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Vote For Vintom For Best of Mid-Valley

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

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I’ve been nominated once again for Best Web Designer in the mid-valley by the Statesman Journal. I won last year, but it looks like there are a ton more nominees this go around. If you’re not from Salem, this is kind of a big deal, so I NEED YOUR VOTE!

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FreshPicd Live Development Experiment

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

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I was inspired by Kyle Steed’s approach to the design of his new site. He did large chunks of the development live. I went back a few times throughout the course of a few days and would see new pages, illustrations, and fonts. Sometimes things wouldn’t look right, but 10 minutes later they’d be fixed. […]

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Working On A Redesign

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

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I have been working slowly on a redesign for my website for the last few months. Progress on it has been very hit and miss. My goal is to get it done while my wife is in Hawaii this week. In fact, part of the reason I’m writing this post is to light a fire […]

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Best of the Mid Valley

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

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A friend of mine emailed me the other day and let me know that VINTOM.com was listed as one of the nominees for Best Web Designer in the Mid-Valley on the Statesman Journal website. How exciting!

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New Site Launched: West Salem Foursquare Church

Friday, February 12th, 2010

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I recently finished a project for West Salem Foursquare Church in Salem, OR (my home church). It was awesome working with the lead pastor and the youth pastor to pull this site together.

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I Don’t Hate Mondays

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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I was sitting in Starbucks this morning when a young guy came up to the counter. When the Barrista asked him how he was he grunted and said “I hate Mondays”. He couldn’t have sounded more pathetic if he wanted to. He acted as if waking up Monday morning was like a trip to the […]

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New Site Launched: Taptu Mobile Blog

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Taptu is a mobile search company based out of the UK. They recently contacted me to redesign their blog. Their goal was to integrate the blog with their overall branding and incorporate the various social media tools used by the company. Some of the features of the new blog are:

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What is Your Web Strategy?

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Many companies (churches and ministries included) are anxious to build a great website, but have not thought about strategy. They have grandiose ideas about what their website will look like, but they have not thought about the purpose behind the website.

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WordPress, How I Love Thee

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

WordPress is the application I use to power most of the websites I build. In fact, unless a client requires me to use another system, I use WordPress exclusively. There are a few great applications out there, but in my opinion WordPress is the best. Here’s why:

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How Twitter Saved Me $33 And Got You 500 Free Business Cards

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I have been using Uprinting.com for my business cards for a few years. They are a great company and have tons of options for your cards. I like that they offer non-standard sizes for us creative types who can’t stand to be normal. I have always had a good experience with them and their product. […]

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