Calgary Web Designer Jenn Armour | Info Architecture + User Centric Web Design + Online Marketing + Social Media + Ideas http://the-armour.com Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 UXD – User Experience Design becoming more important. http://the-armour.com/2009/12/uxd-user-experience-design-becoming-more-important/ http://the-armour.com/2009/12/uxd-user-experience-design-becoming-more-important/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:37:18 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/2009/12/uxd-user-experience-design-becoming-more-important/

“The creation and synchronization of the elements that affect users’ experience with a particular company or brand, with the intent of influencing their perceptions and behavior” ~ Unger & Chandler 2009

It should not be surprising that UXD is becoming increasingly…

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  • What ways do I Use Facebook
  • How can a small business use twitter
  • What has the web done to change marketing?
  • What is the best part of being a new media designer
  • What are the pitfalls of using social media
  • I am stumped for blog…
    • ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/12/50-blog-topic-that-would-rock/feed/ 0     Information Architecture – for the user. http://the-armour.com/2009/11/information-architecture-for-the-user/ http://the-armour.com/2009/11/information-architecture-for-the-user/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:01:17 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/?p=714 I was in collaboration on a recent project where the there was some confusion around the term ‘information archictecture’ as it pertained to web development. There seemed to be a disconnect in understanding that the web site as a whole…

    ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/11/information-architecture-for-the-user/feed/ 0     Cufon – making the web designer’s life less font limited http://the-armour.com/2009/09/cufon-making-the-web-designers-life-less-font-limited/ http://the-armour.com/2009/09/cufon-making-the-web-designers-life-less-font-limited/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:16:09 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/?p=719 If you haven’t been informed of “Cufon – fonts for the people” yet you are missing out on big joy. Essentially Cufon is a font generator that provides an easy way for web builders and developers to utilize any TTF or OTF…

    ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/09/cufon-making-the-web-designers-life-less-font-limited/feed/ 0     Calgary is a progressive city but lags in use of social media. http://the-armour.com/2009/05/calgary-is-a-progressive-city-but-lags-in-use-of-social-media/ http://the-armour.com/2009/05/calgary-is-a-progressive-city-but-lags-in-use-of-social-media/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 09:29:43 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/?p=707 Calgary has changed immensely in 8 years but thankfully, despite its growth, it hasn’t lost that small town friendliness i always loved.

    I recently re-located to Calgary from Vancouver for a couple of reasons. Apart from family, I decided to move because…

    ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/05/calgary-is-a-progressive-city-but-lags-in-use-of-social-media/feed/ 0     On re-locating from Vancouver to Calgary http://the-armour.com/2009/05/on-re-locating-from-vancouver-to-calgary/ http://the-armour.com/2009/05/on-re-locating-from-vancouver-to-calgary/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:28:23 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/?p=699 I have recently had to make the decision to re-locate from Vancouver to Calgary for family reasons. In being here only a short time I have noticed some interesting differences not just in the actual landscape but the social/employment landscape as well.

    In…

    ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/05/on-re-locating-from-vancouver-to-calgary/feed/ 0     Using twitter as a marketing tool http://the-armour.com/2009/05/using-twitter-as-a-marketing-tool/ http://the-armour.com/2009/05/using-twitter-as-a-marketing-tool/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 17:52:39 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/?p=691 Twitter can be used for many things. Companies and people just getting involved in micro blogging seem a little unsure. I was.

    Yet it is changing the way we do things. It seems to be changing marketing strategies.

    The way to look at twitter…

    ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/05/using-twitter-as-a-marketing-tool/feed/ 1     Reading “In the realm of hungr… http://the-armour.com/2009/04/reading-in-the-realm-of-hungr/ http://the-armour.com/2009/04/reading-in-the-realm-of-hungr/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:50:18 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/2009/04/reading-in-the-realm-of-hungr/ Reading “In the realm of hungry ghosts” while working.

    ]]>     http://the-armour.com/2009/04/reading-in-the-realm-of-hungr/feed/ 0     Its not about the number of br… http://the-armour.com/2009/04/its-not-about-the-number-of-br/ http://the-armour.com/2009/04/its-not-about-the-number-of-br/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:48:43 +0000 admin http://the-armour.com/2009/04/its-not-about-the-number-of-br/ Its not about the number of breaths we take but the moments that take our breath away.

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