Archive for August, 2008

ABOUT YOU
You’re a front-end designer / developer with::

Required Stuff we are looking for:
- killer design sensibilities
- strong skills and knowledge of Div-based XHTML / CSS-driven layout design
- solid understanding of IA, content-driven design
- understanding of Web 2.0 technologies, trends, mobile design
- strong written / verbal communication skills
- live in the Vancouver area! NO EXCEPTIONS

You should have at least a few of these skills:
- experience with jQuery, Prototype, Javascript, DHTML
- understanding of PHP, Smarty, MySQL
- Flash / Actionscript experience
- branding experience

Your work will mainlyconsist of: **
- high-level website design
- website templating and interface creation (Div-based / CSS / Javascript)
- Information Architecture & Sitemap planning
- Documentation, Communication
- Branding Design

** because we are a small company with dynamic demands, you will be doing a bunch of other stuff too (like beer runs now and again

Only submissions with portfolios attached, or multiple website example links included will be considered. Please also tell us about yourself, and include a resume.

We are looking for people who are dedicated, energetic, fast learning, and can manage themselves efficiently and meet deadlines. People who want to grow with us as a company is a MUST. As a small company moving fast there is a lot of room for growth, and we welcome the ambition.

You will be expected to work most of the time downtown Vancouver (Yaletown-ish), and you MUST be living within the GVRD. NO OUTSOURCING OFFERS PLEASE! NONE! We don’t mind if you work from home sometimes as well, and are flexible about time off, as long as you respect our need to manage heavy work loads at times.

Although we are casual by nature (did you read this post?! it says it all) we are absolutely professional in our execution, communication with clients, and deliverables. We expect top notch work with very little B.S. attached. We like to party when the day is done, but we get’er done. you should be the same.

We look forward to hearing form you! Thank you for reading this long-winded job description.

Well I gotta say that I an pretty impressed so far as Day 3 of my iPhone life wraps up.

Last night, on my second night using the phone, I was able to take part in a phone meeting, review an email for details on last meeting’s minutes, scan thru a PDF doc, and take meeting notes in notepad and them email them out. All at once! I felt fairly empowered by that I gotta say.

I guess I should mention that I am writing this entry on my phone, via the Wordpress iPhone App. hmmm let’s see if I can take a photo to submit…

Of course being a techy there are things I notice that are kinda surprising:
1) no flash video in safari (firefox? you comin with a browser?)
2) no skype (yet) (and yes I partially blame Apple on this one)
3) still-only camera, and just 2mpx at that
4) no keychain support
5) no on/off for auto-suggest which is really messin with my slang!
6) WORST:: no horizontal keyboard for email, notepad, or calendar.. this is a major party foul.

Anyway, I am gonna enjoy the phone and remember that it is just that: a phone. (from the future. ha!)

Since the dawn of time, man has felt the need to compete. The Olympic games, currently taking place in Beijing, is a clear indicator of man’s desire to be the best. Today I bring you a new competition; one in which the winner will not receive anything as frivolous as a gold medal - but instead the ultimate bragging rights for being the best.

I bring you the battle of the iPhones: Black vs White.

Now you may be thinking that this post is a waste of time since they technically have the exact same options (provided they are both 16gb versions). 3G, GPS, Installable Apps from the store, beautiful and sleek features just to name a few. I assure you though, not all iPhones are created equal.

In the interest of fairness, us at 604media, choosing not to discriminate have opted for an equal number of white phones to black phones. (It actually just worked out that way and was not planned, though all the design guys got white phones and all the technical guys got black phones… hmmm).