Hey all,
So a few changes have happened around at Fame Designs. Most of them are pretty obvious to notice, such as a general design update to both the site and the blog. Personally, I find they’re a little more web 2.0 and they’re more ascetically pleasing.
For those smart cookies who found that I was using transparency .pngs and cried out about IE6 usability, fear not: users with an IE6 client or emulator will be redirected to a “web-safe” version of the site, which is essentially the previous layout I had designed. I find that redirecting with a meta-tag or javascript is an effective way to increase the boundaries of design rather than have one design that MUST cater to users who have yet to click the “update” button for their browser.
A few smaller changes include an update to my CV, a few more recent portfolio pieces, and my (FINALLY) Project Specification Sheet which will be useful in helping me find out what detailed services you require from Fame Designs.
The most influential change to the company and to my individual person is that I am now a full time employee working for website developer Geoff Brown. I’ll be working with Drupal and other CMS to make stunning websites. While this may affect my availability to take several contracts at once, I will still take a few to increase my own portfolio and client base on the side. From what I gather, Geoff understands this and appreciates my loyalty to my own company, and so it will continue to function as expected in the meantime.
So, like every good post, there should be some reward for you for reading this far, like actual world news. Here goes:
- HTML5 is getting some good coverage this week, and Line 25 has turned heads with their digital poster tutorial that’s wowing everyone. Also, this infographic shows us a detailed list of capabilities of both HTML5 and browser support.
- This new web standard is surprisingly awesome, and more importantly, it looks like it’s right around the corner. This is even more surprising, considering this monkey less than two years ago told us it wouldn’t be ready until 2022.
So that’s all for now. You’ll be hearing from me soon,
Jeremy
Jeremy Fama is a recent web and graphic design graduate with a few years of experience already under his belt. He has received awards and recognition from John Abbott College for his contribution to the community, and is currently working full-time as a web developer for Pinnacle Media.
Learn more about him by visiting his personal site Fame Designs.