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Weborexia

I decided to take a little break from my re-designing and decided to talk about the new term “Weborexia”. I just learned about it here. Now, I’ve recognized this growing problem of skinny layouts and tiny text but I’ve never given it a name and I thought it was quite popular with a lot of kids who had personal websites. I never liked it and tried to stray from those kinds of layouts. I’ve recently learned about accessibility and the importance of it on the internet. I’m definitely siding with the people who are against Weborexia but I kind of understand why the people who are guilty of this epidemic are totally defending their bad design choices.

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How to Deal With Customers Intro

I’ve been working at a pharmacy as a cashier for almost 6 years now. It was my first job and boy wast it a complete eye opener. I never thought I’d meet so many different types of people as well as those who are complete jerks. Having worked as a cashier for so long, I feel like I can provide some techniques on how to deal with customers of all types.

What I’m thinking of doing is making a new post for each situation and provide my own insight and real examples. I will do my best to take notes of incidents that happen at my workplace and hope to share my experiences with anyone who is in my position. The techniques shouldn’t be restricted to drug stores, though. Employees at grocery stores, department stores, and small shops can benefit from my tips.

I’m no way a “professional cashier” nor do I think what I say is written in stone but I think what I have to say will help others who have no option (except for quitting) but to deal with customers who may be nice or worse, assholes. Feel free to add your own advice.

Look for a post soon! I’ll probably add one tomorrow. Have a great day all!

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Red Interactive Agency

I was looking through the websites at CSSRemix and happened to glance at one with ff0000.com as the domain name. I would have never thought to use hex values as a domain name but someone else has! Anyway, the name of the company is Red Interactive Agency. They specialize in web development and online marketing among other things. The coolest thing about their site though is the chat feature they’ve provided. You are first given a generic username as well as a random character which can both be changed when you familiarize yourself with website. The setting is like an old, ancient graveyard that the users can travel by foot OR they can fly into the vastness of space. Of course, there’s a point where you can’t go any further.

I’ve never really seen a design firm who can keep people on their websites for a long amount of time.

Anyway, here’s the link: http://www.ff0000.com/

Check the site out and look for “Khorin”. You know who that is! :-)

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Land of Broken Dreams

Today’s site is Land of Broken Dreams. I just joined this community and will probably find my own little place here. It will probably contain more personal things than Shizublog. If you are a member or become a member, add me to your buddy list!

In other news, I’m all through with the business cards for JOTS but I’ve decided to get an approval before I get it printed. The last thing to worry about is the website. I would definitely like to have the domain and layout up and running when the business cards have been printed. Actually, I’d like to have the content on the website by the time the business cards are printed. That’s probably too much to ask, though. Later today, I’ll add an image of the finished result of the business card design but I’m going to get a layout done (at least started) first.

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Site of the Day!

I’ve decided to start featuring websites I visit everyday. I’m always looking at websites for inspiration or just for fun and everytime I find websites that are just too beautiful.

Today I would like to feature: Dreamscaper by C.S. Ling

This houses a blog, beautiful photography, and an awesome header image. Check it for yourself and see the beauty within!