As the new intern at Brand 1111, I am trying to learn and take in all that I can. I've only been here for a few weeks and have already learned so many new, easier and efficient ways to making the designing job easier! From WordPress for websites, Constant Contact for email blast and newsletter, to Mavenlink for internal organization. One of the things I think will help me a lot after my internship is WordPress. WordPress is a free web and blogging too. It is currently the most popular on the internet. WordPress has over 1500 different themes , … [Read more...]
WordCamp Orlando: Johnathan’s Take
#wco11 What does this mean? Twitter users know that #(hashtag) categorizes for twitter searching; that #wco11 means: Wordcamp Orlando 2011. Before I went to #wco11 I thought twitter was just a way to see what your friends are doing every second of the day. Also what is going on in your community with people you know. I now know twitter is much much more; there are so many ways you can use twitter. I saw people tweeting about #wco11 with links to site that would further explain the topic they were talking about or examples. After #wco11 was over I … [Read more...]
WordCamp Orlando: Brittney’s Take
This year, WordCamp Orlando was held at the Rosen College of Hospitality on the beautiful UCF campus. Johnathan and I had been looking forward to our trip to WordCamp for a few weeks. WordCamp, for those who don't know, is a conference geared towards designers, developers, publishers, students and any sort of techy nerds in between. It focuses on everything WordPress, a content management system which occasionally, we use here at Brand1111 in order to provide our clients with easy to update and beautiful website. WordCamp is a great way for us to find … [Read more...]
My First Web Project
After about a month at Brand 1111 I feel comfortable doing almost any project they ask. Im in the process of getting a website design approved for a company and they are letting me do the design mockup and put the whole website together. Something I never thought I would be allowed to do; I always thought that I would just help with a website. My thoughts were that I would get to keep doing the updates I have been doing for the past month like: content updates, blog post updates, and putting pages together for websites. Never thought they would want … [Read more...]