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Portraits in Glass and Light
Lynn Strongin and Penelope Weiss have finished their recent book, Portraits in Glass and Light, sister to Barn Falling Down. We had the honour of working with them on these collections of photos and...
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What is a favicon?
A favicon is a small visual icon for a website. It’s a little bit like an avatar. Not every website has a favicon. When websites do have favicons, these favicons show up in browser url windows and...
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What is a server?
In a restaurant, a client sits down to order a meal and the server takes the order and delivers the meal. So too, in a way, with servers and clients on the web. Your browser is a client. Websites are...
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Received an email asking you to do "link-trading"?
From time to time we get questions from our clients and friends about link exchanging. My most common first response is, did you get an email that: a) didn’t address you with your real name, or b) came...
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Mall-o-ween: Advertising a safer Halloween
It is widely recognized that our holidays are increasingly enmeshed with commercial interests. Here at Pink Sheep Media, we like to pay attention to the interplay between consumerism, advertising and...
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Nice work, Becky Cory: Master.
Many of you know that Becky Cory has been in a graduate program at the University of Victoria for a few years. But perhaps we forgot to catch you up on her graduation last fall! Becky graduated with...
View ArticleSnow day in Victoria
Three or four days a year something very special happens here in Victoria. It changes people. It changes the traffic. And it changes our footwear. Some people love it. Other people can’t stop...
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Making links with WordPress 3.1
We wrote about making links about one year ago. Most of what I said there is still true, but with the arrival of WordPress 3.1 there is a really awesome new bit of functionality for making links;...
View ArticleBranding: larger issues abound
This talk by Morgan Spurlock interests me because he explores some of the down side of branding. Those of us in marketing and advertising get in the habit of thinking too often of the brand value of...
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AFRO DIVA Hair Salon
Last year we had the privilege of working with the brains behind AFRO DIVA Hair Salon. We had the privilege to launch their website and to attend their one year anniversary. One year is a big hurdle...
View ArticleUploading pdfs and making them available for download with WordPress
PDFs are a secure format for documents and are a excellent way to upload and download documents to and from your website. It’s best if the PDF is not a scanned document, since the text is generally not...
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Pride.
Pride has come to Victoria this summer, even if the summer weather hasn’t. Pride and the Word last Saturday was inspiring. Rumour has it that speed dating at the Ledge last night was super fun. There...
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Brainstorm, bluesky, spitball, idea-eration
Generating ideas is a deeply important talent. Problems can be solved. Solutions get chosen from pools of ideas. Sometimes, all you have is one idea. And if it happens to be the perfect solution, then...
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Winter solstice. Awe.
It is winter solstice again. We are very close to the sun now; roughly ninety one million miles. But due to the tilt of the earth, and our latitude here in Victoria, and our position in our orbit...
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Meet B78, training and coaching
Jasper Blake has been competing in Ironman triathlons for most of his adult life. He’s retired from Ironman triathlons now. You can read his essay on his retirement here. But he’s still competing in...
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Walk a mile in her shoes®, Victoria 2012
Some weeks ago, we were asked to provide design support for this year’s local production of Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®. It’s an anti-violence fundraiser and educational event. Money raised by this...
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Victoria Pink Pages launched!
It’s Pride here in Victoria again! And this year has been special for us because we’ve partnered with Jes Scott, and launched the Victoria Pink Pages. Please visit us and feel welcome to post a free or...
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Uploading and inserting photos with WordPress
Doing quality publishing on the web means caring about how you use images. There are a few things to think about. One consideration is speed. You want photos to be compressed and a relatively small...
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Great message design: Hello there
Social change is one of the reasons that I care about advertising and communications design. When I see a design project that wears its heart on its sleeve, I get a jolt of hope for my industry. Here’s...
View ArticleWe’ve been keeping busy
We just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of our clients. Working with you keeps us keeping on. Really, thank you. The Equinox is here and Autumn is Autumning. We are, as my friend says,...
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