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Posted on 04.07.09

Host with the Most II: The Reckoning

by Travis Chandler

“Yahoo?! Don’t get me started on Yahoo” Whit says with a roll of his eyes. We’re discussing hosting providers again, and this one’s obviously wronged him in the past. I comment that Yahoo’s page always looks kind of crappy too, and Whit agrees, noting that it’s probably a result of their addiction to adding features. “When you keep adding features like that, you’re likely to become spread too thin” he says, and I concur. We both nod grimly at this major…

Posted on 04.01.09

Good-Looking Web Typography: A Few Principles

by Joy Burke

Having a strong background in print design has served to ease my transition into the so-called “real world,” while it has also presented various hurdles I’ve been learning (and plan to keep on learning) to overcome. At first, I was very hesitant and stubborn to even think about straying away from the wonderful world of print. Then I started working for Mightybytes (one of the internet’s best friends), and I was quickly convinced otherwise. I soon learned that I could apply…

Posted on 04.01.09

Alphabet Soup: The Brothy Murk of Video Formats

by Travis Chandler

My love of Final Cut runs deep. In school, when there was a choice between focusing on Avid and Final Cut, it was a no-brainer for me. I’m a Mac guy, for one thing, and Final Cut is sooooo Macintosh. It also just felt right, and I found the vast majority of the program to be powerful and intuitive. There was only one stage of the Final Cut process that I found disturbingly complicated: the insane amount of options offered…

Posted on 04.01.09

Host with the Most: What to Look for in Hosting Providers

by Tim Frick

Defining hosting options is something that’s important to do as early on in the production process as possible, should they be relevant for your project. When searching for a provider to host your content, look for someone who offers a variety of easy-to-use services and is eager to become your ally when developing Web projects. Sure, cost-effectiveness is important, but available tech support and a wide array of easy-to-configure utilities and server enhancements go a long way in…