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Entries from April 2005

My Kingdom for a Crystal Ball

April 22nd, 2005 · 10 Comments

If I had a dollar for every time I am asked “So, when is X website going to be redesigned?” I’d be?well, let’s just say that fruity drinks and pool boys would be involved and leave it at that, okay?
Unfortunately, the OWC is not the Keeper of All Things Web at Cornell. Actually, strike [...]

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Tags: 00 cornell.edu redesign · 02 cornell visual identity system

45 pixels for your thoughts?

April 19th, 2005 · 6 Comments

I am beyond pleased to announce that we have finally released (Friday, actually) the long-awaited “mini-bar”–henceforth to be known as the 45-pixel banner.
You can find details and downloads on the Identity site.
Yesterday, Sara Frug from the Legal Information Institute noticed that if you resize your window below 800X600, the “Search Cornell” link slides off screen. [...]

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April 5th, 2005 · 8 Comments

Admissions Site update
The release date for the new Admissions site has been pushed back to the end of May. This is not a result of anyone falling behind schedule on workload.
Rather, it was a conscious decision that relates to a specific application within the site itself and how the admissions cycle works. There [...]

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Tags: 00 cornell.edu redesign

Decoder Rings Won’t Help

April 1st, 2005 · Comments Off

So, I’m out of the office for a day and Will goes and moves everything around on his whiteboard. What follows is an answer key for Tuesday’s post with the picture of the board filled with campaign shots. It was painfully reconstructed from a printout and involved me doing a lot of squinting [...]

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Tags: 00 cornell.edu redesign