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One Maize. One Blue.

Color is an important aspect to a brand’s identity. Most people in this country, and even around the globe, recognize that Michigan is synonymous with maize and blue, just as much as Target is identified with the color red. Color evokes emotions and creates perceptions. Blue conjures up feelings of authority, success, power, and serenity, […]

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You’re Invited to the Michigan Regional HighEdWeb Conference in Flint

As the campus moves toward the implementation of a new web content management system this fall, we encourage all UM-Flint faculty, staff, and students to consider taking advantage of this invaluable opportunity to meet colleagues from across them Midwest and learn how to approach the university website in a more effective manner.

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Silver Bullets and Plastic Molds

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” This quote by Walt Disney I think speaks volumes about creating positive experiences.  It’s not essentially a system, marketing, or locale that creates the experience, it is all about people first. […]

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Web Round Up Week 4

There is a lot cool stuff out on the web, but it can be hard to find if you don’t know what or who to search for. I plan to round up resources and neat things from around the web so that you can be inspired and learn something. I hope to provide resources on […]

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Web Round Up: Week 3

There is a lot cool stuff out on the web, but it can be hard to find if you don’t know what or who to search for. I plan to round up resources and neat things from around the web so that you can be inspired and learn something. I hope to provide resources on […]

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Web Round Up: Week 2

There is a lot cool stuff out on the web, but it can be hard to find if you don’t know what or who to search for.  I plan to round up resources and neat things from around the web so that you can be inspired and learn something.  I hope to provide resources on inspiration, design […]

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Web Round Up

There is a lot cool stuff out on the web, but it can be hard to find if you don’t know what or who to search for.  I plan to round up resources and neat things from around the web so that you can be inspired and learn something.  I hope to provide resources on inspiration, design […]

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Quick Project Boilerplate With Terminal

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18221324[/vimeo] Hi-res version

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Creating Detailed Buttons

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17545436[/vimeo]

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The Right Approach to a New Campus Website

I am very pleased with the re-launch of www.umflint.edu. Yes–I know there were issues of slowness with the site which had to do with servers, but overall the launch went about as smooth as these things can go.  That is why we only do it once every few years.  It is a disruption, but a […]

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