http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/ News and Events From Inside The Studio en lauren@flipboxstudios.com Copyright 2010 2010-02-02T18:18:53-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/google-says-goodbye-to-ie6/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/google-says-goodbye-to-ie6/#When:18:18:53Z I was very happy to see an email from the Google Team announcing they are phasing out support to IE6 and older browsers that are no longer supported by their manufacturers. This is a very exciting email to read for web designers / developers. It is a step in the right direction to phase out IE6, a browser that dates back to 2001. Many web developers will tell you, working with IE 6 is one of the most difficult and frustrating things to deal with on a daily basis. It is extremely time consuming and IE 6's support for modern web standards is lacking, which is restricting what developers can create and holding the web back. Yet IE6 is still estimated to be used by 15-25% of web users.      Anyways, Thanks Google! 2010-02-02T18:18:53-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-joins-denver-metro-chamber-of-commerce/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-joins-denver-metro-chamber-of-commerce/#When:20:11:31Z I am very excited to announce our new membership to the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. After several suggestions to do so, Nate and I decided to join. I can't wait to network with people in the Denver area through their events for members and the community at large. 2009-10-16T20:11:31-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-attends-get-motivated-business-seminar/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-attends-get-motivated-business-seminar/#When:19:08:12Z While attending the Creative Connections meetup here in Denver I received two free tickets to the Get Motivated Business Seminar from Carol Naff with Mariner Company. This was good timing, as the Indie Arsenal creative group that we are members of has a fourth quarter theme of Motivation. Motivating yourself, your clients and others. As it turns out, Flipbox Studios is having a very motivating fourth quarter! The seminar had quite a lineup of speakers,including Laura Bush, General Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, John Elway and Terry Bradshaw just to name a few. It was very motivating to see all of these successful people on one stage. They each told stories from their life experiences and provided advice on how to apply their success in business. Although the pictures I took weren't the best quality, I have included a couple anyways. Special thanks to Carol for the tickets!   Above, former Denver Broncos quarterback, John Elway speaks on motivation, determination and teamwork.   Above, General Colin Powell speaks on leadership. Gen. Colin Powell was quite funny. One of my favorite quotes was when he was talking about technology and the latest social media sites. He was telling a story of a conversation with his teenaged grandson about how people don't email anymore, they text or Tweet. He said "What's Twitter? And if I post something why is it called a Tweet and not a Twit?" haha   Above is America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani who was also a great speaker and very humorous. Giuliani spoke on perserverance. It was incredible to hear Giuliani and Laura Bush (Also very funny and an excellent speaker, opposite of her husband. hah) speak about their experiences of 9/11. Listening to these leaders of America speak of their experience on American History was a lifetime experience for sure.     News, Personal 2009-10-13T19:08:12-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/website-design-and-development-for-tees/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/website-design-and-development-for-tees/#When:04:38:51Z On behalf of Flipbox Studios, I'd like to say thanks to Jonathan and Josh with The Mercantile Shops for the new T-shirts. Flipbox Studios is currently working with The Mercantile Shops to design and develop a website for The Woven Project. The Woven Project consists of Jonathan and Josh, a couple of guys in Boston looking for ways to support their local economy and promote sustainability in such things as economy, environment, food, energy, and transportation just to name a few. Be sure to check back in the next month to see their new site, and maybe even order some apparel. Check out the shirts Nate and I chose to support below. Thanks again guys!         Blogging, News, Personal 2009-09-29T04:38:51-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-meets-peter-max/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-meets-peter-max/#When:00:02:04Z On Saturday Nate and I took a little "field trip" to see the Peter Max exhibit at the Road Show Company Gallery in Denver, CO. It was very nice to get out from behind the computer and experience some professional fine art; After all, where would web design be without fine art? Unfortunately, Peter Max has his own photographer and does not allow photography inside of the studio. So, Nate and I whipped out the handy iPhone and snapped a couple of photos of the gallery looking in. Check them out below!     As someone who attended art school, I guess you could say I hold a high standard to detail, craftmanship and presentation. I have attended many gallery presentations and even participated in a couple myself. After attending this show I think Nate would agree when I say, I was less than impressed. Max actually visited Ashland University while we were in school there and it was an awesome presentation. He spoke about his career, answered questions, showed a video of his process and some of his work and then presented a piece to the university. Afterwards he was available for autographs and meet and greet. This show, however, was not as impressive.     I am not sure if it is the gallery to blame or Max himself. I would say it is a little of both. The artwork, which retails around $30k for canvas, was framed, as it should be, however the frames were extremely scratched up. Perhaps they were scratched while being shipped? Either way, would someone really purchase a $30,000 piece of work with a frame that is scratched to hell? I sure wouldn't. Max also made some pieces on paper instead of canvas, probably to cut down on the cost for people who want to spend less. If an artist decides to do this, I believe they need to avoid the "bubbled paper syndrome". Some of his pieces within the frames were bubbled up due to "water damage". I know this is common in painting on paper. Maybe try a thicker paper? Or a different process? Or even lay something heavy on it until it lays flat again? And also, some of the new pieces of Obama were there. Retailing at $19,000 a piece and complete with no frame, no paint on the sides of the canvas and staples along the side. Peter, can I build some frames for you? If you are going to separate a piece like this, please, frame it or paint the sides! I guess I just expected a famous professional artist to have these details covered. Come on now Max!   As far as the Road Show Company is concerned, wow do they have quite a "street view". As we approached the gallery I could not believe how great this gallery looked. From the inside, it was a different story. The carpet had holes in front of the wall that artwork was displayed. A table set up towards the back with refreshments was soaked and torn to pieces. They had pieces of work sitting around backwards on the floor (even in the front of the gallery) and I think there might have only been 3 pieces in the whole place that were straight. One wall had about 12 pieces of the same size and were going in all sorts of directions. All I could think was, "I know you can't touch art in a gallery, but do you think they would mind if I straigten this work?" How can you enjoy the art if that's all you can think? I also found it to be a little odd that some of the walls had wallpaper on them. Shouldn't a gallery have plain walls so nothing is taken away from the art?   In conclusion, I appreciate and respect Peter Max as a fine artist, however I think he could hire someone for the price of one of his paintings to take care of some of these craftmanship issues. As far as the gallery itself is concerned, you have an amazing street view, why ruin it with your presentation. Those are my critiques.     Blogging, News, Personal 2009-08-31T00:02:04-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/thanks-idea-foundry/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/thanks-idea-foundry/#When:04:15:23Z I GOT A PRESENT IN THE MAIL!!! A free IdeaFoundry T-shirt! Thanks to Dan and all of the guys at IdeaFoundry. I love the shirt!       2009-07-09T04:15:23-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-makes-the-news/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-makes-the-news/#When:15:05:36Z I was recently contacted by Rapid Growth about my hands-on training through Idea Foundry. Check out the article, these guys are really onto something great! I strongly recommend their training. It was hands down the best classroom training experience I have attended (x's 2). Training in a vacation setting... genius! I can't wait for an advanced ExpressionEngine class to come around. Great job guys!   Oh and double bonus: I also just discovered Flipbox Studios and I made the Train-ee news... for making the news! HA. What an exciting week! Thanks Mike! Thanks again to everyone who made the Southern Fried ExpressionEngine Training possible! News, Web Development, ExpressionEngine CMS 2009-05-29T15:05:36-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-joins-the-expressionengine-pro-network/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/flipbox-studios-joins-the-expressionengine-pro-network/#When:19:33:03Z I'm pleased to announce that Flipbox Studios has been accepted into the ExpressionEngine Pro Network.  ExpressionEngine (also referred to as EE) has played a large role in our success over the past year and in 2009 we decided to use EE as our primary CMS appliation.  Many thanks to the EllisLab team and community members for making our EE experience taste so sweet.  If you aren't familiar with ExpressionEngine, take five and check them out. News, Web Development, ExpressionEngine CMS 2009-02-27T19:33:03-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/thank-you/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/thank-you/#When:16:42:11Z Wow, what an amazing experience! I would like to include a picture of the whole Southern Fried ExpressionEngine class. It was all a pleasure to be a part of this group. I would like to point out that we have kept in touch after the class. Mike has created a Google Group for our EE class that allows us to work out an kinks or simply get feedback on sites we are working on. Remember guys, dynamic="off" Here is an image of the three scholarship recipients. We even inadvertently sat next to each other during class before realizing each other was the scholarship winner. I also would like to thank everyone who made it possible for me to attend the Southern Fried ExpressionEngine Class. Words can't explain how grateful I am to have been chosen for this scholarship. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Boyink with Train-ee, Leslie Camacho with EllisLab, the crew at Idea Foundry and the many sponsors including... Airbag Industries bGlobal SourcingClear Fire StudiosEE CoderEE TemplatesHambo DevelopmentLealea DesignMade by FreshOnWiredparamore | reddSlim KiwiYellowseed Design   Check out their sites, and make sure you thank them for giving back to the EE Community! Thanks Everyone!   Personal, Web Development, ExpressionEngine CMS 2009-01-31T16:42:11-06:00 http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/work-hard-play-hard/ http://www.flipboxstudios.com/weblog/comments/work-hard-play-hard/#When:04:14:06Z I have always been a fan of the saying, work hard, play hard. Maybe that is part of why I was able to enjoy San Antonio so much. After all, they do call it "Training in a Vacation Setting." Our class interaction didn't stop when the daily instruction ended. Mr and Mrs Boyink with Train-ee, along with the guys over at Idea Foundry had optional evening activities planned for the whole group. We were able to see some of San Antonio, and "Remember the Alamo." (It is sooo small!) Here are a couple of pictures of our walk down the Riverwalk and our visit to the Alamo. Thanks again to Mrs Boyink for the pictures. To see more Train-ee pictures visit the Train-ee Flickr Page.   It was good to see the guys with Collective Idea again! (I attended Ruby on Rails Training they instructed last year while employed with Hotcards.com.)  News, Personal, Web Development, ExpressionEngine CMS 2009-01-24T04:14:06-06:00