Comments for letscounthedays http://www.shayhowe.com The Online Portfolio of Creative Professional Shay Howe Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Are You Forcing Creativity? by nikos lianeris http://www.shayhowe.com/opinions/are-you-forcing-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 nikos lianeris Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:16:20 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=1111#comment-2542 I agree with your sayings.Creativity can hit you any time of the day but I also believe that creativity comes also with practicing.So apart from waiting creativity to come and find me I dedicate some hours of my week in practicing and in learning how to do things! :) I agree with your sayings.Creativity can hit you any time of the day but I also believe that creativity comes also with practicing.So apart from waiting creativity to come and find me I dedicate some hours of my week in practicing and in learning how to do things! :)

]]> Comment on How Domains Relate to SEO by JImmyO http://www.shayhowe.com/seo/how-domains-relate-to-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 JImmyO Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:25:04 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=700#comment-2534 We have been trying to use some SEO techniques to boost our sites but not much luck. I have two websites. With the same search term, one ranked well but the other one is on page 2. I have added more content to the second one but it has still been on page 2. Google's SEO is really mysterious to me. We have been trying to use some SEO techniques to boost our sites but not much luck. I have two websites. With the same search term, one ranked well but the other one is on page 2. I have added more content to the second one but it has still been on page 2. Google’s SEO is really mysterious to me.

]]> Comment on Are You Forcing Creativity? by Nicole http://www.shayhowe.com/opinions/are-you-forcing-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Nicole Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:10:48 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=1111#comment-2531 Good point and for my private projects I always try to do that, but in my job when my boss says "I need a cool design for this and that until the end of the week" I don't have much of a choice. But still if I have a couple of days to finish something and I just can't come up with something great, I indeed put it aside (but still keep it in the back of my head) and work on something else. And then all over sudden I have THE idea. Doesn't always work though, haha. :) Good point and for my private projects I always try to do that, but in my job when my boss says “I need a cool design for this and that until the end of the week” I don’t have much of a choice. But still if I have a couple of days to finish something and I just can’t come up with something great, I indeed put it aside (but still keep it in the back of my head) and work on something else. And then all over sudden I have THE idea. Doesn’t always work though, haha. :)

]]> Comment on Are You Forcing Creativity? by Stefan Vervoort http://www.shayhowe.com/opinions/are-you-forcing-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 Stefan Vervoort Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:48:25 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=1111#comment-2530 Creativity can not be forced, but it can be stimulated. I tend to have a creativity block when I am working alone, but when I talk about it with other creatives, the creativity comes naturally. Working in a project group or having deadlines definitely works for me. Creativity can not be forced, but it can be stimulated. I tend to have a creativity block when I am working alone, but when I talk about it with other creatives, the creativity comes naturally. Working in a project group or having deadlines definitely works for me.

]]> Comment on Are You Forcing Creativity? by Design Informer http://www.shayhowe.com/opinions/are-you-forcing-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 Design Informer Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:25:36 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=1111#comment-2525 Great article Shay. That's the thing sometimes when you have a full-time design job and you have a project that you need to design. Sometimes, creativity just isn't flowing but you're deadlines are still there and you have to find a way to get it done. That's the cool thing with personal projects. You can work on them only when you want to and stop if you're not feeling it. Great article Shay. That’s the thing sometimes when you have a full-time design job and you have a project that you need to design. Sometimes, creativity just isn’t flowing but you’re deadlines are still there and you have to find a way to get it done. That’s the cool thing with personal projects. You can work on them only when you want to and stop if you’re not feeling it.

]]> Comment on Japanese Web Design by Ian Cheung http://www.shayhowe.com/web-design/japan-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 Ian Cheung Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:22:59 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=489#comment-2523 I think the last part was most revealing, the problem with the first part comparisons is that they are conversions of a design (usually western-> japanese). Maybe lining up, rakuten with amazon, sakura with dreamhost or mediatemple and nico nico with vimeo (plus facebook with mixi) would have been a better choice. BTW next time you're in Japan come visit us in Osaka :) I think the last part was most revealing, the problem with the first part comparisons is that they are conversions of a design (usually western-> japanese).

Maybe lining up, rakuten with amazon, sakura with dreamhost or mediatemple and nico nico with vimeo (plus facebook with mixi) would have been a better choice.

BTW next time you’re in Japan come visit us in Osaka :)

]]> Comment on Web Design Community News by Litmus Design & Branding studio http://www.shayhowe.com/resource/web-design-community-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Litmus Design & Branding studio Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:56:33 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=1076#comment-2504 Hi, It’s great list of collection for website design and Development which help me to follow up my work on those websites. I loved to bookmark your page as, informative resources under one roof. It seems to be an amazing for me. Thanks for sharing valuable gift to me and for everybody else too. :) Hi,
It’s great list of collection for website design and Development which help me to follow up my work on those websites. I loved to bookmark your page as, informative resources under one roof. It seems to be an amazing for me. Thanks for sharing valuable gift to me and for everybody else too. :)

]]> Comment on 18 Powerful Linking Strategies by Minisite Design http://www.shayhowe.com/seo/18-powerful-linking-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Minisite Design Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:17:25 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=537#comment-2497 Great list! Learnt a lot from that.. was wanting to know about the outbound links. Less or none is best. I wondering if it's better to link to an internal file that is a redirect?.. will try it out.. thanks again.. Great list! Learnt a lot from that.. was wanting to know about the outbound links. Less or none is best. I wondering if it’s better to link to an internal file that is a redirect?.. will try it out.. thanks again..

]]> Comment on How Domains Relate to SEO by Alexei http://www.shayhowe.com/seo/how-domains-relate-to-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Alexei Sat, 08 May 2010 04:36:56 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=700#comment-2444 Hi, thanks fot the great tips. Just a question, im using keywords in the url, this kewords are generated depnding on the title of the article (its a magazine's site), the thing is that spanish is the language used, so i was wondering if it was better to replace spanish characters like áéíóú... for aeiou..., what dou you think?? I think that when people search they dont usually use the accentuated characters and also that google shows the keywords in the results no matter if you searched for mamá or mama... but will you get higher ranking by using the keywords without the accents?? Thanks in advance for any feedback Alexei Hi, thanks fot the great tips. Just a question, im using keywords in the url, this kewords are generated depnding on the title of the article (its a magazine’s site), the thing is that spanish is the language used, so i was wondering if it was better to replace spanish characters like áéíóú… for aeiou…, what dou you think??
I think that when people search they dont usually use the accentuated characters and also that google shows the keywords in the results no matter if you searched for mamá or mama… but will you get higher ranking by using the keywords without the accents??

Thanks in advance for any feedback
Alexei

]]> Comment on Web Design Community News by Andrew http://www.shayhowe.com/resource/web-design-community-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Andrew Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:02:58 +0000 http://www.shayhowe.com/?p=1076#comment-2417 This is really great list. I will definitely submit my all posts to these websites. I will also recommend you to add http://www.bestdesigntuts.com in this list. You do not need to login there to submit design development news. This is really great list. I will definitely submit my all posts to these websites. I will also recommend you to add http://www.bestdesigntuts.com in this list. You do not need to login there to submit design development news.

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