device. So, more websites will be mobile optimized this year as the push to make the mobile web a friendlier place continues.
Scaled back colors
You know how much we love to talk about color! We've noticed a lot of websites emerging lately that make use of only one or two colors. Sometimes they're completely neutral in black and white with only seldom pops of a single bold color. We love to use color in new and interesting ways and this year, we're going to get to play!
Focus on the user experience
Web design isn't only about making things look pretty. Businesses are now looking to more minimalist design, better organization of information, and mobile optimization to make sure users have a great experience using their site. A rewarding user experience is key to getting customers to like you and visit again!
Not every brand-new website you see launch this year will have these features, but the trends are strongly in these directions and we can't wait to see what designers do with them. Here's to a cooler, more user-friendly year in web design!
Copy and Design Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Tuesday 10/1/13
Sure, a plain peanut butter sandwich is ok, but it's a little dry. A plain jelly sandwich is also edible, but it's lacking something. This is exactly how it is when you have a great design with uninspiring or meaningless copy, or great copy with a visually unreadable design. You need the two to be equally fabulous if you really want to have a winning combo that keeps people coming back for more. That's why it's so important for copywriters and designers to work together. We work in a content-focused industry, so we place high value on this symbiotic relationship.
Copy inspires design, design inspires copy
It's tremendously helpful for a writer to see a design before writing. It gives them a sense of how much space they have to work with. They can also see how many titles, call outs, headings and other elements the design has that will need words. It's also great to see a design because it establishes the tone for the copy. A more playful design will call for less formal copy and a more corporate design will need something more conservative. For example, it would be really weird if a clinical website had lots of whimsical copy, wouldn't it? That would be like having a clown give you a dental exam. That "dentist" would lose all credibility with you and you'd be looking for a new one realquick.
Especially if you're afraid of clowns.
But just as the design can inspire the writing, the writing can also inspire the design in the same ways. It's helpful for the designer to see how much copy there is and how many titles, call outs and headings they may need to make space for. The copy can also help the designer establish the tone and the audience so that the design works in harmony with the copy.
Writers and designers working together
Clearly it's kind of a chicken or the egg situation when it comes to who inspires whom. Who goes first? Does the designer come up with a design first or does the writer draft some copy? That's always the question, so what happens quite often is the designers and writers sit and work together. Lots of times there's a wireframe and a sitemap (click here to learn more about wireframes and sitemaps) that they both work from at the beginning that helps them shape their own individual piece of the messaging and tone.
It sounds odd to think of a designer as someone with a message to convey because after all, don't they just work with colors and layout and stuff? If you remember back to some of our past blog posts, you know that the colors, navigation and layout have their own messages to convey and that they're just as important as the copy. Design communicates volumes in its own right.
Designers and writers need time to bond
If you happen to be putting together a project and you hire a designer who does not work with a writer in-house, make sure they have a chance to meet one another or at least have a phone call so that they can have a chat and strategize together. Otherwise, there's a chance you're going to wind up with a plain peanut butter or plain jelly sandwich that will leave readers feeling empty and unsatisfied.
Put the two together, however, and you have a winning combination!
PS: It's peanut butter jelly time!
The Anatomy of a Website: The Final Chapter
Tuesday 5/28/13
This is the last edition of our three part series on the anatomy of a website! By now you know what a sitemap and a wireframe are and you know all about the different kinds of navigation. Today we're going to wrap it all up by going over a few of the other important elements of a website that you already know about, but maybe haven't thought of in quite the way that we do.
You still need those exam gloves, so go get 'em!
All the stuff on a website would be awfully disorganized without some sort of container to help us keep the contents of the pages organized. It's the same thing with that shameful drawer or closet in your house that you'd be mortified if anyone saw (you know you have at least one of those spots!). To make it nice and neat, all that drawer or closet needs are a few nice containers to keep everything in its place. It's the same thing with a webpage. Without containers, the elements of the page would drift around without boundaries and be a gigantic mess. That's why you see boxes and lines separating the different elements of a webpage.
Located at the bottom of the page, a footer contains contact information, links to main sections of the website, social media links, and other important stuff like that. The footer usually doesn't change when a user navigates to a different page so that the information contained in the footer is always available. Footers are helpful not only because they list important info, but they also let visitors know they've reached the bottom of the page.
Any area of a website where there's no text or graphics is called whitespace. While it's very tempting to fill every little piece of a webpage with stuff, there's great value in whitespace. It helps a design feel light and breathable, it helps guide the user's eye around the page, and it helps to create balance and unity. Without judicious use of whitespace, a webpage would look chaotic and crazy. It would confuse and overwhelm a visitor, making them uncomfortable and sending them elsewhere.
It's important that your website be consistent with your brand. While it may be cool to think of your website as a chance to really go nutsy and experiment with a whole new look, it's probably not in your best interest. Your logo and the colors you choose should match the rest of your collateral like your business card, letterhead, and so on. You want your customers to recognize your website instantly and know they're in the right place. When we talk about making it consistent with your brand, this is what we mean. We even think about the fonts we use and the tone of the copy. It's got to suit you right down to the tiniest of details! This is not to say that you can't be fun or jazzy on your website, you just have to be recognizable as you.
Content refers to all the things on your webpage like the text and the images. Content should be well organized, concise, and easy for the eye to scan for information. Most of your visitors have a short attention span, so you need your content to be as tight as possible. It's very tempting to try to stuff as much as you can onto your site and include all sorts of pictures and snippets of info, but, in general, less is more.
There are many, many other things we could tell you about with regard to the anatomy of a website, but these are things that you'll hear about most often when we talk to you about your project.
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After our discussion of sitemaps and wireframes from last week, we thought we should move on to talk about some of the more fun parts of a website's anatomy and talk about navigation. Web users are very impatient, so navigation is incredibly important in helping them find what they're looking for as quickly and easily as possible. It can actually make or break the success of your website, so it's certainly a very big deal and something you should pay close attention to.
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Website navigation
The term "website navigation" refers to the way users get around your website. It's kind of like using street signs to find an address. Without them, you'd be pretty lost, wouldn't you? With that in mind, you can see how it's incredibly important that the navigation of a website is very easy to find and easy to use.
The first thing we need to think about is placement. Since a navigation bar doesn't take up a huge amount of space, it can get lost in a sea of other content you have on your site. That's why it should be a very prominent and consistent element that appears in the same place at the top of every page. It should also have the same style, type and colors so that users know where to go to get around no matter what page they're on. There are two common kinds of navigation: horizontal and vertical.
Horizontal navigation
The kind of navigation you see most often is arranged horizontally across the very top of a page. It's a list of all the pages on the website that a visitor may want to see.
Vertical navigation
Another common arrangement is vertical text navigation. You see this most often on the left side of a website. Vertical navigation can be used in conjunction with horizontal navigation and it's often used for sub-sections of a larger one found in the bar at the top of the page.
Drop-Down Menus
You know how when you click or hover over a button in the navigation bar, a menu comes down and offers you a look at what other sections of the site can be found under that heading? That's a drop-down menu. They break down top-level buttons into smaller sections. Sometimes they even have sub-menus that show users even more choices as they look through the drop-down menu.
So, let's say for example you're on a clothing website and the navigation at the top has options like "clothes," "shoes" and "accessories." When you choose "clothes" a drop-down menu appears and offers you more options like "women's clothes," "men's clothes," or "children's clothes." If you choose "men's clothes" the sub-menu has even more options like "shirts," "pants," and so on. Drop-down menus are a great way to help users get around a website quickly and easily without taking up valuable screen real estate. Without them, there wouldn't be much room for any other content in complex websites.
Obvious section names
As tempting as it may be to have clever and quirky ones, the section names of a website should be really straightforward so people can find what they're looking for without thinking. People hate to think, you know. Their brains are already overloaded with all kinds of other stuff, so you've got to keep it as simple and direct as you can. This helps folks navigate without the frustration of having to click around trying to figure out where stuff is. Concise names may also help with SEO.
Navigation is a very important consideration in any website no matter how big or small. It's crucial to have it set up so that users have an easy time finding their way around.
Raster Images vs. Vector Graphics: What the Heck is GLAD WORKS Telling Us About Now?
Wednesday 4/17/13
Greetings GLAD WORKS friends! Due to the smashing success of our post on RGB vs. CMYK color spaces, we decided to dig in a little more and explore the wild and wooly world of Raster Images vs. Vector Graphics. They're two different kinds of computer graphics, and just like with RGB and CMYK, they have everything to do with the way your projects come out. We're telling you about all of this so you won't feel quite so lost and in the dark when we start speaking GLAD WORKSIAN on you. We do that sometimes and we don't even mean to.
But that's ok because now you can just nod along and not even have to pretend to know what we're talking about!
Two kinds of computer graphics
Raster and Vector are types of computer graphics. Raster images (aka bitmap) are composed of pixels (bits of image color) and vector graphics are composed of paths. A raster image uses a grid of pixels where each pixel can be a different color or shade. If you were to zoom in on a raster image, the edges would become jagged as you would start to be able to see the little pixel squares of color. This is different from a vector graphic which uses mathematical relationships between points and the paths connecting them to describe an image. Since they're composed of paths instead of pixels, when you zoom in on a vector graphic, the edges are smooth.
So what?
Raster images require higher resolutions and something called "anti-aliasing" in order to look smooth. Vector graphics, on the other hand, since they're made of lines, curves, and points that are calculated mathematically, can be scaled to any size or resolution and still have clean edges. Each have their place in your design projects, and it's important to have the right type of graphic depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
Vector graphics
Vector imaging is frequently used in printed page layouts and illustrations. They can be made larger or smaller without loss of image quality because they're mathematical descriptions of an image instead of pixels. Typography and illustration are vector graphics. Complex logos and shaded illustrations can be vector based, but it's tough to get a photo-realistic appearance. Most of the vector images you see tend to look more one dimensional and cartoon-like.
Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based program, but you can still place raster graphics in an Illustrator file. Because you can make them bigger and smaller without losing quality, vector-based images offer freedom from resolution when developing print-based projects.
Raster images up close and personal
Raster imaging is usually used for photographic images with complex shading. They function like pointillist paintings— your brain mixes the color information into recognizable shapes. Digital photos and scanned drawings are raster images. If you scale a raster image down, you essentially omit some of the unneeded bits at the smaller size, and the software reinterprets the color for you. If you try to scale it up, you end up seeing the individual pixels. That's why it looks jagged or blurry depending on how much you try to enlarge it. Because of this decrease in quality when enlarged, raster images are resolution dependent and require minimum resolutions, or DPI, based on the size of its intended output.
DPI: pixels for every occasion!
Because vector images are not pixel-based, they aren't ruled by DPI. The advantage to using vectors is that they can be sized, small to large, without a loss in quality. That gives them a distinct advantage for some projects. Now, when we talk about raster images, we do have to be concerned with DPI since they're made up of so many pixels per inch.
The number of pixels per inch (PPI) or dots per inch (DPI) is called resolution. The higher the resolution, the more pixels you have crammed in there. For web and screen view, you typically need just 72dpi because that's the maximum amount that monitors and projectors can display. For printing from your printer at work or at home, you need 150dpi. Professional press printing typically requires a minimum of 300dpi since the equipment is capable of much finer detail.
That's part of the reason why it's very hard to use a photo you took with your phone as the cover of your annual report. The resolution of the image is far too low and you're limited in what you can do to make it bigger. And although we know you're oh-so tempted, we beg of you, just don't do it!
The more pixels you have in an image, the more bits of data need to be stored which increases your file size from kilobytes to megabytes to (hold onto your hats) gigabytes! So, for example, an average home page photo on your website shouldn't be more than 100KB since most monitors max out at 72dpi, but that annual report we talked about might have an image that's 5MB or more, weighing in at a minimum of 300dpi! When talking about raster images, the bigger the image, the bigger the file size should be. And don't even get us started on printed billboards! Those files can be like, whoa, HUGE!
Now, we don't expect you to be graphics experts after having read this, but we do hope that it gives you a general idea of the different kinds of computer graphics we work with when we do our magical design-y stuff.
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CMYK vs. RGB. No, We're Not Talking About Boy Bands…
Tuesday 4/2/13
We know that CMYK and RGB totally sound like the two boy bands your teenage daughter is swooning over, but they're actually color spaces that we encounter with images. Each color space has a specific use and they're the reason why things that look one way on your computer screen may look completely different in print.
Today we're going to explain what CMYK and RGB are and how they have different uses depending on what your project is. It's going to be a lot like an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy only with less bowties and fewer awesome sound effects.
CMYK color
CMYK stands for Cyan (pale blue), Magenta (hot pink), Yellow, and Key (black) and they're the ink colors used in the offset printing process. The four colors are combined to varying degrees to create the colors on printed pieces. CMYK is considered a subtractive color mode. To understand what that means, think of the paper that's being printed on as white and the ink subtracting from the brightness or whiteness of the paper. Typically CMYK is used for print pieces such as postcards, newsletters, invitation suites, etc.
RGB color
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue and it's the color of the light that comes from computer monitors or other electronic devices like televisions and scanners. A computer has a much different array of colors that it can display as opposed to what a printer can print. With RGB, the primary colors red, green and blue are combined to create a huge array of colors. It's considered an additive color mode because the background of the screen is black. The LEDs that light the screen add light to black. The variations in colors determine what color the viewer sees. Anything dealing with the web or that's meant to be viewed on a screen should be done in RGB.
Why Do RGB colors need to be converted to CMYK for printing?
So, let's say you've made a very nifty looking poster on the computer and you'd like to print it out. Once printed, the poster isn't nearly as nifty as it looked on your computer screen. The colors are dark and dull and the whole thing looks kinda wonky. Why did this happen? You have a nice printer full of new ink! But it's not your printer, it's that the RGB color scheme on your monitor has a different range of vivid and vibrant colors than CMYK can produce. Luckily, the above scenario doesn't happen very often as most home ink jet printers are smart and do the conversion from RGB to CMYK for you.
Converting RGB to CMYK
Sometimes converting from RGB to CMYK requires the use of a conversion table to make sure the colors on the screen will match the color in print. There are other ways to do this, but we won't bore you with the details you hire us to worry about! Photos that are placed into the piece will probably be in RGB format and will have to be converted separately. Some colors just cannot be reproduced in print and have to be changed in Photoshop.
Of course, this is all a bit more complicated than we're making it out to be, but we hope you come away from this post today with an understanding of the standards we're working with and why things need to be done a certain way so that we can get the best possible results.


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Illinois Residents Leave State for Fireworks
The 4th of July is really just right around the corner and that means Illinois residents are once again crossing the border to buy fireworks.
It takes about ten minutes to get to Shelton's Fireworks from the Illinois border and around this time of year locals notice a lot more activity at the shop.
Most fireworks are illegal to buy and use in the state of Illinois so people are forced to cross the state line for many of the goods they want.
Some Illinois residents think the law goes too far.
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- Flea has had an acting career. His resume includes: The Big Lebowski (as Nihilist), Back to the Future, Part II and Part III (as Douglas J. Needles), My Own Private Idaho (as Budd), Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (as The Ruined Man). He is also the voice of Donnie on movie and TV series The Wild Thornberrys.
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Tax Management, Inc. has teamed up with BulgariCo in order to provide end-to-end tax solutions for a wide range of corporate needs. Terms of the partnership will enable TaxManagement to provide its worldwide group of clients with BulgariCo's rapid company registration processes. The benefits of an international business company (IBC) nowadays are widely accepted regarding optimum tax planning and assets protection. Although the popularity of this particular business model increases in parallel with the earnings in revenue, there are still three basic factors that seem to puzzle most entrepreneurs, when they come to the point of choosing the best tax jurisdiction. These factors are legal issues, ease of operation and ease of access. The partnership is expected to bring TaxManagement's digital services and practices to the Bulgarico IBC's remote management.
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PwC says nations such as China, India and Brazil are expected to make big gains in developing products.
The innovative edge that brought the U.S. medical technology industry to global dominance may be slipping, according to a study that consulting firm PwC is releasing Tuesday.
In the next decade, the report predicts that China, India and Brazil will experience the strongest gains in developing next-generation lifesaving products, as capital, jobs and research gravitate toward these growing markets.
"The key finding is that the U.S. is declining when compared with other countries across the globe," said Tracy Lefteroff, a Global Managing Partner of PwC's venture capital practice. "And we're in real jeopardy of losing our lead."
Even a slight erosion in U.S. leadership status can siphon off good-paying med-tech jobs, Lefteroff added. And, increasingly, U.S. consumers will not always be the first to benefit from advances in medical technology.
The 52-page report from PwC, formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers, should add fuel to a growing sense of angst felt by Minnesota's med-tech community that its stature as a haven for medical device innovation is eroding.
The report looked at traits that contribute to med-tech innovation and quantified them in a scorecard involving nine countries, including the United States, China, India, Brazil, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Researchers scored each country on five different "pillars," or areas that have historically supported med-tech innovation. They include the availability of financial incentives, such as government reimbursement for products; havens for innovation, including universities that conduct cutting-edge research; a supportive regulatory system to approve new devices; a pool of patients demanding the best treatments; and a supportive investment community.
Going forward, the United States will see erosion in all of these areas, the report concluded.
While health expenditures in the United States should increase about 6 percent annually between 2009 to 2019, that figure will grow at a slower rate than in emerging nations like China. This could cause big med-tech companies to delay regulatory approval of new products in the United States in favor of launching devices abroad.
In the area of medical research, the U.S. university system has led the world. But the PwC report indicates that as the quality of educational and research institutions improves abroad, money for research will follow.
The report also touches on increasing demands placed on U.S. med-tech companies by the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the industry. In this area, France, Germany and the United Kingdom rank higher than the United States because they "provide more supportive regulatory processes that encourage innovation yet ensure safety and effectiveness on a timely basis."
In addition, as reimbursement for medical devices grows more difficult in the United States, trends suggest companies will find it easier to get their products covered in China, India and Brazil.
In terms of funding new med-tech inventions, the report found that the United States still ranks first in venture capital investment for start-up firms. But China represents the second-largest pool of venture capital, followed by Brazil. These countries are "building some of the world's most entrepreneurial cultures," the report states.
U.S.-based medical technology giants will increasingly look abroad when contemplating acquisitions -- they "see themselves as global companies, [and] will not hesitate to invest where the growth is most promising."
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Using his own daughter as the subject, Luke Jerram's pixelated art sculpture is truly an interesting concept that looks at the connected generation. The thought-provoking sculpture sits at the Bristol Temple Meads train station in England and as people walked by the sculpture it created a buzz because of how surreal the concept is.
Jerram explains that, "from the age of 3 my daughter Maya could use an iPhone. For her the technology was like a pencil, just another everyday tool to be used." It's scary to think that the reality at which children are now predominately living in is actually a virtual reality where people are represented in the same pixelated fashion that Jerram's daughter is depicted. This pixelated art sculpture is definitely an inventive creation, and the careful message that it evokes is truly something to think about.


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U.S. Attorney Returns to Jail
Second Annual "Youth Empowerment and Awareness Summit" Held Today at Baltimore City Detention Center
Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein joined public officials, law enforcement officers, corrections employees and community organizers this morning to speak to approximately 120 juveniles in custody on adult charges at the Baltimore City Detention Center. The summit, organized by the Family League of Baltimore City with the support of state and local officials, is designed to warn young offenders about the consequences of crime and inform them about opportunities to change their lives.
"I went to jail today to make sure that these young men and women understand the consequences they will face if they return to a life of violent crime, and I am proud to work with the many dedicated organizations that are helping to bring hope and opportunities to those who choose to remain on the right side of the law," said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. "The best way to reduce crime permanently is to prevent teenagers from making bad choices that take them down the road that leads to decades in a federal prison far from home with no probation and no parole."
Mr. Rosenstein spoke about a Baltimore man who once spent time at BCDC and now lives alone in a 9' by 12' concrete cell in Colorado and discussed recent cases of Maryland teenagers sentenced to serve life in federal prison.
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Hyatt Regency To Manage Hotel At Tysons Corner Center
At the center of the Tysons Corner Center expansion is a unique, elevated outdoor plaza, more than an acre and a half in size, which will link all the project elements together to provide an attractive, activated outdoor venue for activities and events. Hyatt plans to host corporate and social events within the dramatic, new plaza space.
"We are proud of our almost 40-year relationship with Hyatt, and we know the strength the Hyatt Regency flag brings to the marketplace," said John Scovell, president and CEO of Woodbine Development Corporation, third-party developer and hotel specialist for Tysons Corner Center. "We have no doubt Hyatt will deliver on its stellar reputation for authentic hospitality."
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I'm going to plant some plants on the shoreline or in shallow water of a farm pond, and wonder about Ruby eye arrowhead. They would be planted in the soil in their permanent location. I've seen them listed as zone 5 and warmer, and elsewhere as zone 9. I'm in zone 5. |
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