Anyone who tells me they can’t find the time to blog should check out this blog by Dustin Curtis. He apparently spends about 2 days on each of his articles to make it look as good as it’s written. The typesetting on each article is amazingly different and interesting. And this comes just as I was about to make an excuse why I haven’t had...
Read MoreFive Copywriting Errors
I’ve never professed to be a good writer. (hmm…can’t you tell from my blog?). Funny enough I actually did very well in English writing classes during my college days. Over the years, I just got lazy and carefree with my writing. In any event, when I look at some of the copy my clients provide to me for their proposed projects, it often...
Read MoreKill Adobe Flash
Just the other day a colleague of mine was looking for something to help him convert Flash SWF files into HTML5. I knew I ran across a converter before…but lo and behold it turns out Google is helping out too! Buh bye Flash. (via AppAdvice)
Read MoreComprehensive Website Planning Guide
I’m thinking this “Comprehensive Website Planning Guide” will be required reading in the first day of my coming semester’s Interactive Design class. There’s very little I disagree with there…I had to learn some of these issues the hard way. I particularly liked some advice about photography: Twelve professional images is...
Read MoreCMS research
So I’m spending a lot of my days lately evaluating Content Management systems (CMS). Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, Expression Engine, etc. It’s got my head spinning really. If you’re not familiar with web development, basically what these things do is provide a back-end system where you, the website owner, would be able to log in and...
Read MoreLorem Ipsum alternatives…fo shizzle
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Read MoreAbout Me
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.