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Volume 02 // Number 10

October 2008

In this issue

  1. Change of Seasons, Change of Location
  2. Doing Web-Based Communications Right:
    Part 2 of 3
  3. Doing Web-Based Communications Right:
    Part 3 of 3
  4. Find of the Month

Hi [firstname,fallback=friend],

Change of Season, Change of Location.

The passing through of September marks the beginning of fall and cooler weather. We are presently packing and planning an office move. One of the great features of the move is that we will not miss a beat—close on Friday and open on Monday. Let's get to it, here is DesignDetails.

Doing Web-Based Communications Right: Part 2 of 3

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At this point in the process, you should know what purpose your project serves, what rules you are going to play by, and what wild success looks like.
What’s next?
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Doing Web-Based Communications Right: Part 3 of 3

At this point your purpose, principles, and outcomes are well defined and brainstorming has identified large parts of the project that have been broken down into smaller tasks. Most likely you have not uncovered every task for this project as more will “pop-up” when you actually begin the process.
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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 about backup. In the business of our working lives we don't realize how important a backup of data is until it's too late. Kristin, our project manager here at HBDG, sent me the suggestion of SugarSync, They provide a host of backup features including synching and the pricing plans look reasonable as well. Even if you don't use SugarSync make sure you have some backup strategy in place. Otherwise a major headache and hassle could be waiting for you.

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.

Are you facing a challenge or have a question relating to the Internet? Please share. I can answer your questions and share with everyone.

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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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