Category Archives: Design

graphic design / moonshine covers

robinna/ March 4, 2010/ publishing, Design, my projects, my art/ 1 comments

As I finish readying moonshine arts magazine for re-launch and migration to Drupal, I thought you might like a snapshot of the covers from the past few years: It’s kind of funny, I rarely do graphic design at work (too many fighting over such a small slice of the pie) that I think people forget I do alot of graphic

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Survey us…

robinna/ February 22, 2010/ Design, my projects/ 0 comments

UGA Libraries are looking for site feedback in preparation for a site redesign. The Web Advisory Group is working on a new look for the UGA Libraries home page, http://www.libs.uga.edu As we begin the redesign process, our first step is to gather feedback. We want to find out what works and what doesn’t as far as the current home page

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Illusion: Insight into visual design elements

robinna/ February 17, 2010/ Design, my projects, webdesign, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

Covers the most basic elements of webdesign: layout, fonts, whitespace, color theory; additionally encompasses fundamental guidelines and findings regarding how users use the web.Btw, my portion is more of the design stuff. Oh, and this is a google presentation so the design of the presentation itself is a little fugly. 😉 Illusion Insights Into Visual Design Elements View more presentations

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Free mobile learning/education webinar

robinna/ February 16, 2010/ Technology, Libraries, Design, Training, web 2.0+, training / tutorials, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Sorry for the late notice, this just came across my desk.As far as I can see, it is free.——————————-https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/948880016 Mobile Learning Fundamentals: Innovation Showcase and Real-World Examples – Presented by A.J. Ripin with special guest, Dr. David Metcalf The way that we live, work, play, and learn is being impacted by the increasing mobility of our global society. As leaders,

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So, what does an Emerging Technologies Group talk about?

robinna/ February 15, 2010/ social media, Design, my projects/ 0 comments

Thought you’d never ask…Here is the agenda for Weds. afternoon meeting of the Emerging Technologies Group… we are still playing with our acronym ET or EMT… I kind of like EMT.Robin = me (I chair, btw…)————– Agenda 2/17/2010 Tie up RSS/multimedia pages (Robin/Amy) — any lingering questions or issues? (webpages created to highlight our multimedia and also all of the

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Facebook changes (more new ones!)

robinna/ February 5, 2010/ social media, Design, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

Just in case you weren’t one of the 800000 to be surprised with a new version of facebook yesterday, you can read all about it at mashable. Also, lots of broke stuff at facebook today: likes missing, PM not working, etc. Sigh. I wish they would give us a bit of break before they roll out a new change, or

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It maybe an “Apple” day, but… (humor)

robinna/ January 27, 2010/ Design/ 0 comments

so, apple has a new gizmo (will it take on the kindle? hard to say…) , but the apple humor is full force… and from the onion… CUPERTINO, CA—Claiming that he completely forgot about the much-hyped electronic device until the last minute, a frantic Steve Jobs reportedly stayed up all night Tuesday in a desperate effort to design Apple’s new

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Call for Papers (Web apps conference)

robinna/ December 10, 2009/ Design, web 2.0+/ 1 comments

I’m writing to remind you that the submission deadline for the USENIX Conference on Web Application Development (WebApps ’10) is approaching.Please submit your paper titles and abstracts by January 4, 2010, and your complete papers by January 11, 2010.The Call for Papers, with submission guidelines, can be found at http://www.usenix.org/webapps10/cfpb/WebApps ’10 is a new technical conference designed to bring together

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Drupal 7 news

robinna/ December 2, 2009/ software, Design/ 0 comments

The Drupal community is eagerly anticipating the unwrapping of its newest version 7 release. While there is speculation on when the official release date will happen, the end result will be a number of significant enhancements. The underlying focus has been on improving usability. In fact, an internationally renowned design firm was engaged to spearhead the efforts and facilitate community

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