It’s been a bit slow on the news lately. After coming back from Disney a month ago I guess “real life” can’t really live up to castles, sugary treats and thrill rides. My Summer has been spent staring at empty school campus parking lots. During this part of the year it’s dead slow as all the faculty are off on vacation. All my...
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The longer I’ve been in this business doing web-design, the less it seems like it’s about design and the more it’s a concern about it producing results and being effective. It’s a hard sell. Most clients who approach me for the first time have all their heart set on getting a visual revamp of their website…the idea that we may...
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Tax season has come and gone but unfortunately I’m not done yet. We have an extension out this year because we’re using a new tax agent who has to work out the kinks. Early indication is I have to pay a few grand of taxes this year with is bittersweet. I realize I only have to pay taxes if I have incoming money to begin with, but it still hurts...
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Interesting to find that this site, Gov.UK, is getting so much coverage by sites like Gizmodo and Wired lately. Why? Well, it was named “2013 Design of the Year” by the London Design Museum not because of any bells and whistles. In fact, it has very little in the way of graphics or flash. What it is does somewhat effectively is present a LOT...
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I found one really good by-product of being self-employed was the fact that there wasn’t really one spot that tied me down as my “office”. Yes, I had set myself up very comfortably with my own home office…painted it up really nice, bought myself a nice desk with fancy lap and just about all the tech conveniences I need to do my...
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I’ve had a few friends make comments lately about their love and success about their own businesses. In my many years of networking I know quite a few business owners now. I think each of them shared stories about leaving high paid jobs and taking a leap a few years back to start their own business. Today they feel much happier that they made that...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.