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Buying A Pool Construction Book

By Amber Davidson on Friday, March 5, 2021

Pool construction publications abound, as well as a swimming pool builder. You must have got a couple of these. There is a range of matters to look at when buying one. With the net and the several bookstores available for you, it can be tough to choose which is most suitable for you. You will …

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We are moving!

By Amber Davidson on Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Our Takeoff as we are flying to California to look at new houses

Well after 15 years in Michigan I am moving back to my home state of California! I moved to Ann Arbor in the early 2000’s as a student at the University of Michigan. In my senior year, I met my husband who was attending college there. After graduation, I moved in with him and 2 years …

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How law school prepared me for a career in graphic design

By Amber Davidson on Monday, August 20, 2018
Law design

Once upon a time I went to law school. I was in my mid-20s, I was having fun working as a paralegal, and law school seemed like the logical next step. I wasn’t sure I actually wanted to be a lawyer, but I figured that by the end of three years of law school I’d …

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Web Design

Where presentation meets content

By Amber Davidson on Sunday, August 19, 2018
HTML Code

Web designers talk a lot about the separation of presentation and content. In essence, the goal is to set up your HTML — your content — so that it is purely semantic. Your content is composed of words which are arranged in outline format. You use HTML to organize that content into headings, paragraphs, lists, …

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3 Free Photo Editors

By Amber Davidson on Friday, August 17, 2018
Photo editing

There are are hundred if not thousands of free photo editing apps available for mobile devices. These work great for social media sharing but so well for blogging and commercial work. I reall do not know anyone that updates their website from mobile. I have tried and it does not work out so well. For …

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Web Design

Inspiration: How NOT to design a website

By Amber Davidson on Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Terrible Website

One of my favorite sources of “inspiration” is Vince Flanders’ Web Pages That Suck — a wonderful compendium of, well, what it says. It’s more than just a compendium, though, because Vince, who coined the term “mystery meat navigation,” actually analyzes what makes each site so bad. Using real live websites as examples he points …

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Typography

On Typography: Details matter

By Amber Davidson on Sunday, August 12, 2018
Web Design Content

The other day I was explaining to a client how to update her new WordPress site. I showed her how to create a post and she turned to me and asked, “Now how do I make em-dashes?” I hugged her. Like all typography nuts, I firmly believe that the details matter. That proper use of …

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WordPress vs Blogger

By Amber Davidson on Saturday, August 11, 2018
Wordpress verses Blogger

When it comes to Web 2.0 there here are some of the big ones.  Blogger WordPress.com Weebly Webs I think this is such a good thing. Both platforms offer free hosting and CMS for those that want to start blogging. WordPress WordPress.com  advantages: WP has a much cleaner and efficient code and loads faster Has …

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Typography

Web Standards & Accessibility: What it’s like to have impaired vision

By Amber Davidson on Friday, August 10, 2018

While I have always tried to code my websites so that the layouts won’t break when you bump the text size up a few notches, until recently that’s been an exercise that felt somewhat abstract to me. It was something on my checklist, along with good color contrast, alt tags, and all the other things …

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Buying A Pool Construction Book

Wordpress verses Blogger

WordPress vs Blogger

Photo editing

3 Free Photo Editors

Our Takeoff as we are flying to California to look at new houses

We are moving!

Law design

How law school prepared me for a career in graphic design

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