We’ve seen a monumental trend toward a web developer/programmer/designer hiring black hole. You couldn’t throw enough talent in to close it up. With the continued shoring  up of talent from commission-based head hunters such as Aquent, your company is probably planning on a 2-4 month hiring process.
JobWire is showing how this trend is slowing, but I think this is a small blip within a necessary cycle to pull in better management. Look for the next 2-3 years to keep showing a positive increase in the demand for quality developers.
Especially in …

So I’m probably not the only one who is NOT surprised that more women use online social networks than their male counterparts.
Studies show the obvious age trends per each generation’s level of immersion into web technology via “the computer,” but also show heavy trend lines towards female users outnumbering male users.
Breuss and Pearson’s Interpersonal Rituals in Marriage and Adult Friendship published in 1997 covered a type of social networking trend in women. They found that the highest contradiction between perceived needs between married men and women was found within the …

I need your help in getting even bigger exposure. This is just the beginning! Check out how my presidential campaign has exploded: www.News3Online.com
(what a great piece of viral media!)

Quick screen shot of the homepage design

Branding for a new application idea I have called FeedyQ is already well under way. Here is a sneak peak of the logo and some blurred our shots of the user interface design. This application will be launching Q2 2008, hopefully.
My focus for this application’s design was a simplistic and striking user interface that really only pushes forward the bare necessities of the application, but allows for advanced use with a quick scan of the atmosphere. Our goal will be to move users as simply as possible from start to …

Here’s a sneak peek of the corner of the new RMBI site…their new site will be highly competitive with their larger competition, especially with their new branding and SEO campaign.

Rocky Mountain Biologicals is a cutting edge bio-technology, life science company based out of Montana. The first part of their corporate identity refresher comes by way of a new logo. Below are some of the mocks and the final selection. They will be getting a new branded website to match the logo in the next few months.

(This was the final logo)

Harbour Petroleum is one of the top petroleum suppliers in Florida. The task was to create a unique, professional, and clean logo to be carried out through their new site, print materials, shirts, etc. The color palette was warm bringing out the natural tones of the Florida coast.

(This was the final logo chosen)

I will be removing this design-blog-portfolio-of-sorts within the next few weeks and replacing with an actual company website for my freelance work. As SEO has improved my site’s traffic substantially, I will now update the look and feel as an example of a professional website that will house portfolio items and outline services that I offer for my employers.