Archive for September, 2006

Staking my Claim in Blog Country – Creating a Blog

September 29, 2006
By Brad McCall

In case you hadn’t read previously, this isn’t my first creation of a blog online, and probably won’t be my last (unless of course, noone ever reads my long posts and I start to get bored of writing to noone.) My first attempt at a blog, Tweet Sweet, is online at www.tweetsweet.com. Tweet Sweet...
Read more »

Posted in Blogging | Comments Off

What in the World is Web 2.0?

September 28, 2006
By Brad McCall

Okay, so I’ve heard the term “Web 2.0″ several times… and I’ve heard about blogs, about MySpace.com, about how Google works, and all that – but never quite connected what they had to do with each other until last week. I was at Interop in New York, when I stumbled in on a presentation...
Read more »

Posted in Around the Web | Comments Off

Your Birth Name and the World-Wide Web

September 28, 2006
By Brad McCall

Your given name as a URL One of my good friends decided to put up his first personal website (a portfolio site) a couple months ago (Yes, he is VERY late to the game as far as that goes). Since the most obvious choice for a URL is your own name, (as a freelance...
Read more »

Posted in Logos and Branding | Comments Off

A 7-Step Method for Naming Your Technology Company or Product

September 17, 2006
By Brad McCall

Several years ago I developed a method for inventing company names when I worked on the SkyDisc brand. Over the years I’ve refined it slightly, but in essence it works pretty well for creating names to be used for a technology company or product. I used this technique most recently while developing the Omniture...
Read more »

Posted in Logos and Branding | Comments Off

My First Post – Brad McCall, designer Blog

September 16, 2006
By Brad McCall

So it’s rather rare that I launch something before it’s “fully baked” (Meaning fully designed and covered in all the right content), but I make an exception in this case. Sometimes I just want everything perfect before I let it out into world. Blogging is different. Search engines love blogs, and apparently so do...
Read more »

Posted in Brad McCall designer, General | 1 Comment »