Entries in the News category:
Annual Manual Success
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Santa Fe Reporter publishes a large glossy Annual Manual around this time of year - giving locals and visitors lots of useful information and insight into Santa Fe.
And this year, they used 2 of my photos in the publication.
They (very cleverly) organized a photo contest asking for shots of real life in Santa Fe, and chose the best ones to illustrate the Manual.
The runners up (like me) get exposure, and the one top winner gets that and a nice prize, too.
Three site and a vacation
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
May already? I wanted to cover for how quiet it’s been recently on this site by explaining some of what I’ve been up to.
Planning and building sites, mainly. And then taking a much-needed but not actually that restful trip to Ireland and Italy. I’ll post on each of the new sites in more detail soon, but here’s the concise version of the site launches.
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
What it says on the tin. Artists’ profiles, lots of information and great photos for the biggest Folk Art Market in the US.
We’re Hiring - do you know your CSS from your elbow?
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
As the lack of posts here indicates - January has been very busy here in MC towers. So busy that we’re looking for help:
We’re looking for a web developer to help with production on a range of client projects.
Work is by contract on a project-by-project basis, but ideally this could work out as a long-term arrangement. You’d work at your place, but come into the office (downtown) for meetings every so often (if you live in Santa Fe). If you’re a great candidate but live in Ballygobackwards or somewhere even more exotic, let me know and we’ll see if we can do some telecommuting magic).
Most of the work would be building pages on new sites and making changes to existing client sites. At least initially, attention to detail and HTML knowledge are more important than design flair - although if you’re a great designer too, that would be great.
You need to be:
Duckbell.com - my new photography blog
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I’ve just launched Duckbell.com - my new blog aimed at serious amateur photographers.
As photography becomes a more important part of my business (and my out-of-hours life), I thought there was a need for a photography blog that gathered the best news around the web, and added well-written tutorials and analysis.
It’s nice to have a project of my own to work on going into the new year, and it allows me try out some approaches and techniques that will benefit my clients too.
If you’re interested in photography, please check it out. And if you know someone who just got a digital camera for Christmas, please send them along too.
Happy Holidays from Moore Consulting
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Wow, that was fast. 2007 is nearly in the books, and it’s time to wish all my clients and friends a happy and peaceful holiday period.
The office will be closed from this Friday (Dec 21st) until Wednesday January 2nd. I’ll be checking email sporadically, though, so if you really need to get hold of me, that’s the best way.
And, continuing the tradition of making a charitable donation instead of sending out holiday cards to clients, suppliers and the like, this year’s recipients are Kitchen Angels.
Finally, the photograph shows our own angel - Fionnuala Moore - enjoying the snow.
Mi Casa in Mexico site launched
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
As the cold weather grips much of the northern hemisphere, you might well be thinking of life in warmer climes. In which case, our latest project might be just for you.
We’ve just launched the site for travel firm Mi Casa In Mexico, who run real estate tours to Mexico.
Describing themselves as “a neutral, objective, real estate and lifestyle information service”, the information and insight you gain on their tours give you a real headstart if you’re thinking of a full-time move or the purchase of a second home.
Article in print edition of JPG Mag
Monday, December 03, 2007
An article of mine is featured in the latest print edition of the photography magazine, JPG, that’s just arrived in my mailbox.
The article - called ‘Prime Suspect’ - is a hymn of praise to the cheap and cheerful Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens. They included three of my photographs to accompany the article.
JPG is a high quality print magazine available throughout the US, that has over 100,000 members contributing articles and photographs to its website. Members vote on the things they like, but an editorial panel makes the final print version.
So I’m well chuffed to have made it in. Especially as this combination of photography, journalism and the Web is an area I’m going to explore in more depth in my own big project in the New Year. More on that later, but for now, feel free to rush out and buy a copy of the mag.
Moore Consulting offers new Hosting service
Sunday, November 25, 2007
I’m delighted to announce a new service offering from Moore Consulting - web hosting.
I was becoming increasingly unhappy with my old host’s erratic ways, and also finding that dealing with a range of different hosts for clients time-consuming and unsatisfactory.
Clients would pay for their hosting, but then also have to pay for my time to fix problems and chase down answers from less than responsive support staff, or struggle through a complicated control panel to do something simple..
Or I’d find clients just paying way too much for mediocre service - Network Solutions, I’m looking at you.
The solution - do it yourself
So I’m now offering a solution - hosting with Moore Consulting.
Moore Consulting clients runners up for architectural award
Monday, October 15, 2007
Last week two of our clients - Riskin Associates Architecture and D Joseph Andrade Architecture - were announced as runners-up in the inaugural Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture.
Marci Riskin (full disclosure - Marci’s my wife) won for her Fire Station 8, and Joseph for his 2nd Street House.
I can’t claim any responsibility for Joseph’s success, but I took the photos of Marci’s fire station that were submitted in her entry.
As these were the only photographs the judges had access to (and they didn’t visit the buildings), they were an important part of the submission.
Teaching User Experience at Highlands University
Monday, August 27, 2007
As the new academic year begins, I’m happy to say I’m now an Adjunct Instructor in the Media Arts department at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas.
I’ll be teaching a course on Designing for User Experience to upper-level undergraduates and to postgrads, covering the basics of user experience, usability and user-centered design.
It’s a nice to be back teaching (in Dublin, I devised a delivered a series of one-day training workshops as part of the iQ Content Boot Camp series), and the students are a good group.
I’ll be posting PDF versions of my presentations when I get the chance, for those who are interested, and while they might not mean much without my explanations, you’re all more than welcome to follow along.