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08 Dec

Posted at 01:57h in Get know Invicta

1) Luke Thomas Luke is a mixed martial arts journalist who works at mmmafighting.com. He has a background in political writing in Washington, and brings a uniquely intellectual perspective to his coverage of my favorite sport. I never miss his weekly "Chat Wrap" video, where he uses Google Hangout to talk about questions that readers/viewers of the website post.   2) Michael Locke Michael is a UI Designer from Los Angeles. He is the single biggest influence on my career, as I discovered his online training course in my last year of university, and used his advice to launch my career. He offers pragmatic, usable knowledge on creating effective, useable interface designs through his videos.   3) Arash Dibazar Arash is a mixed martial artist and life coach who offers his thoughts on his approach to life, as well as helping people with their dating lifes. He reminds me of a mix between Anton Levay, Firas Zihabi, and Mystery (from The Game book, etc). His passion and self-serving philosophy are very empowering.   4) James Corbett James is an "open source journalist" who offers commentary on geopolitical events going on in the world. he produces content in a variety of formats, which generally have a documentary or podcast feel to them. He is distinctly outside the box, and highly critical of government and big business. 5) Dan Mcdonald...

17 Oct

Posted at 18:41h in Get know Invicta

I was really choked when Adobe announced they are discontinuing their Fireworks application. Originally part of Macromedia's design suite, Fireworks is by far my favorite design program, and I have always trumpeted its virtues when in discussion with Photoshop-based UI designers. I even used it to make a poster last summer, because its really just a joy to use. I've discovered that I'm not the only one who feels this way, as some of what you might call the "old guard" of the Fireworks community have begin an underground resistance. Sign me up!     ...

15 Sep

Posted at 18:39h in Get know Invicta

I appreciate a well made ecommerce site, especially when it manages to pull off aesthetic sensibilities along with complex functionality. This website does so in spades, incorporating the latest design concepts, such as the responsive layout, and large background image.   ...

22 Aug

Posted at 16:20h in Get know Invicta

If your involved in web development after having come from more of an art and design background, I'm sure you can relate to the fact that sometimes I stray too far into computer science land, and get lost. vhosts, htaccess files and the like can be very stressful, but with knowledge comes liberty. Thats why I make a point of continuing to learn as much as I can about the technology that is under the hood, so to speak, of the websites I create. With that in mind, I highly recommend checking out the following article on HTTP Headers:   http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/http-headers-for-dummies/     This video gives an idea of what is possible using HTTP Headers:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5EIfEm4Lg...

22 Jul

Posted at 21:50h in Get know Invicta

Event Tracking is one of the coolest features of Google Analytics in my opinion. For those who are unfamiliar, Event Tracking allows you to measure any event that occurs while your visitors browse your site. All you have to do is add the following code to whatever you want to track. For instance if you wanted to track a how often a link is clicked, you would make your a tag look like this:   <a href="page.php" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Category', 'Action', 'Label']);">click here</a>   For example, you could track the number of times a particular button is clicked. If a website has several call to action buttons on its landing page, it is useful to know which of the buttons are being clicked. By applying Event Tracking to each of the buttons, this metric can be easily ascertained. The data begins to appear in the Events tab in Google Analytics. The 3 values 'Category', 'Action', and 'Label' can be whatever keywords you want. Google Analtyics sorts and aggregates your data based on these keywords. Real power users can take it a step further create Goals based on these Events. More on that later. ...