Personal Blog of Mike Bowden

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Wordpress as a Portfolio. Good Idea or Bad Idea?

Wordpress, we know what it is, we know what it does. But have we stopped to think of its use as a portfolio? That’s what I’ll answer in this piece; the perks, the faults, useful plugins and portfolio themes. Most of us look at Wordpress and immediately think… blogging! And that’s correct, that is what Wordpress is, designed for, functions as and is synonymous with, it’s a blogging platform.

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Safari changing graphic colors on you? – Find out how to change the way Safari handles web graphics

I’ve been doing web graphics for quite awhile now and throughout my years as a graphic designer I’ve always had a problem with how Safari handles web graphics. Safari is the only browser on the market today that honors ICC profiles within graphics, which seems a bit odd to me but I can understand how it has its place depending on the graphic you’re wanting to view and/or load.

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