A Busy New Year!

Whew! It's been quite a past couple months. I welcomed a new daughter into the world, and work revolved around me . . . Big Sea kept on trucking while I was able to spend a couple month getting to know my new little one. So much work, in fact, that we happily …

5 Minute Mystery Gets Buzz!

A new site Big Sea launched in October, 5minutemystery.com, is getting a lot of buzz in the blogosphere and even some broadcast TV news airtime. We've been featured in Australia, Germany and Japan as well as numerous US-based technology and education blogs and …

New Project Launch: ROK Brothers

Referred to Big Sea through 5 Minute Mystery, ROK Brothers needed a new site that will be able to grow and expand with their business. A leader in fleet brake parts for police, municipal and commercial fleets, ROK has a goal to eventually start an ecommerce/retail …

Vote tomorrow!! (I did)

New Project: Greenlife Solutions

This one has been in the works for a while and we've finally got some content live. Greenlife Solutions is a unique property management company in St. Petersburg, Florida. They wanted a fresh, clean look that clearly communicates. With a seasoned copywriter on board, …

Redesign launched!

I just spent the past couple months working on a new layout for The Price Group Realty. I've been working with David Price since 2003 and he's one of those Realtors that 'gets' the web. He understands what an awesome tool it is and how important it is to his clients …

New Project: 5 Minute Motivation

We're just getting rolling on this project, but we've got the designs hammered out and are starting on development. This site will feature a custom PHP/MySQL backend built to allow authors and speakers to submit daily motivational tips and inspiration for publishing. …

New Project: West Coast Insurance

This is a small insurance company in Tampa that needed a fresh face for their potential clients. A website does more than serve as a brochure: it's also a receptionist, filtering qualified leads. This site will highlight the various companies WCI represents as well …

6 Places that Flash Does Not Belong

By now, I think we've all read the articles about Flash - it's effective uses and it's not-so-good uses. This is a great article about where Flash actually belongs on a website.

6 Places that Flash Does Not Belong

The 10 Commandments of Web Design

This article offers a great 'overview' of where web design is today. We've come a long way from solid blue table rows with white text passing as a header and left column navigation!

The 10 Commandments of Web Design

New Project: HD Envy

http://bigseadesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hdenvy.jpg' alt='HD Envy Website Design' align=left" style="width: 200px; margin: 0 10px 0;" />Just started working on a new site for HDEnvy, a new company that makes gorgeous frames to mount over flat panel televisions. They're affordable, super easy to install, and make your TV look like furniture rather than an appliance. What an awesome idea! There are …

5 Ways to Increase Local Business Using the Web

We design websites for a lot of small businesses that rely on in-store sales for their income, not their website. Their site is only to let people know about what they sell and where they are; basically, an online brochure. And that's fine for a lot of small business …

Teens & Online Advertising

One session I attended at the American Academy of Advertising conference last week was very interesting. It was a study on teens' use of online advertising. It categorized the teens according to their internet use habits based on the most recent Pew Internet and …

Leaving for SF!

I leave today for San Francisco for the American Academy of Advertising's annual conference. Wish me luck!! I present my research on Saturday at 1:00 pm (Cali time).

New Project: Pinellas Jewish Community Center

http://bigseadesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/idea1.jpg' alt='Pinellas JCC' / align=left" style="margin: 0 10px 0;" />Just started working on layouts for the Pinellas Jewish Community Center. They're current using a free site builder accessed through the St. Pete Chamber, which has served their needs to this point.

This organization offers a lot of great events and programming, …

American Academy of Advertising

I'm excited to be presenting a paper at the American Academy of Advertising's 50th Anniversary Conference this year. The conference runs from March 26-30 and is in San Mateo, California - right outside of San Francisco. I'm also a 'featured graduate student' in their …

New Project: Science Center of Pinellas County

http://bigseadesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/picture-1.png' alt='Science Center of Pinellas County' style=margin: 0 10px 0;" width="200px" /> While you might not notice Big Sea's hand on the face of this site, we're building a back-end system for the Science Center that will allow them to make edits and updates to their own site (freedom!). This is a really cool organization that provide science education …

Condo For Rent Rented!

Looking forward to a very wonderful new tenant!

I've got a one bedroom LOFT condo in West St. Pete for rent.

Old Ironsides Fades. . .

My 2003 iBook is saying goodbye. Its 40 gb harddrive is crippled from the weight of music and movies that I try so hard to remember to move to my external. And its processor strains to handle even the Macromedia MX programs installed on it. I can't use the left shift …

New Project: Ocala Community Credit Union

http://bigseadesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/occu.jpg' alt='Ocala Community Credit Union Email Campaign' align=left" style="margin: 0 10px 0;" />I've recently started working with Partnership Marketing to design bimonthly email blasts from the President of Ocala Community Credit Union (OCCU). OCCU prides themselves on their personal nature - they know their customers by name, and their customers know them. …