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		<title>How to Make Me Click CLOSE on Your Website as Fast as Possible.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know the problem. People visit your website out of curiosity, fascination, or just plain need, but they spend way too much time there, gleaning information and reading about your great services and products.Not all people may think like me, but here are a few things you can try if you want me to stop looking at your site and close down that browser tab as quickly as possible. 
 
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		<title>WEBSITE LAUNCH: Seemaeye.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[seemaeye.com is now live! The site features SiteCM content management by ideaLEVER and surgery animations by Eyemaginations. With SiteCM, staff at Seema are able to login from any browser and edit the site whenever they need. Update text, replace or upload new photographs, create new pages, edit the menu - all from a browser. Training and support are also provided. 
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		<title>Everyone Needs a Good Nag.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel offers a number of different services, all aimed at helping you getting things done on time. A Nag by phone, used by famous authors to deliver manuscripts on schedule, is a regular monthly telephone service. Yes, Ms Cornell will phone you and nag you. Nicely, I'm sure!]]></description>
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		<title>How to Edit Photos In Your Browser.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[graphic design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a free, online editor I expected it to be able to do a few simple tasks. Colour balancing, cropping, levels; maybe some crude pencil tools and a lasso or two. But <a href="http://pixlr.com/editor/">Pixlr.com</a> is much more than that. 
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		<title>What Do You Expect From a Graphic Designer?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeimitatingdesign.com/lid/expect-graphic-designer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LiD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calgary graphic design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calgary graphic design blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what <strong>do</strong> you expect? Do you prefer designers to provide all the ideas, or do you prefer to be part of the process? What has worked? What has gone wrong? What kinds of things would you like to see graphic designers doing that perhaps they aren't?  How have things changed over the past few years? ]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With Design</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeimitatingdesign.com/lid/the-problem-with-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LiD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The problem you have may be your brand. You may have slumping sales. You may have a new product that you need to advertise, package or identify in some way. You may have a visual identity that no longer suits your business. These are all problems that can be solved by consistent, well thought out design. 
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		<title>Are People Really That Dumb?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to websites, many developers will adhere to a certain set of rules, whether written or not. Menus should be in certain places, forms need to be laid out to aid fast completion, and calls to action are placed in immediately obvious places to encourage visitors to call, email, buy or download something right now. Not in two minutes time, not after being shown by a smarter child how to use the site, but now. If not sooner. 
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		<title>Get Your Horse in the Race.</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeimitatingdesign.com/lid/horse-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LiD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[graphic design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website promotion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You've invested in the horse, but there it sits (or stands) in the stables, looking beautiful and full of potential. It's fit, well fed and ready to go. But you aren't making money. It's a fantastic horse, and all your friends tell you so, but it's not doing its job.
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		<title>Hiring a Designer: an analogy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LiD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story goes something like this (and is subject to the rules of Chinese Whispers, but the idea remains the same): Pablo Picasso is dining at a restaurant when a passer by recognizes him and asks the artist for a favor: a quick sketch. The aging Picasso finds some paper and a pencil and spends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say No to Scope (Creep).</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeimitatingdesign.com/lid/scope-creep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LiD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[graphic design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You ask the waiter why your $15 meal is now $28. "Well," he replies, "you asked how much a meal costs, and the entrees are $15. But you also ordered the Sauvignon Blanc, cherry cheesecake and coffee." Did you really think they were all included with the entree?]]></description>
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