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Unexpected Faces Unexpected Places in the News!

2007-10-03T07:48:00.000-05:00

Although the campaign will not officially start until after the holidays, the news release of the Unexpected Faces, Unexpected Places last week was covered by several newspapers and local television stations.

To view the article, Click here »

Bruce Clay SEO Training

2007-07-09T19:24:00.000-05:00

Just got back from Simi Valley, CA where I attended Bruce Clay's Search Engine Optimization (SEO) training. Even though I started learning basic organic SEO back in 2001, a LOT has changed in the past few years. The focus has always been to design websites following good search engine practices and code markup without the SEO tricks that others try to implement with short-term results. Over time, Google and other top search engines have developed complex algorithms that weed out the faulty content and spam.

There are a ton of new rule sets and conventions to implement which follow current SEO standards so needless to say I'll be quite busy over the next few months!. Separate from design, my favorite quote in building a "least imperfect" spider-friendly site from Bruce Clay was "not to to build a flying pig website which you push off a cliff and hope will fly but rather re-engineer your website into an eagle that will soar".

Robert Longo Rasterized

2007-06-09T18:29:00.000-05:00

For full wall art murals, go check out The Rasterbator » Amazing full length murals created from simple .jpg images up to 20 meters in size! Simply size and crop your image and then have it "rasterbated" into a printable multi-page .pdf.

Click here for finished product from image used above »

ALA Web Design Survey

2007-04-25T10:11:00.000-05:00

If you haven't already, drop by ALA to take their Web Design Survey. As a freelance designer, I always feel like I'm living in my own protected bubble and it'll be interesting to see the results once all data has been compiled. Survey will be up through May 22nd.

Go there now »

2007 SXSW Interactive

2007-01-12T18:20:00.000-05:00

Planning on attending the SXSW Interactive conference this year in Austin March 9th-13th! Excited to be going after missing all the great speakers last year. I don't have itinerary yet but am 90% sure I will reserve my spot downtown by the end of the month as well as organizing all other travel logistics. Also submitted my latest project (www.projectorpeople.com to their web awards so crossing my fingers:)

If you are a developer and plan on going to Austin for the conference, drop me a line!

Lights on Tampa

2006-01-08T02:17:00.000-05:00

Opening of Lights on Tampa...chilly night but it was worth it to have such a nice visual extravaganza for the new year!

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I think I know that guy...

2005-09-15T23:02:00.000-05:00

Third appearance for Tribeca in Weekly Planet (S. Tampa edition). Look at those extensions and goodbye rattail...lol:)

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originally uploaded by Agent654L.

Key West Sunset

2005-07-23T13:32:00.000-05:00

Amazing photo that pretty much recaps my whole "relaxing" Key West trip in May. Everytime I go back it gets better and better!

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originally uploaded by Agent654L.

Hipster Sticker Shock

2005-03-25T14:05:00.000-05:00

READ ALL ABOUT IT!! My roommate and I made the news; three local papers in response to the Condo-conversion flood that is happening all throughout Tampa! We're just one of the many forced to make a decision on whether to stay or leave. I personally don't think I can afford a $257K condo at this point in my life. They won't let me downgrade to a one-bedroom so looks like I will have to leave my quaint village and find another dwelling come November 2005.

Story here: Click here for full story ».

Last 10 years of the Web

2005-03-10T13:10:00.000-05:00

This a nice look back at the last 10 years and 100 moments of the Web. Nice to see where we came from and where we're going in respect to design trends: http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

CSS Zen Garden entry

2004-11-03T09:54:00.000-05:00

While Dangerboy may not be an "official" submission, it has been included in the Conceptual Designs css Zen Garden gallery located here: http://www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/alldesigns/conceptual/006/ as Dangerboy by Paul Trusik.

Enjoy and let me know what you think.

While I'm here making an entry I may also announce that I've finished an additional XHTML based website for a local automotive small business here in Tampa: http://www.fusionautoinc.com.

Turning the Tables using CSS

2004-10-06T14:34:00.000-05:00

Great new article on Apple's website that features Eric Meyer, highlighting his efforts to impose CSS standards on the web: http://www.apple.com/pro/words/meyer/

Hurricane Frances

2004-09-10T08:00:00.000-05:00

I dodged Hurricane Charley and was out of town for this past Hurricane Frances. A lot of people were concerned with what happened in the South Tampa area near Bayshore and downtown where I live. Below is the only evidence that remains, photos taken from tbo.com. When I returned home Tuesday the water had subsided with minimal damage and debris in the area. In the first photo you can see Edison St. leading out to Bayshore, six streets over from mine.

I'm crossing my fingers that Hurricane Ivan takes a detour to avoid Tampa in the next few days.

Click here for more photos of Old Hyde Park »

STL Botanical Garden

2004-09-09T19:27:00.000-05:00

One of my few pleasures in St. Louis is to visit the Botanical Garden when I'm in town. This year they had a Japanese festival during Labor Day weekend so I was able to kill two birds with one stone - eat great Japanese food while meandering through the various pathways and Climatron filled with odoriferous and colorful plantlife.

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Dangerboy

2004-09-08T12:10:00.000-05:00

It's official! I have submitted my design to cssZengarden.com, my main inspiration in switching from HTML table-formatted web design to XHTML code dependent on current CSS standards. The new piece is appropriately entitled "Dangerboy" and you can view the sample here: http://www.face2ecaf.com/zengarden/zengarden-sample.html

Cross your fingers that it will be accepted into this amazing gallery of designs. I will keep you posted on the outcome.

Æon Flux

2004-09-02T00:18:00.000-05:00

Ever since Liquid Television aired on MTV in the early 90s, I’ve been infatuated with Æon Flux. From that series, Peter Chung’s character was so well-received that it spurred a regular cartoon series of it’s own. There was serious talk of doing a live-action version of the character and, after 8 years of deliberation, Charlize Theron was finally cast to play the role of Æon after winning the 2004 Oscar for Monster. Paramount Studios is paying her $10 million to play the part of the domineering double agent. Shooting started in Berlin last month and just yesterday Charlize suffered a neck injury due to stunts performed on a trampoline. Hopefully Charlize will have a quick recovery and production will not be postponed too long.

You can find more on Æon Flux here: http://www.sadgeezer.com/aeon/

Relaunch

2004-08-30T03:10:00.000-05:00

Finally! V3.0 of face2ecaf.com has materialized into my new obsession. Amongst various ongoing projects, my full-time job, and other extracurricular activities, I have decided to start small vs. designing three different templates simultaneously. Rather than overwhelming myself (which is usually the case), I’ve decided to use this template as a starting point while slowly adding new cookie-based templates or stylized color-schemes from which the end-user (yes, that would be YOU) can choose to set as your preference. This means that every time you come to visit my site, your browser settings will have saved the template in which you prefer to view this site.

Want to know how this will be accomplished? Go here to view the Javascript StyleSwitcher applet. »