5 Things That Make A Good Logo Design
1. Memorable A logo should stand out in a crowd. It should be instantly recognizable, either through its form or type. Of course, marketing is what is going to get it in front of people first, it just needs to be sticky when it gets there. There probably aren’t too many logos out there more […]
Drupal Association Board of Directors – At-Large Position
This year the Drupal Association Board of Directors has an opening for a single director At-Large position. With this opening, the association reached out to the community to allow anyone to self-nominate for the position. As of the closing of the nomination round, there were 24 candidates, from 14 different countries, which I think is […]
Gratitude for 2014
grateful – warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful gratitude – the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful 2014 was a year of growth, challenges, and humbling experiences which filled me with a lot of gratitude for the opportunities to grow both personally and as a partner of Cheeky Monkey […]
How to add typekit fonts to your drupal website
So you just got the latest design from your graphics department. Now it’s up to you, the drupal developer, to take that design and turn it into reality. The problem is that they used some fancy-pants new font and you need to make sure it works on every browser and mobile device. There are a […]
The Drupal Way
When looking for an adaptable, secure, and powerful CMS, why should you choose Drupal? Because you want these things of course! (and there is more…so much more…) The Drupal community is vast, with amazing growth on a daily basis, and it also offers unparalleled support & security. Drupal uses Open Source technology, which enables our […]
The importance of strategic planning for your website
So you have finally decided to create a new website, but you soon realize there is somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 million things for you to understand and organize before you can get started. For instance, do you have a domain name? Hosting? Content plan? (you do know what a content plan is, right?) […]
How to setup IE on a mac
As a Drupal developer, I use mac osx to develop all my Drupal projects. I like the slick Unified UI, powerful Unix core, and all the awesome building tools on a mac. Although my Mac has everything that I ever needed to develop drupal sites, there is one thing missing that I absolutely need, the […]
Legibility of Type
Arguments and disagreements abound on text legibility. Research in this area is often confusing and contradictory. This is not surprising given the increasing number of ways in which type is published. We have print, kiosks, desktop monitors, signs, and many mobile devices from phones to tablets. In this article, I would like to address some […]
How to automatically send your content to social networks
A few months ago I was asked to help manage our company blog. As a busy drupal website developer, I had little time to post all of our new blog content on every social media site. So I decided to automate this so I could spend more time on client projects. My first step was […]
Conference prep for Noobs
When our company is sponsoring a conference, it takes months of work to prepare in regards to finding swag to represent our company, and how we plan on representing ourselves from our conference space. Having a booth that represents the company is no simple task, as it is very important for us to stand out […]
