http://www.designdifferentomaha.com a totally Different Omaha-based marketing firm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:11:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since starting Design Different started earlier this year, both the business, and myself, have been growing and evolving.Part of that evolution has included focusing more in areas originally thought to be ancillary, such as low cost webhosting and "Dot Org" consulting.  Another part of that evolution has been to shy ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2008/01/14/big-big-changes/ This is stuff I've been talking about for literally 2 years now. Still, it's good to see it getting some press. Facebook is, these days, an essential tool to reach people, and no, not just College Students. Follow the link to read a good summary over at ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/10/11/what-ive-been-saying-facebook-edition/ Our DD site is having some compatibility issues right now w/ older versions of Internet Explorer. For optimal viewing, try Firefox, Safari, Camino, or another Mozilla-based web browser.  If you are on a windows computer, I highly encourage you to download and use Mozilla Firefox to view the web.   ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/08/06/site-tech-issues/ DD is here in Chicago at the largest gathering of progressive new media types (like us) and bloggers in the history of the world.  This is the second year DD has made it to YearlyKos (we also attended the first every YK in Las Vegas, 2006). We've been talking up our ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/08/03/live-from-yearlykos/ Sometimes I come across a website and think... wow, this is what I want to make. Aristotle is a campaign management software company (an incredibly highly priced one at that), but boy does their website rock. Take a look for yourself.   It follows the simple rule of Show, don't Tell.  And, frankly, ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/07/27/great-website/ DD has had a busy month, meeting with prospective new clients throughout the Omaha community. We've picked up new clients including: -2 grassroots political groups aiming to influence the '08 election (one in Lincoln, one in Omaha) -1 Regional Young Democrats Organization  -1 small business (an online perfume shop) -2 community groups (a support group ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/07/16/new-clients/ This one from Young Voter Strategies. read it here.   http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/06/09/another-great-article/ A very interesting interview with the founder of Project Agape & an early facebook innovator (and the creator of Facebook's college roomate) yesterday at MyDD.com. Check it out if you want to learn more about the ways online social networking is changing the playing field, especially in politics and social causes. ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/06/05/understanding-new-media-facebook/ Something tells me we're going to get some stink over the name... So let me just say now, yes yes, we know. The grammatically correct way to say to say our name would have been "Design Differently." Trust us, we love grammar over here at DD. You'll notice that ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/05/31/design-differently-what-about-grammar/ Here at Design Different we haven't even finished transferring over to the new domain or designing our new website. But we've already got our first customer, and we're glad to have them. No, it's not Nike or Apple computers (not this year at least). And no, despite all our ... http://www.designdifferentomaha.com/2007/05/29/dd-picks-up-first-customer/