Design Is Philosophy
Tuturials, thoughts, ideas and information about web design and digital media by Morten Rand-Hendriksen, designer, developer, digital media expert, information philosopher, speaker and author of the Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web in 24 Hours series (version 2, 3 and 4), Lynda.com's WordPress 3.0 Essential Training course and Microsoft Expression Web 4 LiveLessons and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media - a Vancouver based digital media company.
Category Archives: Events
Meet me at WordCamp Victoria
Jan. 7, 2011
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One of the great things about working with WordPress is the huge community that surrounds the platform. Everywhere you look there are people using, talking about, teaching, learning, reading and writing about WordPress and the community is open to anyone … Continue reading
TEDx Vancouver 2010: A Lengthy Review
Nov. 30, 2010
I’ve been back and forth over whether I should write this review or not but I figured in the end that the whole idea of TEDx is to be a launchpad for discussion, so here is my review. As a … Continue reading
Vancouver WordPress Meetup Talk: Simple Yet Powerful WordPress Hacks
Aug. 12, 2010
Below you’ll find the code examples for my Vancouver WordPress Meetup group talk Simple Yet Powerful WordPress Hacks held on August 12, 2010. This article will be expanded after the talk but for now it consists only of the code … Continue reading
Make Web Not War 2010 – a recap
May. 31, 2010
With guitarpick dogtags, military paraphranalia and a notebook with the cover text “Why the f@&#* is Microsoft doing this?” Make Web Not War set a new standard for conferences. The first words out of my mouth as I stepped off … Continue reading
The Unholy Quatern at Web Not War 2010 in Montreal
May. 27, 2010
UPDATE: The Unholy Quatern session I did at Web Not War 2010 was loosely based on an article I wrote for the Microsoft Expression Newsletter last year. To get a more in-depth walk-through of my work process and some more … Continue reading
Webcast: An Intimate and Enlightening View into Microsoft Expression Web 3
Mar. 23, 2010
I’m doing a 1 hour live webcast with Microsoft Canada demonstrating advanced WordPress customization with Expression Web 3 on April 6th, and you are welcome to join. It will be an extended version of my MIX10 session with more demos … Continue reading
MIX10 Session and Supporting Documents
Mar. 14, 2010
Above is my MIX10 session A Case Study: Rapid WordPress Design and Prototyping with Expression Web 3 in its entirety in Silverlight video format. It can be blown up to full screen and I highly recommend it as there are … Continue reading
MIX10 Proposal: I Reject Your Stylesheet and Substitute My Own
Jan. 6, 2010
Ever since I was invited to attend Microsoft’s web design and development conference MIX in 2008 I’ve been itching to submit my own session proposal and get on the podium to share with other developers and designers my experiences working … Continue reading
Speaking at Interactive Panel Discussion: The Right Presentation Layer for Your Solution
Feb. 25, 2009
I’ve been invited to participate in an interactive panel discussion about Microsoft’s many web development and presentation tools called “The Right Presentation Layer for Your Solution”. The discussion takes place online tomorrow (Thursday Feb. 26, 2009) at 11am to noon … Continue reading
Speaking about WordPress as CMS at WordCamp Whistler – What do you want me to cover?
Jan. 12, 2009
I am speaking at WordCamp Whistler on January 24th on the topic of using WordPress to create, design and manage “non-blog” web sites – in other words using WordPress as a CMS. If you follow this blog you know that … Continue reading