Milwaukee Talent

Web Designer and developer all in one package

Adria is an experienced graphic and web designer with a diverse portfolio.  She designed multiple sites including small business, not-for-profit and exclusive corporate clients.  Adria tested solid in Flash and very good in Web Development.  She has Master of Arts with an emphasis in Visual Studies.  She understands and applies solid hand coding. Adria is available part-time or full-time on a project basis only.

Outstanding Creative Director with exceptional ideation skills

Brad is an accomplished, award-winning creative director with 25 years’ expertise developing and executing all aspects of integrated marketing communications campaigns designed to meet and exceed strategic marketing objectives. Very strong in concept development and art/photo direction. Experience in a broad range of B2B and B2C categories. Proven creative leadership talent with demonstrated strength in developing high performance and dedicated teams. Deep understanding of online, print, broadcast, experiential/event marketing. A persuasive presenter and a passionate listener who leverages relationship management talents to achieve consensus across all levels and organizational boundaries.

Quarkalicious Art Director with quintessential production skills

Dave C. tested at exceptional level in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign/Quark, close to expert levels.  His portfolio reflected good art direction/design skills, and he clearly can take any project from concept to completion. Dave is just completing a long term assignment at Reader’s Digest.  He is available full or part-time, on temporary, temp to hire, or direct hire basis.

Word Up! on this Awesome Designer

Paul R tested solid+ in Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash and solid in InDesign.  He is a talented designer with strong production skills, and a great portfolio including packaging,  logos and branding, ad campaigns and several web site designs.  Paul performs with speed, accuracy and a delightful attitude.   He is available full or part time, for projects, temp to hire or on a direct hire basis. His portfolio may be viewed at http://prauwerda.com

Multi-faceted Multi-talented Art Director

Vanessa is a multi-talented art director/graphic designer who can lead a project from concept to completion. She tested very good in Illustrator, Photoshop and solid+ in InDesign. Her portfolio displayed samples of photo editing, branding and identity packages, electronic newsletters, as well as copy writing, PR, brochures, catalogs, books and PowerPoint presentations for mid-size and small businesses. She can also update and edit web pages and banner ads.

Madison Talent

Web savvy, smart and all that!

Andrew G is a talented problem solver with a passion for aesthetics, web standards and usability.  In his previous role he was at the forefront of user interaction for a Midwest technology company.  He has examples of strategy documents and usability reviews on his website.  Originally a design practitioner for print, he successfully evolved into the interactive space serving as both a web development manager and as a creative director in an interactive agency.  He tested at exceptional level in Illustrator and Photoshop and more than professional in Flash and InDesign. He tested at EXPERT levels in web development. He is available full or part-time on a project or interim basis, temp to hire, or direct hire.

Graphic Designer Ingenue

Ashley is an adept disciplined graphic designer with a clear, fresh eye and nicely executed portfolio.  She tested solidly in InDesign and solid+ in both Photoshop and Illustrator.  She presented samples of posters, illustrations, inventive packaging, campaigns, identity and exceptional attention to detail.  She likes clean, simple designs and works to not over design pieces.  Ashley is currently completing a digital editing project in After Effects but was not tested on it.  She works well with others, and is available full or part-time, for projects, temp to hire, or direct hire basis.

Creative, Versatile, Fun and Easy to Work With

Brian is a talented graphic designer/creative director for print, video, animation and multimedia.  He is an Expert at Illustrator, exceptional at Photoshop and professional+ with InDesign. He’s spent the majority of his career working on creative teams in agency settings. His portfolio reflected his strong creative/design and solid production capabilities. He is available full or part-time, for projects, temp to hire, or direct hire.

Mega-star Designer/Art Director

Meghan is a gem! A multi-talented art director/designer who also has extensive B2B experience in multimedia and web design.   She tested at professional level in Illustrator, Photoshop  and InDesign, exceptional in Dreamweaver and exceptional+ in Flash.  She can art direct a project from concept through creation-in Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Golive and more.  Exceptional interpersonal communication skills, and still works well well with others. She is available full or part-time, on project, temp to hire or direct hire

The website UneasySilence has released all 35 desktop wallpaper images that will be included with Apple’s newest operating system Snow Leopard (10.5) due to be released this September. All of the images are full 2560×1600 resolution!

A Word From Cris Ippolite…

FileMaker Pro. Many of you have heard of it or may have worked with it, but did you know it has been in the marketplace for more than 20 years?

In that time, more than 13 million units of FileMaker software have been sold around the world. FileMaker enthusiasts include ALL of the top 50 universities in the U.S., the top 250 U.S. school districts, and 70 of the Fortune 100 companies.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, Inc., FileMaker isn’t just for Mac users anymore! Cross-platform capabilities that run natively on both Mac and Windows platform make FileMaker the premium database software on the market today. It has muscled its way into IT infrastructures in all industries.

Currently on version 9.0, FileMaker underwent a massive database engine redesign in version 7. It allows for multiple “tables” to be combined into a single FileMaker file. This feature has cut down both development time and cost, and has brought forward some of the most powerful features in the product’s history.

Most notably, FileMaker now allows for up to 250 concurrent users via Server, full support for php Web integration and a partnership with the MySQL alliance that spawned a connection kit (called “ESS”), allowing for LIVE connections to data sources running MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle!

Imagine connecting to your organization’s SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL databases from one place, and using the information without additional programming. With FileMaker, you can! FileMaker Pro 9 creates secure easy one-way or two-way connections to External SQL Data Sources. The SQL data acts just like FileMaker data. Create custom reports, add calculations and other fields, build relationships with existing FileMaker data, using the easy-to-use tools of FileMaker Pro.

There are new layout objects that allow you to do everything from automatically resizing your layouts to embedding FULL web viewing functionality into your existing FileMaker database layouts.

With the PHP features of the FileMaker Server, you can publish information to external websites, gather information from Web users, and create new solutions combining a Web-based front-end with a rich, FileMaker Pro back-end. Support for popular open source Web standards PHP and XSLT means you and your Web developer will be reading and writing live FileMaker Pro data in no time.

All these reasons support FileMaker Pro as the #1 best-selling standalone database for both Macintosh and Windows.

When business professionals outgrow spreadsheets, they depend on FileMaker products. Customizing, creating, and sharing easy-to-use software solutions is quick and easy. FileMaker is powerful enough to integrate with corporate data environments, share on the web, and evolve with your needs.

Want to learn more about using FileMaker or take your FileMaker skills to the next level?

The product is called popcharx and retails for about $45. I personally have not used it, but it looks promising.

http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/

*I just wanted to thank the people commenting on this post that ergois actually has a windows version of this software too called popcharwin. Thanks for letting me know!

http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharwin/

The bigger question behind this though is why the glyphs palette doesn’t show common keystrokes for alternate characters, especially with accents! What it really should do is give you a keyfinder option. However, this is not deemed necessary or urgent so don’t hold your breath. Here is a couple of sites that will help you if you are in need of a certain key stroke: Mac OSX Keystroke Guide and Windows Keyboard Shortcuts.

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The next item stems from user complaints. The great Time Machine feature in Leopard is handy when you work on a tower and have a hard drive handy to plug in when needed. However, laptop users, like myself, found it cumbersome to drag around an external to run backups when working on-site. Now Apple has given us an answer. And it is called Time Capsule.

Time Capsule works in conjunction with Time Machine allowing you to make wireless backups. The key to this is the wireless 500GB or 1TB hard drive. Time Capsule can synch, back up and store files for each Leopard-based Mac on your wireless network.

Time Capsule can also be used as your wireless hub since it has a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station built right in. No need to go out and buy an Airport Base. You can find out more at Apple’s website. Time Capsule retails at $299 for the 500GB model or $499 for a 1TB hard drive. Both will be shipping in two weeks.

I get the impression after watching the MacWorld Keynote, that these two items will really become the next gen benchmark for other tech. Now I just have to save up so I can go out and buy all of these toys!!