Tony Naccarato

Rachel Thurston Photography

Tony Naccarato — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:22:09 +0000

I’m the first to admit that I think the whole “giveaway” concept is a bit too much and I rarely enter them because of that, but when I can across this one, I thought I would post something. My reason for doing so isn’t to win the contest, although that would be nice, but because the quality of work that Rachel Thurston does.

Go check out her work at rachelthurston.com and visit her blog by clicking here. She recently posted some images of the Neon Graveyard in Las Vegas, which are amazing.

December has Arrived

Tony Naccarato — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:56:33 +0000

December is finally here and as December starts so does 24ways.

24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose of web design and development goodness to bring you all a little Christmas cheer.

Check it out, it is always a good resource and a way to keep up on new techniques.

Recent Work: mbridgetcook.com

Tony Naccarato — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:01:40 +0000

I’ve had the great opportunity to work with Bridget Cook for the last couple of years on multiple projects. A few of those projects have been websites for the books Skinhead Confessions and Shattered Silence, which is being featured on Oprah today. In preparation for that, Bridget has decided to do a self-promotion website. I had the opportunity to design and code this site and even though it was done pretty quick, I think the results are very nice and a good start for her to showing the world what she can do.

Check out the site

Recent Work: Shattered Silence

Tony Naccarato — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:03:31 +0000

Shattered Silence is a book written by Melissa Moore and Bridget Cook. It is a story about the daughter of a serial killer.

The big focus on this site was to feature the book and allow them to purchase it as easy as possible. Also, to give the visitor enough information about the book to want to learn more.

It was developed using WordPress so the client could easily manage the content on the pages as well as add in articles about the book.

Melissa Moore and her book will be featured on Oprah September 17, 2009.

Visit Shattered Silence

Recent Work: Talking Pictures

Tony Naccarato — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:14:49 +0000

The Talking Pictures website was redesigned to allow for more infomation to be displayed in an organized way. Tony Toscano and Rich Bonaduce are both well know in the enterainment world but the website wasn’t up to par and not getting the traffic it deserves.

This new design allows for more reviews to be easily seen as well as the video interviews. The traffic to the site is steadily climbing and there are great advertising opportunities on the website. Go to talkingpictures.tv and check it out.

This website was designed and coded by my studio, 325studio, and was built on the WordPress platform.

Do you need me to draw you a picture?

Tony Naccarato — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:06:10 +0000

Here is a great article on visual thinking (pdf). This just proves that I’m still listening in meetings even though I’m drawing.

Ignite Salt Lake

Tony Naccarato — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:40:55 +0000

I attended the Ignite Salt Lake 2 last night and overall I was a interesting event. There were a few things that bugged me and turned me off from it, but granted, it was probably more of my own issues than the event itself. One of my biggest issues is when events don’t start on time. If there is an agenda, I expect it to be followed.

After the “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock” tournement ended (going way to long) the speakers begun. It started out really well with Josh Awtry speaking on “Critical Hit: How to host your own role playing game”. He really did a good job and was a great start to the night. Unfortunelly all the speakers didn’t have the same energy, which I’m not complaining because I couldn’t do any better. Another entertaining speaker was Jarond Suman who spoke about “Film is not dead…yet”. This speaker was really doing well and holding the audiences attention until there was technical issues and they decided to have the intermission. Then there was a speaker that seemed like he could be outside the rules of the game and demanded a little more attention than he should have gotten.

Other than the speakers, this biggest purpose of the event is the networking opportunities. It is a great place to meet new people and expand your areas of interest. I met some people who came with the intent to find good people to help build a business and some that just wanted to have an enjoyable evening. It is great that anyone from any business or personal aspects can come and have a good time. I’m used to attending the AIGA events that focus on design related themes, which I really enjoy, but the Ignite event is not limited on who can come and enjoy themselves, plus, it’s free.

Be sure to go to the next one so you can judge for yourself, but for myself, I probably wont be going back—unless I decide to speak at it or know someone who is.

Who is Your Hero – Bible Series

Tony Naccarato — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:47:42 +0000

While ago I posted about some Book of Mormon Posters that were simply amazing. Well, now there is a Bible series that is just as amazing. Well done Steve Nethercott. Be sure to check out the new Bible Series.

Random Image | Sprinkler

Tony Naccarato — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:29:28 +0000

It’s not that I think random sprinklers that barely work are interesting, it’s the fact that they have been running straight for 3 4 days that intrigues me.

Good use of water.

npr.org Redesign

Tony Naccarato — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:16:56 +0000

The new design for npr.org is now live. I think this is a great improvement from the old site and incorporates a lot of great User Experience and design features.

Most of all it is clean and simple and not cluttered up with unimportant elements. Even though the site is nice, it is a lot like other news sites and follows the same structure. It is a good update for NPR but isn’t anything ground-breaking, but, does it need to be? I think the content of the site is what makes this site stand out.

On the new site, it will be easier to combine listening and reading, to follow breaking news, to comment on our work and share it, and easier to find programming from your NPR station.

Some of the features that they set out to accomplished worked out very well. For instance, the simplified navigation and the three major sections prominently displayed on the home page (News, Arts & Life, and Music). It also has a latest news section that gets “timely” updates.

For a complete walk through and list of the new features, go to http://www.npr.org/services/new_site/.