A list apart’s website has a great article on this new problem with pixels and pixel based screen designs. As if designers didn’t have enough to worry about trying to cater to 500+ screen resolutions and devices, we now have a number of different types of pixels to measure by. Hardware pixel or reference pixel? To find out what the difference is and how to use media queris to fix this – read the full article here: www.alistapart.com/articles/a-pixel-identity-crisis/.
This made me want to scream & pull my hair out – and you may have the same reaction. But keep in mind we live in exciting times with design and technology. We are creating the future of how people will interact. These are obstacles we need to overcome and standards that need to be built for us to move forward

If you don’t yet know about SOPA, and the laws about banning IPs and copyright issues online going on, you should google it.
There are many sites that are going on “blackout” mode today as protest, thankfully WordPress is one of them. If you are a Canadian and want to speak out against SOPA, go here: openmedia.ca/SOPA. I’ve signed already, get on board! Speak up now!

Here’s a great little video to watch. An example of how you need to have multiple ways to advertise to your customers these days. Having an ad just on tv will not get the reach you need. Read Google’s full article on this here:

google-cpg.blogspot.com

Doowah is changing its web work and moving to WordPress and looking for someone to do freelance web work for them.
They are interested in talking to people, although they must be aware that this is freelance work and Doowah often work under tight deadlines. They can see resumes, but they’d really like to see working sites.

If anyone is interested please contact me (ildyck@rrc.mb.ca) directly and I will pass you on to Steven.

A great article here from Ultranoir on the basics of how Google Panda will be changing the searchability of web sites and why.
How you can use a few basic rules to make sure your site still gets a high search ranking… Read the full article on their site www.ultranoir.com.

THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND PANDA

Nearly 12% of searches will be affected by the introduction of this new algorithm, but what will be the impact? Quite simply some sites will be taken off the list of results, which will lower their ranking. This will also lead to more pertinent sites appearing on the same results lists