Blog: Articles, Resources, and Rants.
Here you can find a compilation of my thoughts and things that interest me. You can use the tools to the right to locate specific content or you can look at a complete list of archives.
Back In Vegas / Jun 30, 2010
I lasted about 10 days in NYC before heading back home to Niagara Falls. The day before I left Vegas to move to NYC and start my new job I was offered a much better full-time position to fill the role of Creative Director. The position is not only better than my ‘web designer’ position [...]
Relocating to NYC / Apr 17, 2010
I’ve been living in Las Vegas almost 2 years now and I can’t really complain, it’s a great city, with nice weather and plenty to do. Problem is it’s so far from home which makes it difficult to visit my family and friends as frequently as I’d like to. It’s also very challenging to stay [...]
New Site and Brand / Apr 05, 2010
I’ve been wanting to change my domain to something that would be easier to spread through word of mouth then my name, michaelciccarelli.com, which is both difficult to spell pronounce and more importantly remember. I’ve been checking Brandstack over the past couple months for something that connects with me and was able to find a [...]
Alternate Post Styling / Mar 12, 2010
On the homepage of a WordPress site I was working on, I wanted to display the most recent post completely (not just the excerpt) while the next 9 showing the excerpt only. I also wanted to include a post image and other additional meta data for better usability and also to make the latest article [...]
My Latest Endeavor / Mar 04, 2010
This is something that I’ve been excited about for a long time and I’m not sure what happened but sometime last week a fire was lit under my ass and I put everything I was working on off to the side and really just worked around the clock to get this project going. I literally [...]
iPhone vs Droid / Feb 06, 2010
After breaking my iPhone and losing my patients with AT&T’s service I decided that instead of replacing my iPhone at full retail price, I’d switch over to Verizon and try out the Motorola Droid which is currently Verizon’s best smart phone. It lasted about 2 weeks before I decided I missed my iPhone and really [...]
Dropped my iPhone and AT&T / Jan 13, 2010
I really like the iPhone, I’ve had for almost 2 years and it is without question one of the best phones on the market. Prior to the iPhone I was a very happy Verizon Wireless customer with a Blackberry and never had a complaint about my mobile service. Unfortinuately since I wanted the iPhone I [...]
My xBox Has New Home / Nov 25, 2009
I bought my xBox 360 Premium in May 2008 which was almost 2 years ago and within this time have probably actually only played it for a couple of hours total. The problem with it was of course the infamous 3 Flashing Red Lights Error. After having 1 unit shipped in and replaced by Microsoft, [...]
SEO Tip: Use Of Keywords / Nov 15, 2009
One of the the most important parts of optimizing your website for search engines is to target a select few keywords that you would like to rank well for and sprinkle these terms throughout your pages and domain. A great tool to use when optimizing your site is seo-browser.com, this will allow you to view [...]
The Art Of Font Embedding / Oct 22, 2009
Soon after launching of my latest redesign I’ve been spending a great deal of time on the use of typography throughout the site. I’ve been teaching myself different font embedding technologies in order to use a specific font of my choice, rather then the standard web safe fonts you see everyday all over the web. [...]