Author: Obadiah

  • Responsive Web Development: Real World Applications

    I came across an educational article at Smashing Magazine today that I’d like to share. It’s called “A Foot On The Bottom Rung: First Forays Into Responsive Web Development.” It was written by Gavyn McKenzie, a front-end web developer from the UK. I’ve been designing and developing responsively (and responsibly) for a while now, and…

  • Aaron Kippola shares his musical endeavors

    Aaron Kippola is a multi-talented musician who is known for his saxophone, guitar, drums, and more. He is currently working on several self-produced albums on which he sings and plays most of the instruments. Several years ago, I designed a logo for him and began work on his Album Covers. I also created a simple…

  • Responsive Web Design

    How to make your site awesome on any device, on any platform. Mobile is Growing Fast Responsive Web Design is the future. The World Wide Web is expanding. It’s not just available from your desktop anymore. The web can now be accessed from many devices such as Televisions, Telephones, Tablets, etc. More people are able…

  • Domain Registry of America scam

    If you ever receive a letter in the mail from the Domain Registry of America, please read the small print. It’s a fake domain expiration notice. Do not send them any money. Don’t fall for the Domain Registry of America scam. Don’t let yourself be a victim of this deceptive domain name transfer trick. They’re…

  • Logo and Business Card Design for Middle Ear Media

    Logo and Business Card Design for Middle Ear Media

    I’m very excited about my new logo and business card design. Along with the redesign of my site middleearmedia.com, the logo and business card design are part of my 2012 rebranding effort. I’ll talk more about the website redesign in another post, but right now I want to explain my new logo and business card…

  • How To Blog: Topic Tips

    It can seem daunting at times, but it’s very important to learn how to blog effectively by choosing better topics to write about. Do you suffer from writer’s block and have difficulty generating ideas? Or have you experienced information overload and just couldn’t seem to narrow down your ideas? It happens to all of us…

  • How to use FeedBurner with WordPress

    Find out how to use FeedBurner with WordPress. If you have a blog, you’re probably familiar with the concept of feeds. If you’re not sure what a feed is, read my article about RSS feeds. Feeds are a great way to share content. However, there are some limitations. There’s really no way to know any…

  • Custom Guitar Pickups by Instrumental, LLC

    Instrumental is a small, high end electro-magnetic transducer company that designs and manufactures custom transducers for small guitar companies. In other words, Instrumental makes guitar pickups! This is the first client site to utilize (a slightly modified version of) my new WordPress Theme MEM Core.

  • Tai Chi Healing Music is a great way to relax

    Tai Chi Healing Music is a great way to relax

    It’s been ten years since I began this project. I guess it’s time to start promoting it. Tai Chi Chuan is an internal Chinese martial art that helps develop agility, balance, relaxation, and much more. As a musician, I wanted to find a way to combine my passion for music with the healing power of…

  • Free WordPress Theme “MEM Core” released

    Word­Press is a pop­u­lar, open-source, Con­tent Man­age­ment Sys­tem built by hun­dreds of com­mu­nity vol­un­teers around the world. Although, I’ve been devel­op­ing Word­Press Themes for years, I finally got around to releas­ing my first free WordPress Theme for pub­lic use. I call it MEM Core which is short for “Middle Ear Media Core” because I plan…

  • Let’s All Help Stop SOPA/PIPA

    I just wanted to do my part to show my support and help save the internet. What’s wrong with the internet? You may have heard about SOPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act or its sister bill in the Senate, PIPA — Protect IP Act, but do you really know what will happen if these…