I will be attending this years (2009) SXSW Interactive Festival again this year, and I’m really excited! This makes my third trip to Austin for the SXSW Festival and, I have to say, if you’ve never gone and have the opportunity to this year, or in the future - it’s WELL worth the trip! Keep reading

Kevin Palmer, from Social Media Answers is a… you guessed it - social media freak! I meant that in the best way possible, of course. If you have a question about anything that pertains to social media - Kevin is your guy! Matter of fact, I spotlighted him in my recently released book, WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition as a resource on social media. It’s no great shock he has a blog about it - and he came to me to provide him with a custom and unique design for it… I was happy to oblige . . . Keep reading

I’m excited to be able to forward the announcement of WordCamp Chicago - 2009 coming to the Chicagoland area soon! I am co-organizing the event with my friends, Brian Gardner (of Revolution Theme), Cory Miller (of iThemes) and Wendy Piersall of Sparkplugging.com… Keep reading

Back in 1999, I helped Dr. Thomas Naughton launch his first website to accompany his new Medicoloegal Consulting business, Abbygrey West Consulting. A busy Family Practice physician for over 15 years, Dr. Naughton thought he would take a leap and try his hand at self-employment and put some of his knowledge and expertise into some legal consulting to see how it would fly. It flew… indeed. 8 years later, I’ve re-launched his new look and format and brought him up to date by using WordPress to power his website. . . Keep reading

WPAssist.Com is a comprehensive WordPress resource site and companion site to the newly released book: WordPress For Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson. Yes, I designed this site myself and wanted to include it here on my Design Blog to bring attention to this new WordPress resource, news and information site. . . Keep reading

It’s that time again! We’re looking to hire another designer, or two, here at E.Webscapes to add to our team of designers. The current demand for our services is just growing more and more everyday. This is an extremely GOOD thing - however, we do need the design staff to be able to keep up with the flow. That is where you come in..Interested???.. Keep reading

Wishing everyone a happy summer - are you able to get out and enjoy the great weather? Here in Wisconsin, I welcome the 80 degree weather after a long winter! Lots has been going on around here that I wanted to give you a few updates about - it’s been a pretty exciting year, so far! Let’s see…. Keep reading

As I promised previously on this blog, I finally have pre-sale information for the WordPress for Dummies book that I am currently writing for Wiley Publishing! Publishing day is still a few months off - however, the project is nearing completion and I am now beginning to actually see light at the end of the tunnel!… Keep reading