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Ivan the Gorilla

Ivan the Gorilla lived with a human family in their home until he was too large and strong to remain there safely. Ivan taught them and the world a lot of lessons of endangered species and natural habitat preservation. The foundation was making a shift in goals from preserving Ivan’s memory to education and wildlife…

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Case Study: The Ivan Foundation

By Robert Nissenbaum, TSO Media My First Interaction With Ivan At the entrance of the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington is a sculpture of a Gorilla. I remember wondering why it was there. It seemed odd, out of place. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium does not exhibit gorillas – and they have…

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Case Study: Orphans of War Website Redesign

TSO Media was already working on plans for a website redesign for Orphans of War when their website was hacked. Plus, they didn’t have backup systems in place. It was all lost. The good news is that because they were already working on new content with TSO Media, they took advantage of the otherwise bad…

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WordCamp Seattle

In 2019’s event, I volunteered with the team to do the website design while other volunteers worked on the development. i also designed the badges, signage, and handouts to coordinate with the site design. Each year a new group of volunteers work throughout the year to prepare for the next annual WordCamp. It’s more restrictive…

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Lind Pest Control

Besides being aesthetically outdated, users had to click too many times to reach the information they needed, especially for specific rodents and insects.

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Website Redesign Case Study: Bridget Willard

WordPress Website for BridgetWillard.com Read also Bridget’s case study on the need and process for the redesign Before Bridget contacted me, her site looked like what you’ll see in the video below. In it Jocelyn Mozak (Mozak Design) gives some helpful feedback for design, function, and voice/perspective. Of course, all of this is assuming Bridget’s…

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