Posted by: Varick Rosete on Wednesday November 12, 2008
It was sometime after the jQuery Rock Star hit that nGen Works’ comrades, Blue Flavor, contacted us to create a poster for their South By Southwest (SXSW) project.
SXSW, if you hadn’t heard yet, is an internationally renowned festival that started back in 1987 in Austin, Texas as a music festival and has grown exponentially to not just include music but also incorporate the film and interactive industries, as well. As SXSW grew, so did their website, which had become nearly unmanageable and impossible to navigate when Blue Flavor was brought in to restructure the information architecture and user experience. Their core idea for rethinking the architecture stemmed from last year’s SXSW panel Design Eye for South By, where the site should act as your SXSW P.I.M.P. (People Interacting Meeting People). In essence, create a site that was easier for users to connect without getting in the way of the rich, content-centered experience.
Our poster concept plays off of this P.I.M.P. idea and puts it to characterization. Our pimp symbolizes the new SXSW.com site, that has just been “Blue Flavored,” who wants to share his experiences and show off the goods in his jacket: a whole world of community, interaction, memories, knowledge, fun – everything you’d expect when you go to SXSW all rolled up within the simplicity of a new site.
We also wanted to keep the idea of the “rock poster” in our heads by keeping it simple, yet raw and edgy, from a visual standpoint. There are little hints to Austin and Texas with the city skyline in the distance, as well as the star for the capital of the state and longhorns grazing in the countryside. The color palette reflects the southwest orangeness of Austin and the cool blue of Blue Flavor.
With blingin’ SXSW rings, uber-chic world wide web shades, Blue Flavor ice and pimp juice, who can resist the sensual seductions of SXSW now?
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Posted by: Travis Schmeisser on Monday October 27, 2008
We’re excited that EllisLab asked to include our CP jQuery Extension in ExpressionEngine 1.6.5. You can read more about the updates on the 1.6.5 forum announcement. The addition is also in the EE docs under: jQuery for the control panel. Thanks EllisLab!
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Posted by: Varick Rosete on Wednesday October 22, 2008
Catch our very own Master Technician, Joey Marchy, this Thursday at AIGA Jacksonville’s Design Roundtable – Problem | Solution :: Web Design from Scratch. Whether you’re a print designer, web designer or any other creative professional, the Roundtable will discuss the ins and outs of the web design process. Topics such as architecture, functionality, content creation, design rules, coding options and more will keep the discussion pretty active.
Joey will be representing the nGen Works view along with Thought & Theory’s Dennis Eusebio, Brown Dog Creative’s Lesley Foster and Station Four’s Chris Olberding and Chris Lahey, which should make for an awesome event to attend.
Check it out…
Thursday, October 23
Art Institute of Jacksonville
8775 Baypine Road
Jacksonville, FL 32256
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6:00 pm-6:45 pm – Networking with light refreshments
6:45 pm-8 pm – Panel Discussion
COST:
AIGA Members: $5
Nonmembers: $15
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Posted by: Carl Smith on Monday October 20, 2008
Thanks to the more than 150 people who came out to help us celebrate our 5-year anniversary. From what people tell us we had a great time (HA)! We hope you did too. Special thanks to our bartenders who rocked it hard, and Michael Chambliss who made sure the space was ready to be trashed.
And congratulations to Axl & Slash for winning the best costume contest. (They actually had the right tattoos custom made!)
Thanks to everyone who posted pics from the party, please include links to yours as comments to this post.
Jeanne Ciasullo’s photos
Obie Fernandez’s photos
Gil Samson’s photos
Jeff Harrington’s photos
Varick’s photos
Katy Garrison’s photos
Kelly Mac’s photos
Ken’s photos
Lori’s photos
Bruce Floyd’s photos
Michael Kaiser’s photos
Finally, special special thanks to Jeanne Ciasullo for taking the time to make the nGeneer’s makeup look so freakin awesome.
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Posted by: Travis Schmeisser on Friday October 17, 2008
Recently, we’ve had the privilege of testing Garrett Dimon’s new app Sifter. His new-ish company Next Update is planning on launching it the second half of 2008. Sifter helps you track bugs and even enhancements/features you’d like to implement down the road. They bill it as:
Sifter is designed to be a bug and issue tracker for designers and non-technical people. However, we’re pretty optimistic that technical people will like it too.
From our use so far it’s a handy tool and couldn’t be easier to use. I haven’t at any point had to wonder where to go to accomplish what I needed. The workflow and assignment of issues is easy to follow and find what needs to get done. Awesome job, Garrett!
Check out sifterapp.com to be notified when it’s released
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