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	<title>Sam Howat - Entrepreneur and web adventurer. &#187; Design</title>
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	<description>I&#039;m a partner at Avelient.com, an entrepreneur, adventurer and husband. Posting thoughts on web, tech and life since 2000.</description>
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		<title>Does Your Design Solve Problems, Or Add Features?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good design is and should always be about solving problems, not adding features. ]]></description>
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		<title>Designing a Simple Wedding Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 21:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to sit down and put together a simple site that would allow us to collect RSVP messages, share wedding details and create a landing page for all future communication. Here's what I came up with...]]></description>
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		<title>HFWW Launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently launched a small portfolio website for my uncle's boutique woodworking business called Howat Fine Woodworking. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Site &#8211; Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Towards the end of December I launched a new version of the site that was more focused on the direction I am taking the blog. In general, I was happy with the design, but put it to my friends and followers for their input. Based on some great feedback, I'm happy to present version 2.1 of the design.]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Avelient: Kick-off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long before my transition to Avelient as Creative Director, I'd been eyeing their website as a potential project that I wanted to get my hands on. Now, I am getting a chance to dig in and really come up with a solid website as we launch into the new year.]]></description>
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		<title>New Site &#8211; Need some advice!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though I like the general look and flow of the new site, I feel that my drive for reducing distractions may have reduced the functionality of the site. I need your feedback! ]]></description>
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		<title>Building Konstructr Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The green-building &#38; construction industry has a new social media magazine called Konstructr. Included in the digital magazine are interviews, articles, podcasts and video episodes hosted by it’s creator Vik Duggal. Over the last few years Vik has built a network of green building and construction experts and business leaders who are prominent and passionate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Web-App Prototyping</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the complications of developing a web-app is getting the development team and the design team on the same page as far as user flow and experience. Often, without visual mock-ups teams will spend their time fighting features that could be simply explained through a simple prototype. We find that traditional prototyping can take too many hours, as the design team will have their own work-flow process. ]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Artist &#8211; Banksy Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months I've gotten more and more interested in graffiti and other urban art forms. My interest has mainly focused on stencil art because I'm not that good at free-hand painting at this point.  When I started to explore stencil graffiti I found a UK artist named banksy who's got quite the popular following and an extensive collection through-out the world. ]]></description>
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		<title>Good Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The belief that the smooth flow of information breathes life into all forms of social interaction.]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Over, Early!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the course of my last re-design I promised myself that I wouldn&#8217;t be redesigning the site any time soon. However, after comparing the items I liked about the website to the list of things I dislike, I have decided to renege that promise to myself. I&#8217;ve always tried to participate in the May 1st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myspace: The Beautiful Ugly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I was catching up with a friend the other day via the phone and the topic of her Myspace page came up. As a designer I consider Myspace to be the bastard child of Satan, you know, it all happened when he was touring with the band and had a lot of groupies hanging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JPG Magazine: New Face &amp; Features</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a sweet way to wake up on this Monday morning! I sleepily browse through the list of blogs I read and find that Derek Powazek&#8217;s 8020 Publishing has launched a new version of JPG Magazine. I spent a good 30 minutes reviewing the site and reading the new programs that they have implimented into [...]]]></description>
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