http://justinramedia.com/blog Web Designer / Art Director Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:59:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This isn't a popular blog in terms of traffic. I use it to get my thoughts about design out into the world in the hopes that someone else can benefit, but I've come across something that I don't fully understand. Spam. I thought I had a good grasp on email spam. ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2010/03/spam-wtf/ Dinosaur Lunchbox is a software / design company that Ryan Fuller and I created so that we could build things that we enjoyed. We were sick of  having 20 fun ideas a day and never doing anything with them so now when we have one, we add it to the ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2010/03/dinosaur-lunchboxs-first-project-unknown-pixel/ I've learned a lot over the years from Jason Fried. He's sort of my mentor, although I've never met him. He's one of the first successful people that I immediately associated with. He's a Designer who loves simplicity (me too). He cares more about making his products work than pleasing everyone and anyone. He ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2010/03/side-projects/ Lately I've been focusing more and more on the music I listen to. For as long as I can remember, I've had an auditory obsession. My mind thinks in song lyrics and there's always a tune in my head. If you know me, you've heard me sing, whistle, or play ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2010/02/music/ This post is for people hiring designers, developers or any other creative freelancer because I get the feeling that many clients consider "hiring you" the only part of the project they need to be involved in. I've been fortunate enough to work with some amazing clients who know exactly what they ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2009/12/making-a-freelance-project-work/ I have a few friends that occasionally need a very basic web page, but don't have the time to learn HTML. While I think that it's a tragedy that more people don't learn this language (it's easy enough for kids – start here), I do generally want to help. Since ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2009/11/basic-webpage-template/ Yesterday I was working away in my office when I saw a grey cat lightly pounce over my fence and amble up to one of the big live oaks in my backyard. He looked amazingly relaxed as he gazed up the tree. After a moment or two he nonchalantly leapt up into ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2009/11/wild-kingdom-in-my-backyard/ Today I'm creating a marketing plan for xdv8, a new iPhone app development team. The app they are going to be releasing is good, but what's better is that I'm learning a ridiculous amount as I create the plan. In the researching of app price points, average returns for developers ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2009/10/marketing/ I wrote a quick email to fox.com the other day while I was trying to catch up on an episode of House that I had missed. It was a Monday, so a new episode was on that night, but I had missed the season premier the week before. So I ... http://justinramedia.com/blog/2009/10/poor-policy/