Brief reflections on the Big(D)esign Conference

Brief reflections on the Big(D)esign Conference

An A-to-Z list of MadMacGirl’s observations on Day 2 of BigD10:

Adobe freebies! A red and black bag for my designers to fight over at work on Tuesday.
Business cards given away = 7.
Cupcake lady! Thanks for the sponsorship.
Dynamic prototyping and life according to Ferris Bueller and John Hughes. Thanks, Chris Bernard. I get it.
EMAC at [...]

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When a Domain Name Expires

When a Domain Name Expires

A client at work wants to grab up a potentially valuable web domain name for his company from someone else who owns it. The client is seeking the domain name for investment purposes; the current owner is an artist and not using the domain name currently, but is still the owner. The expiration date for [...]

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How MadMaCGirl Lived Without Technology Today

How MadMaCGirl Lived Without Technology Today

Admittedly, the technology being stowed in my purse on a daily basis is strictly old school and with full disclosure, MadMaCGirl admits to owning the following carry-around technology (or C.A.T. for short – *meow*): a T-Mobile Nokia phone and a 32GB iPod Touch.
(Yes, MMG has been told many times “Just buy the iPhone already!”)
Now [...]

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Be Smart (and Stay Sassy) on Facebook

Be Smart (and Stay Sassy) on Facebook

MadMaCGirl has been known to politely turn down friend invites from people she’s only known for about 10 minutes, yet these same people become crazed with the idea that not everyone wants to return their FB friendship.
Beginning with some articles about ties to Facebook posts and crime waves and also Facebook’s [...]

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The Evolution of MadMaCGirl

The Evolution of MadMaCGirl

The evolution of MadMaCGirl began with a not-so-usual suspect – EMAC 3361 – an internet studio course with Randy Hoyt at UT-Dallas. My initial goal for the site was to relay my ‘mad digital skills’ – I’m a web coordinator/writer for my day job — so I thought about what I wanted to incorporate into [...]

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