A good article from Infoworld, on how you can start to incorporate HTML5 into your website development today.

What can I do with HTML5, and when can I start using it? The good news is that there’s a lot you can do with HTML5. The better news is that there’s a lot that you can do with HTML5 today.

But first, one major caveat: You need to know your audience, though, of course, this is true whether or not you want to start using HTML5. If the majority of your site’s visitors still use Internet Explorer 6, then you have no reason to rush. On the other hand, if your site is primarily for mobile browsers on iPhones and iPads, what are you waiting for? But if your site falls somewhere in the middle — as most do — here are some handy guidelines to ramping up to HTML5.

http://designm.ag/resources/chrome-extensions/

Check out this post written by Steven Snell.  Great list of Chrome Plug-Ins.

Firefox is the browser of choice for most designers and developers in part because of the vast selection of add ons that are available. While Chrome does not offer anywhere close to as many extensions (yet), there are still a number that can be very handy for designers and developers. In some cases they are not as robust as the Firefox versions (example, Firebug and Firebug Lite), but if you are using Chrome you may be interested to know about the extensions that are available. Additionally, Chrome comes with some developer tools built in.

Ozean Interactive Media announces the launch of another quality web design and web development project www.Remzey2010.com

www.remzey2010.com screenshot

Republican House Candidate candidate Remzey Samarrai, running in Florida House District 22, wanted a website designed and developed that was different from most politicians’ websites. He wanted it to be visually different, wanted it to include detailed position papers on issues (most politician are afraid to tell you where they stand on the issues, aren’t they?), and wanted it to be simple to maintain.

Mission accomplished - designed differently - check, include issue papers - check, and easy to maintain - check (Ozean placed them in our easy to use, web-based, content management system so that the campaign staff can easily amend and add to the website.)  This project was also designed and developed very quickly. Once the design was approved by the client, the site was developed and launched in approximately 3 days.

Just on a side note, Ozean Consulting is a division of Ozean and is performing the role of general consultant on Remzey Samarrai’s campaign; therefore, in a precautionary move, we will include the Florida required disclaimer: “Paid Political Advertisement, Paid for and approved by Remzey Samarrai, Republican for Florida State House, District 22.”

One of my favorite Twitter accounts to follow is @smashingmagazine. LOVE their stuff.

They had a great tweet this morning regarding the mess that is Internet Explorer v6. We have stopped our support of the browser, but you can never quite get away from it.

The article is a comprehensive overview of the challenges of IE6 and should be read by every designer, sales person, and client.

http://bit.ly/bOuRWN Great article on the future of video on the web. HTML5 v. Flash.

Gainesville, FL -  Ozean Interactive in collaboration with Ruckus Advertising is proud to announce the launch of a new website design and website development project.

screenshot of www.adblegal.com

adb legal or Alexander DeGance Barnett is a legal firm located in Jacksonville, FL.

Alexander DeGance Barnett represents management in litigation and trial practice, specializing in labor, employment, civil rights, and the prosecution and defense of other business interests. adb legal believes in providing their clients a personal and focused approach, along with the highest levels of quality, expertise and service found at a global firm.

CREDITS:

Project Manager:  Lauren Kruglanski

Lead Designer: Czar Derequito

Designer:  Patrick Prugh

Asst. Designer:  Sam Heath

Lead Developer:  Chris Lane

Asst. Developer/ Asst. Project Manager:  Alex Patton

Advertsing Agency:  Ruckus Advertising

Gainesville, FL - Ozean Interactive is proud to announce the launch of its latest website design and development project.

Founded in Gainesville, Florida in 1968, Charles Perry Construction is a full-service general contracting, construction management, and design-build provider. Their diverse portfolio includes commercial, institutional, governmental, and healthcare construction projects.

This project includes a custom developed portfolio that is database driven.  The portfolio was developed to allow the client to showcase their impressive portfolio of construction projects.  The portfolio is completely managed by the client.  The portfolio allows the client to upload new projects, move projects from category to category, and easily manage the entire portfolio with a password projected administrative back-end.

Credits:

Project Manager:  Alex Patton

Asst. Project Manager:  Lauren Kruglanski

Lead Designer:  Patrick Prugh

Lead Developer:  Chris Lane

Asst. Developer: Alex Patton

Honourable Mention:  Kayla Kuruc

I almost started a fight on twitter. I said something to the affect that “I-phone apps are a fad”.  Boy did I get some interesting DMs on that one. I never knew I was such an idiot!

My point is that applications are the rage now.  However, they are expensive and there is a glut of applications.

Why would a company want to limit their market?  For example, Ozean’s designers - I-phone fanatics.  Ozean’s Sales - Blackberry fanatics.  Ozean’s developers stood in line for Androids.

Instead of building platform specific applications (one for I-phone, one for BB, one for Android) - why wouldn’t you invest the same amount of money OR less to insure that your website works on a mobile web platform?  That way anyone with any phone and any browser would be able to access your company’s offerings.

True, it is not as sexy right now and the mobile browsers still have a way to go - but that is the next logical step.  Breaking away from a platform specific application to a mobile browser experience.

I found this article on usability tips for mobile web site design.and I thought I would share it in closing.

Cisco Says New Router to “Forever Change the Internet”: The Question Is ‘When?’
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Cisco made headlines today announcing a next generation router that will revolutionize the internet by increasing downloads to unheard of speeds.  The Cisco press release makes the following claims about the CRS-3 router:

It enables the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress to be downloaded in just over one second; every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; and every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.

Article from Smallbiztrends.

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2.  RSS Feeds

3.  Widgets

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