What I’d Like In An iPhone Twitter App

January 13, 2010
By Mike
What I’d Like In An iPhone Twitter App

As someone who loves competition because of the benefits to the consumer, I have not only a Twitter account, but also one on Identi.ca. However, posting to both at the same time can be a chore with Ping.fm’s web interface. Tweetie is a great Twitter app, but all it does is Twitter. Nambu’s iPhone...
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The Ultimate Ugly Showcase of Current Government Websites

January 6, 2010
By Mike
The Ultimate Ugly Showcase of Current Government Websites

United States After looking at USA’s Drupal powered Whitehouse website, their actual government website is a huge letdown, it uses dated HTML and awful header graphics. via noupe.com Having seen the gallery of government web sites from around the world (link above), I must agree. The offerings from the United States are pretty poor. My...
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Fostering Creativity

January 1, 2010
By Mike
Fostering Creativity

In this article, I’m going to explore how the culture of the workplace can impact the value of our creative work.  This not only applies to IT shops, but everywhere, including of course, presentation slide design.  Because of the strong civil service protections in government, and in many cases union protection, a culture develops...
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Blizzard of ‘09 As Seen In Martinsburg, WV

December 27, 2009
By Mike

via flickr.com Here are the photos I took during and (mostly) after the “blizzard” of ‘09 from Martinsburg, WV. Posted via web from Mike Pulsifer’s posterous
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How To Design For Mobile

December 25, 2009
By Mike
How To Design For Mobile

I’m on my way to get lectured by my dentist and as my lovely wife is driving, I decided to get caught up on some tech news. Much to my surprise, C|Net News is now iPhone-friendly. This is a welcome change. In my opinion, their iPhone-friendly design is second only to Ars Technica’s. See...
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Review: Viewfinder

December 11, 2009
By Mike
Review: Viewfinder

If you’re like me, you like to take advantage of the power of visuals to not only get your point across, but also increase retention of that very message.  To get those visuals, you can use your own photographs for the ultimate in originality, stock photography for professional, yet expensive and unoriginal images (if...
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