Entries in the Design category


NASA site on steriods

January 19, 2008 at 1:04 am with 0 comments

NASA has won my vote for best mainstream site featuring new-web interface design. December 3 of last year, NASA celebrated its 50th anniversary and launched the first major redesign of it's website in more than four years. Along with all the syndicated feeds, calendar widgets, and awesome usage of screen real estate, the most obvious implementation to any web developer is that the new web site powered by both Prototype and...

Petition against the London 2012 (Olympics) logo

June 6, 2007 at 1:27 pm with comments off

You want to do it, you have to do it, you must do it, it is your duty, your responsibility, your obligation: Online petition - Change The London 2012 Logo

Brush up on your Prototyping

March 28, 2007 at 1:31 am with 0 comments

Recently I've been trying to reorganize my efforts and pull my clients and coworkers closer during the planning and early design stages of a websites. In doing so, I've decided to hard nose myself into using prototypes (also called wireframes) for every project, not just the big ones. It's easy to think, "this site is so small, why take the time to prototype it — let's just bust it out and move on". What happens more often than not is that we end up with twice as much back-and-forth work and a muddled end result. For those who are uninformed, or have never used prototyping as a method of planning, a prototype is a draft version of a website and is often the best way to gather feedback while planning and designing a website.

Green-Eyed Monster

March 9, 2007 at 2:51 pm with 2 comments

You would like to know more, wouldn't you... Mwahahaha!!!

Relaunch.

February 28, 2007 at 9:42 pm with 1 comment

First off, this post has taken me about four days to write. Not only am I overloaded with projects right now, but having a newborn son doesn't leave much time left over. That said, let me begin this entry by explaining what I mean by "relaunch". I've realized that over the past few years in which I've had this site, it has mainly been used as an outlet for [what I call] noteworthy items — or items that I found entertaining, humorous, informative or ridiculous. Unfortunately (until recently), these noteworthy entries haven't been very consistent or compelling and usually consisted of a clip or quote from another blog, or a link to a website (or link trolling), along with a short quip of my own added to it — nothing that captures attention, compels readers to comment or even attracted readers to return. I've heard this practice referred to as "me too" mode.

Cisco takes Apple to court over iPhone name

January 16, 2007 at 2:53 pm with 0 comments

What? Cisco rightfully owns the trademark for iPhone? Yup, and Apple can't sue them or bully them into giving it up. The tech world had taken the iPhone title for granted, assumed it to be proper, plastered it over magazine covers, and now the name is lost. Ok, maybe this is old news to some of you, but what's the whole story on this...

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I am Jeremy Helms, 29 year old graphic designer, web designer, site architect, programmer, copywriter and ambitious entrepreneur. I was born and live in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. This site is my personal periodical for design, code, business and other topics. When I'm not glued to the computer, I enjoy music, movies, late-night television and sometimes a good night out on the town with friends.

I began professional work in the IT industry 14 years ago in September, 1995. I started my first business in 1998, incorporated my second business in 2001, my third in 2002 and my fourth and most recent in 2006. I am a sponge — I am constantly exploring and learning — about business, design, programming, history, society, and whatever pops up on blogs across the web.

  • I have been happily married for 6 years; together for a total of 11 years
  • I am a father of two boys; Junior (born 02-06-07 @ 6:17PM — 8lbs 13oz.) and Jedi (born 05-06-08 @ 12:39PM — 8lbs 4oz.)
  • I am a free and accepted Master Mason, belonging to Florida Alpha Lodge No. 172
  • I have two prize Labrador Retrievers (Buck & Brody)
  • I graduated from Choctawhatchee Senior High School
  • Some of my favorite movies include Snatch, L4yer Cake, Blade Runner, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, THX 1138, Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, the Star Wars hexology and Ronin

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