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: My Book
The Future of Book Publishing, Part 2: The Perils of an all-digital world
Oct. 25, 2010
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In this second part of The Future of Book Publishing series (read part one, The 10 Steps From Idea to Printed Book here) let’s take a closer look at the future; more specifically digital book publishing. We are at a … Continue reading
The Future of Book Publishing, Part 1: 10 Steps from Idea to Printed Book
Sep. 7, 2010
As I wrap up the editing of the 3rd edition of my Expression Web book I figured it’s time to pipe in on the raging debate over the future of book publishing. Much has been written on the topic as … Continue reading
Breaking the silence: What I’ve been doing over the summer
Aug. 6, 2010
If you follow this site and my Tweets you will surely have noticed my relative silence over the summer. Well, there is a reason… more precicely 3 reasons. I’ve been colossally busy dealing with three major projects that as of … Continue reading
By Land, Sea or Air – A travel blog based on the MyKipple project
Oct. 22, 2009
We’ve been talking about taking a road trip through the USA for a long time, so when my TV job ended in October we decided now was the time. And in true blogger fashion, a road trip required a dedicated … Continue reading
First photo of my new Expression Web 3 book
Sep. 28, 2009
FedEx just dropped off a hardcopy version of my new book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours along with what’s called an “F&G” (Folded and Gathered) copy for corrections in prep for the first reprint. That … Continue reading
HTML Basics: Hyperlink Syntax – Absolute, Relative and Root-relative
Aug. 24, 2009
My new book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours is nearing completion (just finished final review of the first 10 chapters last night). The book is a revision of the original for the new version of … Continue reading
This is Expression Web 3
Jul. 10, 2009
Expression Web 3 is now available for trial download directly from Microsoft. Click here to join in on the fun! It’s no secret that I’ve been playing around with various pre-beta and beta versions of version three of Microsoft Expression … Continue reading
In rewrite mode: New version of my book on the way!
Apr. 28, 2009
Since Amazon.com was kind enough to list my book months before it’s done and I’ve been Tweeting about it for weeks there really is no reason to pretend it’s a secret any more: I am currently in the process of … Continue reading
My book is featured in the Canadian User Experience Blog
Dec. 1, 2008
One of the people responsible for my company switching to Microsoft Expression as our main web publishing platform is Qixing Zheng – a UX (User Experience) Advisor for Microsoft Canada. Qixing and her colleague Paul Laberge have been instrumental in … Continue reading
Link Love where Link Love is due
Oct. 13, 2008
In conjunction with the release of my book, the man whose support and help in no small regard put me on the track that eventually lead to the book deal with Sams, Paul LaBerge gave me a fair mention on … Continue reading