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Blog name: A Web Designer's View
Location: Milwaukee
About me: I'm passionate about designing and developing the modern day web. http://www.brianartka.com

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Average rating of my blogs: 4.5
Average rating of my Talkbacks: 4.3
Average rating I've given others: 4.5

Recent blog entries

Arts & Entertainment - Feb. 23, 2008

Summerfest...... why?

Why oh why did you design a website straight out of 1990? I have a choice of an all Flash site, or an "alternate" site built with a massive amount of tables...This upsets me. One of Milwaukee's largest events of the year, one of the largest Music events in the nation... has one of ...

Marketplace - Feb. 5, 2008

The Good (The Bad and The Ugly)

The Internet is still the modern day wild west. Billions of people work, play and design on it everyday. Should everyone be allowed to do this? Yes, no, maybe? lets take a look at two Modern Day web designs.The Goodhttp://www.cbs.comI recently noticed this home page redesign for the mammoth ...

Marketplace - Jan. 2, 2008

Snail Mail Woes...

I'm a web geek. Most of my transactions, communication, daily mundane tasks are all done online. This includes printing postage for packages via UPS or USPS. I sell various items of mine on ebay, and have been for 11 years now. At the time, I use paypal to generate my UPS and USPS postage, t...

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 21, 2007

In 2007. . .

I've been following Jibjab.com and their hilarious flash videos for awhile now. They were really hot during the debates of 04 and other times of the year. I have not seen one in awhile but this one is a pretty fun take on what happened in the year 2007. If you want a good (and clean) laugh for th...

Bars & Clubs - Dec. 18, 2007

How "NOT" to use Adobe Flash. . .

I have heard alot of pretty good things about the bar Cuvee from onmilwaukee.com and other patrons. It sounds like a very neat place. I think its the only Champaign Bar here in Milwaukee.My wife is going to an evening function their tonight and she wanted to look up the street address from their ...

Recent Talkbacks

Article - June 14, 2010

Next time, I'll watch the Air Show from the ground

awesome.

Article - May 10, 2010

Mocha serves its last cup, space to become Subway

sad to hear Mocha is gone. ...

Article - Oct. 7, 2009

Camera shopping blues

A Canon(my preference) or N...

Article - Sept. 28, 2009

Hey! What's up with the hay?