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	<title>barely average . blog [Ahsan R. Shami]</title>
	
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		<title>What to Consider When Building a Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 05:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It often happens that a client comes in looking for a redesign, and they don&#8217;t really know why they want it. One of the reasons is that it looks old and, that&#8217;s decent enough motivation. But, it can&#8217;t be the only thing driving the decision. It quite regularly is though.
With new sites, there&#8217;s often a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Content Creation and SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new barely average design website went live last week. So far, the reaction&#8217;s been really great. Clients and friends have gotten in touch, saying how much they like it, etc. But there&#8217;s a problem that the new site doesn&#8217;t solve &#8212; and it&#8217;s a big problem.
The Internet is increasingly dominated by the search engines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozilla Add-ons Site Breaks in Chrome v2?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 07:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if I&#8217;m the only seeing this. I was using Google Chrome v2 earlier today to browse the Mozilla Add-ons site and noticed that it wasn&#8217;t rendering correctly.
I checked the same site in Firefox v3 (and IE 7) and it seemed to looked okay, which got me wondering about why Chrome&#8217;s not displaying it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skype’s brand PDFs. Very well …</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 21:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skype&#8217;s brand PDFs. Very well put together.
http://logoblink.com/2009/02/13/skype-logo-and-brand-guidelines/
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		<title>Design of NBA team logos… ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 21:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder how the logos for NBA teams get designed. Does every team have their own agency? Does the NBA have parameters that confine design?
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		<title>Facebook Status Updates Become…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 07:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook Status Updates Become Works of Art:
http://mashable.com/2009/04/26/facebook-art/ 
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		<title>Fantastic Labels to Help Stop Bad Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fantastic set of labels to help stop bad design. Print on sticker paper and use liberally.
http://www.design-police.org/&#160;
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		<title>Ambigrams Make for Trippy Typography</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wired has a cool piece on ambigrams and typography called,&#160; &#8220;Two Ways: Calligraphy With a Twist.&#8220;
Kinda makes you want to load up Freehand (yes, I still use it) and start fiddling around with font paths!
Extract:
The phrase to the left can be read two ways: right side up and upside down. It&#8217;s called an ambigram, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Barely Average Design Site is Live!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our new site â€” barely average design â€” is now live: http://www.barelyaverage.com

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		<title>Goal!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this hilarious ad for Umbro. Completely unexpected.

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