Developed with HTML5 and it utilizes responsive Web design. See it on your laptop. See it on your iPad. See it on your iPhone. See it in Internet Explorer 7 and 8! It will work. Check out my work including the design and development for ppgpro.com (coming soon), a website for PPG Architectural Coatings’ painting professionals and Pro.Olympic.com, a website for painting professionals from Olympic Paints and Stains.
Hello! It’s been a while.
The girls over at Eat Pittsburgh just got some new business cards created with the logo I designed for them. I think they turned out great!
If you’re looking for some great Pittsburgh restaurant reviews, check out their blog. They do a great job.
The Holmes on Homes Meet Mike in New York City Sweepstakes sponsored by Olympic Stains officially launched on Friday thanks to the PPG Architectural Coatings Web department. We are featuring a sweepstakes on the homepage of Olympic.com to win a trip to New York City to meet HGTV home improvement superstar and tv personality Mike Holmes as he goes on tour promoting his new magazine. In addition to a homepage takeover and registration page, we also put together a Facebook tab and social media campaign on Twitter and Facebook, are running Facebook and Google ads and are sending out email blasts promoting the sweepstakes. Since Friday, we have already seen our Facebook likes double since launching and anticipate receiving a lot more traffic to Facebook and Olympic.com.
Olympic Stain is sold in Lowe’s as well as other home improvement stores.
In honor of National Punctuation Day, here are the correct uses of using the variations in dashes.
I recently attended a Photoshop seminar, and oddly enough, there was a portion dedicated to the correct use of dashes. Most of the following content is from the material that was provided, with my own two cents.
In professional typography there are three different dashes, although the average person generally uses one for everything—the hyphen.
HYPHEN: There is basically only one time you ever use a hyphen, and that’s to hyphenate words like step-by-step or when a word is too long to fit on a line.
EN DASH: This is a longer dash, and you get this dash in Adobe products by pressing Option-Dash (Mac) or Alt-Dash (PC), or with HTML –. You use this dash to primarily to indicate a length of time, like “12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.” or “for 7 – 10 year olds only.” Notice that longer dash?
Below are two examples, the first being the incorrect hyphen and the second, the proper En dash.
12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.
12:00 P.M – 1:00 P.M.
See how much longer the “en” dash is than a hyphen? Although the proper use technically doesn’t have a space on either side of the en dash, the most common use is with a single space on either side. Yes, using the En dash is subtle, but these things add up, and when you have enough “right” things on the page, it changes the page in a not so subtle way.
EM DASH: This is primarily used within a sentence to separate a thought or indicate a change in thought without using a comma, colon or a period. Something like this: The new backpacks are now in stock—they’re gorgeous! The most proper use of the em dash is right up against the word on either side of it, with no space between. However this is something you’ll hear me and some type-heads argue, and many large newspapers use it with a space on either side.
January — February
I love free things! Who doesn’t? And I really love taking advantage of discounts and specials when they become available, whether it be from Groupon, an Email Marketing special or something from Twitter. Below is a list of some deals I have come across in the Pittsburgh area that I want to share with you. Yes, you.
Subscribe to Brueger’s mailing list and they’ll instantly email you a coupon for a free bagel with cream cheese! While you are there, try their Pumpkin Spice Coffee. It’s delicious!
Subscribe on their website here!
Subscribe to IHOP’s mailing list and they’ll give you three free breakfasts – one immediately, one on your birthday and one on the one year anniversary of signing up!
Sign up for Longhorn’s mailing list and they’ll send you a voucher for a free appetizer!
Kashi thinks that their granola bars are so much better than the snacks you normally eat, they’re willing to mail you one of their granola bars to get you to try theirs.
Just fill out this quick survey and a Kashi snack will be on its way.
Simply sign up for Mad Mex’s mailing list with your birthday and they’ll send you a free burrito coupon around your birthday! I’ve been receiving one for several years. They also send other great coupons in the mail and via email.
Sign up for Mad Mex’s Birthday Lista here!
Owners of Mad Mex, but also possessing many other great restaurants in the Pittsburgh area (including Eleven, one of my all-time favorites), Big Burrito will also mail you a separate birthday coupon for signing up for their email list.
Sin up for Big Burrito Group’s Email List
Text your email address to 386546 (dunkin) and they’ll send you a free drink coupon in the mail. It takes a few weeks, but it works.
Also, every time you make a purchase at Dunkin Donuts, on your receipt they’ll ask you to take a survey online and you’ll get a free doughnut at your next visit.
Subscribe to Guitar Center’s Email Newsletter on this special page and you’ll receive a coupon with 10% off your next purchase. Instant gratification.
Probably one of the best ice creams money can buy, sign up for their email list and you’ll get free ice cream on your birthday!
Although they don’t have anything immediately free or discounted that I am aware of, Pizza Sola really takes advantage of social media with Twitter and Facebook and is constantly running promotions to keep me interested! Plus their pizza is amazing.
Eating at Frankuary is delicious, but their gourmet franks are not cheap! But thanks to $2 Tuesdays, I can afford to eat there!
Follow Franktuary on Twitter too for some other great specials!
Check out my guest post on http://eatpgh.blogspot.com for my review of Yo Rita’s tacos.
Since March of 2010, I have worked as a Web developer and designer in the Architectural Coatings Department of PPG. I have had a lot of fun designing and developing the recently-launched Olympic.com, as well as working on other PPG Paints-related websites, email marketing and a little bit of print and social media work to promote our online efforts. I have formed a lot of great relationships with my coworkers Rob, Sandeep, Mandy and Erica, as well as my bosses Matt and Angie. Below is a recap of some of the work I have done over the past six months including posters, postcards and a microsite for an event that my department hosted that featured Penske Racing, a real NASCAR and Sam Hornish Jr., as well as a page from the new Olympic website.
These are posted because they have great food, not necessarily great websites. Not everything is about Web design with me. I also love to eat really good food. Sadly however, Eleven and Casbah are the only restaurants I have eat at.
As voted upon by over 19,000 people who eat food and voted on Round Table, here are the top 10 overall best restaurants in Pittsburgh:
I used to be a beer snob. I don’t really drink anymore though, for various reason. I have however turned my elite outlook and arrogance from the beers I used to consume to the something a little more different – Web design. I like to think I have pretty good tastes in websites.
While researching for a brewery website design I will potentially be working on, I archived some of the best designs I stumbled across. Let me know if I missed anything that you think belongs here. Hopefully I will be adding one of my own sites to this list in the next couple of months.
Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland, Oregon
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
The Pike Brewing Company
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
San Diego Brewing Company
Samuel Adams – America's World Class Beer
Red Hook
Pyramid Breweries
PERONI CHIOSCO
Pearl Street Brewery | La Crosse, Wisconsin
Pabst Blue Ribbon
O'Hanlon's Brewery - Master Crafted Beers
New Belgium
Mother Earth Brewing
Mayflower Brewing Company - Craft Beer Microbrewery
Magic Hat Brewing Company
MacTarnahan's Brewing Company
Long Trail Brewing Co. - A Taste of Vermont
Left Hand Brewing
Brooklyn Brewery
Land Shark Lager
James Squire
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Guinness
French Broad Brewery - World Beer Asheville
Fish Brewing Company, Olympia, WA
Duvel
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Budweiser
BridgePort Brewing Co.
Bluetongue Brewery
Blue Moon Brewing Company
Beck's Beer
Asahi Beer
Alnwick Rum
Pilsner-Urquell
