General, JavaScript, Web

HTML5 And Internet Explorer 7 Hacks

Chip on 31 January 2008 | 2 comments

Assuming that it’ll be a while before most browsers attempt to implement most of HTML 5 (a perfectly reasonable assumption) we need to start thinking of ways to tackle the creation and rendering of HTML 5 components in the meantime. Obviously, using the tools of JavaScript and CSS a lot can be accomplished. <html> <head> [...]

Graphics, JavaScript

Be The Dungeon Master

Chip on 30 January 2008 | 3 comments

How to be the Dungeon Master using only JavaScript and CSS? James Edwards explains how. It would be a nice touch for a top-down RPG game like Dawn. The essence of our maze script lies in our ability to create a three-dimensional perspective from a two-dimensional map. But before we can make sense of how [...]

Branding, General

O'Reilly And Me

Chip on 29 January 2008 | 2 comments
Branding, Graphics

More Branding Research

Chip on 29 January 2008 | 3 comments

Nothing reflects a CEO’s ideas and strategies more than the company he leads. And nothing offers a quicker glimpse of an organization’s image than its logo. So it comes as no surprise that last year’s corporate branding and re-branding served a broad range of chief executives’ strategic purposes. New leaders often expressed their presence with [...]

Branding, Graphics, Resources

Glossary Of Common Visual Identity Terms

Chip on 29 January 2008 | 2 comments

Approval proof (contract proof, match print, or propriety names like “cromalin” or “Fuji”): a full color proof shown to approve a project before making printing plates, and used to check color accuracy while on press. Aqueous coating: a liquid coating applied to a sheet as it comes off the press. This protects the page from [...]

Branding, General

Corporate Identity Guidelines For Me

Chip on 28 January 2008 | 4 comments

While doing more and more R&D (research and development, for the ignorants), I started to like the idea of having a unified design (well, that’s the whole point, and that’s the way it should be). I know. Here’s what FedEx say about their brand: “The FedEx brand is more than a famous name. It’s a [...]

Branding, Marketing, Web

Corporate Identity On The Web

Chip on 27 January 2008 | 4 comments

Continuing my first ramblings about corporate identity, here are some notes on corporate identity and the web. On the web you find lots of hints concerning web design and usability of web pages. But how do you compare web pages? Which ones are good or bad? What does a homepage say about your organization? First [...]

General, Web

Internet Explorer 7 Future Problems

Chip on 25 January 2008 | 5 comments

On February 12, 2008 Microsoft released the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability update to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) marked as an Update Rollup package. Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update is a complete installation package that will upgrade machines running Internet Explorer 6 to Windows Internet Explorer 7. Desktops running [...]

Blogging

Experience Level Acquired

Chip on 22 January 2008 | 3 comments

Welcome back, or just welcome for those who reached this page for the first time. For you, I have RSS subscription options, RSS reader or email. Good. I am waiting for my first payment from Google. It will arrive around February 5th. I’ll let you know the amount and maybe a picture with the check. [...]

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