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		<title>5 tips for a better personal brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Personal branding is something I am passionate about.  In today’s business world it is incumbent on each of us to take control of our own careers inside the office and out.  It used to be that personal branding was left to those who were either looking for a job, at the top of their profession or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SharePoint: Estimating a branding project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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NOTE: This method of estimation does require some level of experience with SharePoint
SharePoint branding is no small undertaking.  I have been through many of these projects and have quoted even more and over time you begin to get very comfortable with the elements that constitute a page in SharePoint.  Each one of these elements must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 SharePoint Branding experts to pay attention to</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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SharePoint is a widely used web and intranet platform across all industries and while there are many people out there who are SharePoint Experts in one form or another, I find the branding community is still quite small.  My theory is that being really good at branding SharePoint requires a unique mix of design skill, development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 interesting sources of inspiration for your next project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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Ever want to start a new project but come up short on inspiration?  There is always the overused game and sci-fi themes or perhaps the hotrod and chopper style that we see over and over again on computer projects.  As a designer I think there are many many more places to find ideas than these overused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does much of the design community ignore SilverLight?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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Let me start by saying that I am a web designer.  I love PhotoShop, HTML, and Web Standards as much as the next guy.  I feel I need to say that before I write this because it’s possible that I may be accused of being a poser or agent of “The Man”  for saying what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riapalooza Chicago: Friday July 23rd 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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Tomorrow I am attending Riapalooza for the first time.  The event is a platform agnostic one day conference focused on Rich Internet Platforms such as Flash, SilverLight and HTML5.  This will be my first time attending and I am looking forward to the experience.
RIApalooza is a community-driven, non-profit, day-long event for professionals who design, develop, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tagged 2.0 &#8211; Art Train Part 2: Local Flavor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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This is part two of my Art Train series.  If you read part one you recall that I took a number of photos of a train parked in my home town.  In this post I would like to focus on the work of two Minneapolis based artists.  Known and Shock and Silk these two are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a successful and exciting SharePoint environment, one user at a time</title>
		<link>http://blog.thedesigndrifter.com/?p=628</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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I spend a lot of time talking about users.  What is the user doing?  What does the user want?  What would make users more apt to use the tools? How can we increase the productivity of the user?  SharePoint is designed to be user centered which means if the users don&#8217;t like it or understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ehlers: Website</title>
		<link>http://blog.thedesigndrifter.com/?p=337</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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Ehlers is a finacial advisor that works specifically with non-profit groups. They had already invested money in a style guide and printed materials. My mission was to take the assets they already had and find a way to make thier website reflect their company brand. The project was a great success, these are the mockups.


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		<title>Finding Value in Multi-Topic and Personal Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
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Unlike the generation of my parents, I do not feel that I am defined by the work I do.  I love my job and it plays a huge role in my life but I would like to think that my sense of self-worth extends beyond my work life. I am often forced to think about [...]]]></description>
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