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Volume 02 // Number 08/09

August/September 2008

In this issue

  1. Catching Up
  2. Do You Own Your Domain Name?
  3. Doing Web-Based Communications Right—Part 1 of 3
  4. Find of the Month

Hi [firstname,fallback=friend],

Catching Up.

Summer has gone by much too fast. Vacation was wonderful, the return not so wonderful :-) Anyhow, things overall are going well here. Let's get to it, here is DesignDetails.

Do You Own Your Domain Name?

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This is an important question to find an answer to. When you or your company setup your website, how did you get your domain name?
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Doing Web-Based Communications Right—Part 1 of 3

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Large corporations and well-funded start ups have the bankroll to build web communications with large amounts of research and planning. There are teams of people working on tasks such as...
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Finally, Find of the Month

Every month I share an Internet destination that has some application to doing business, getting things done, or just plain cool. This month it's a cool one. A friend shared this video with me a while back, and I've been holding on to it. It's a video on the TED web site. TED: Technology, Entertainment, Design is an annual conference that brings together fascinating thinkers and doers. This video from Jill Bolte Taylor is worth the 18 minute viewing time.

Wrap up

That’s it for this month of DesignDetails. Let me know if you have any questions about any of this content. I always welcome questions and feedback to make this of value to you.

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I’ll talk to you again next month.
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Bert Mahoney AIGA
Publisher, DesignDetails
Principal + Creative Director
HamiltonBerchman Design Group, Inc.
Director of Internet Strategy and Services
AIGA Santa Barbara

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HamiltonBerchman's DesignDetails is a monthly e-newsletter of tips, thoughts, and useful resources related to using the Internet to do business.

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Bert Mahoney writes DesignDetails for HamiltonBerchman. He is the President and Creative Director of HamiltonBerchman and a Board Member of Santa Barbara AIGA. Bert has over 17 years design experience and 12 years of professional web-based communications experience.

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