Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Ballot Casting
In honor of Election Day this past Tuesday, we thought that we would point out the voting section of Do Something, one of our clients. They feature some facts about voting, a rundown of American voting rights, and a blog post comparing the election coverage to reality television.
Some Testimonials on Northampton Web Developers Meetup Group!
Leah, project manager at Skytemple, has been organizing group meetings and workshops with web developers from around Northampton and the Pioneer Valley. These gatherings have been very useful for meeting new people in the business and sharing knowledge on web development. Here’s a list of testimonials from people who have attended the events.
PS. If you are interested in joining us visit our group at MeetUp to register and check out our upcoming events!
“ Great group of people, very welcoming to new visitors. ”
— Carole Singh on Aug 31, 2010.
“ Spirited discussion, interesting topics. ”
— Bill Arduser on Aug 30, 2010.
“ The Northampton Web Developers/Web Designers Meetup Group attracted a knowledgeable and diverse set of attendees with whom to share information. I’ve attended several CMS-related meetups and groups CT/MA region over the past month. This meetup group had the richest turnout and best organization. ”
— Dr. Mark A. Friedman on Aug 29, 2010.
“ quick access to expert knowledge a pulse on whats going on in the IT field from programming to graphic design some excellent world class speakers present talks – the organization has the backing of Microsoft and apparently Mass Mutual. ”
— Barry Roth on Oct 26, 2009.
“ The obvious! Networking your thoughts with others will only help in the further development of the construct. ”
— Kurt on Aug 6, 2009.
“ I think this group could really facilitate some great work. I’ll be back. ”
— Kim on Jun 12, 2008.
Web developers’ Meetup!
Every two weeks Skytemple hosts a meetup for web developers in the Pioneer Valley. Every meeting is an opportunity to discuss a topic on web development and design. This week we shared our knowledge on pluggins for WordPress and web font resources.
The meetings are free but a small contribution for pizza and beer is greatly appreciated. This is a great opportunity to learn and network. You can sign up and find more information of these meetups here.
Here are some picture of the event.
iMockups: iPad App Review
By Jason, project manager at Skytemple
I really enjoyed working with this program in spite of some of it’s limitations.
iMockups features a robust library of graphics that can be scaled, rotated, and dragged to any point on the canvas. Canvases can be copied, so a designer can depict a design as buttons and drop-downs are clicked. And with multiple projects these canvases fall under, it is impossible to lose track of your work.
However, without being able to flip or rotate graphics, I was unable to depict some of the concepts I was visualizing. The other issue I had was due to the fact that the graphics aren’t vector based; the larger you scale a button or a shape, the more distorted it becomes.
While some limitations were frustrating, the features more than make up for any functions that were absent from this version. In future revisions, I’d love to see the library expanded further, the graphics vectorized, and allowing for graphics to be flipped and rotated.
For more information about the iMockup application click here.
Web 3.0, the semantic web, and other working titles
As we strive to make sense of the vast resources of information that the internet has spawned, the web is taking form in a way that is very situational, contextual, and even (some might argue) semantically aware in a manner that is more and more “human”.
A major paradigm shift emerges as we place more emphasis on the relationships between different elements. How does your favorite author’s site relate to your favorite blog? These infusions of meaning will improve the contextual meaning of pages and how we move between them, and relate them to your personal experience, as well.
This evolving trend has been coined with terms that are already a bit exhausted, but the notions behind the movement offer incredible new possibilities. Not only will our relationship with information become more fluid, but we will relate to each other in a much more lucid and relevant way, as a result.
And that is pretty cool.
This brief film sums it up very nicely.
