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An International Challenge: Designing Georgetown SFS-Qatar
September 13, 2010 - Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (GUQ) can be a little difficult to explain: it's a four-year school in tiny, Saudi Arabia-adjacent Qatar that offers full Georgetown degrees to students from around the world. Students get access to…
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Linked Smart Objects in Photoshop
October 7, 2010 - If you've ever used a page layout program like InDesign or QuarkXPress, then you know how great it is to be able to link to external files. Unfortunately some of us prefer to create our designs in Photoshop. How nice would it be if Photoshop had support for linking to external…
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UX 101: The Site Map
November 16, 2010 - The beginning of a project is a magical time. Your vision is clear, untainted by the realites of implementation, and the possibilities of what your site can be are spread out before you like an indian buffet. The task may look a little daunting, but there are a…
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14 Tips for Better Presentation Slides
November 18, 2010 - Your slides will make or break your presentation. An effective slide deck not only makes your talk easier to follow and comprehend, but it can also boost your credibility and leave your audience with a big smile on its face. I saw dozens of dozens of presentations last week at…
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...And Now a Brief Message About HTML Emails
December 10, 2010 - We've talked about everyone's favorite thing, HTML emails, before. Jim posted an invaluable list of resources. And Keith posted about a buildout trick that will save the day 99% of the time. But I do a lot of HTML emails around here and just read Mathew Patterson's "Create…
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A Few jQuery Plugin Patterns
December 13, 2010 - One of jQuery’s great strengths is its simple and powerful plugin architecture. The extensible .fn method has been one key to jQuery’s success, it lets developers of any experience level quickly produce and distribute their work, and a lot of devs who work with…
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Design Challenge: The .edu Homepage
December 16, 2010 - Viget has been working on some great .edu projects lately, including sites for Duke, Georgetown Qatar and Lafayette. Combine that with some exciting new client work and a few recent launches -- including Happy Cog's redesign of Georgetown.edu -- and it's hard for me not to think…
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A Holiday Message From ... You!
December 24, 2010 - If you've followed Viget over the years, you know we have a rather unsual holiday tradition. Most companies mail holiday cards, do an email blast, shoot an elaborately choreographed video, make a fun interactive microsite, or some combination of all these. Years…
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Viget in Vancouver (Sort Of)
January 3, 2011 - A quick Inspire announcement: After 3 years at Viget's DC office, I’ve moved up to Vancouver, British Columbia to continue working on Viget projects remotely. Vancouver’s awesome so far, but leaving DC meant leaving our community behind, and I'm anxious to get…
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Emacs 24 Rails Development Environment - From *scratch* to Productive in 5 Minutes
January 18, 2011 - I'm a big fan of Emacs. My fellow employees at Viget enjoy a number of different editors including [Textmate](http://macromates.com) and [Vim](http://code.google.com/p/macvim/). I strongly believe that everyone should use an editor they feel productive in and most importantly,…