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Check out the new Cardeo blog categories

Now the the new blog design is live, I wanted to update my categories. When I started this blog, a little over a year ago, I basically guessed at what I would write about. Now that some time has gone by, I have a better idea about the subjects I like to blog about, and I’ve adjusted my categories to better suit my content. Here’s a rough breakdown of the new categories…
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Nero Black Friday Deals

Nero’s award winning products allow your visitors to rip, burn, copy, share, and enjoy their digital media. From easy DVD burning or iPod viewing to collecting, organizing and transferring their photo, video and music files from device to device seamlessly. Nero provides your visitors with robust software complete their digital media tasks anywhere, anytime.
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Welcome to the new Cardeo Blog

Well it’s been a little over year since I started this blog, so I was thinking it was time for an updated look. My main goal was to improve the typography and to make the layout more minimal.

Currently, I’m still in Beta mode and will be doing some testing over the next few days, so please bear with me. If you notice any bugs, it would be much appreciated if you could post them as a comment on this post. I’m also open to feedback on the new design. Thanks for reading!

- Matt

Adobe Black Friday Deals

Adobe has released their Black Friday deals early and I’ve got a copy of them. Some of the offers include Free Shipping, $20 off $250, and $50 off $500. See below for the entire list, and these are sponsored links. These links are live now, so feel free to order right away!.
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“Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk out today in Canada!

If you haven’t heard of Gary Vaynerchuk, you are missing out. He’s a perfect example of common man achieves internet stardom via social media. If you need a crash course, just check out this video from his website where he is speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo.

Buy “Crush It” for $16.37, 37% Off the cover price at Amazon.ca

Pure awesomeness, you’ve got to love his approach and enthusiasm. Today marks the launch of Gary’s first book, “Crush It”, in Canada. This is a must read for anyone working or simply interested in social media. I plan on picking up my copy today, and I’d suggest you check it out over at Amazon.ca.

Reviews of the book from Amazon.ca

“Gary Vaynerchuk has become a walking, talking (and oh, such talking!), webbing and Tweeting example of how believing in what you do and keeping it fun can step up your life in all ways. There is nobody I would rather talk sports with-or wine or life.” (Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR )

“Gary Vaynerchuk is one of those entrepreneurs who has discovered the secret to combining passion with business. He is always an inspiration and always entertaining. You owe it to yourself to read this book!” (Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com )

“Gary was the first person to push me on the importance of personalbrand and transparency – this was months before anyone was talkingabout it, he’s always two steps ahead of anyone else.” (Kevin Rose, Founder of Digg.com )

“Anyone looking to supercharge their career should beg, borrow, and steal to learn Gary Vee’s techniques. He reinvented the rules to build a $60-million business from scratch-on his own terms.” (Tim Ferriss, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek )

“Gary is a force of nature. His authentic, raw passion and caring touches everyone. His insights into social media & his message of opportunity could not be more timely.” (Tony Robbins )

Crush It!: Why Now Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion $16.37. Save 37% off the cover price by ordering on Amazon.ca

Cardeo design blog is 1 year old

I just realized that the 1 year anniversary of the blog passed about a week ago. Just wanted to say thanks to all my readers, advertisers, and fans of the blog. Feel free to post a comment if you’d like to request a post topic. Thanks!

Blog Status Update

Success! I ran into some database issues last week and had to move my blog to a new host. We’re back up and running as of 11:54pm PST on Sunday. I’ve had to disable a few plugins, until I have time to set everything back up. Sorry for any inconvenience, but this is the first step in a bigger redesign and refocus. I’m coming up on the 1 year anniversary of the blog and I’d like to thank you all for reading. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment, thanks.

Easily generate a CSS sitemap using Slickmap

Finally! I’ve been looking for a tool like this for awhile now. There’s always the jumpchart.com option, but it’s not free. Astuteo.com has answered my prayers, and released a free CSS sitemap tool. Here’s some additional info:

“SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying finished sitemaps directly from HTML unordered list navigation. It’s suitable for most web sites – accommodating up to three levels of page navigation and additional utility links – and can easily be customized to meet your own individual needs, branding, or style preferences.”
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Uprinting's Photo Contest

NIN performing at sunset in the Gorge

Uprinting has launched a summer photo competition for June. They’ve kindly asked me to submit a photo, and I decided to submit the above shot. It’s an awesome picture of Nine Inch Nails performing at sunset, at the 2009 Sasquatch festival, at the Gorge in Washington. Here’s some more info on our sponsor Uprinting:

UPrinting.com is a leading online provider of business cards, color brochures and mailing postcards

Adobe launches acrobat.com

Today Adobe launched Acrobat.com! Acrobat.com is a new web conferencing service that lets you easily meet, share, and collaborate online. And for a limited time, purchase an Acrobat.com Premium subscription and save up to $50 (offer expires July 16, 2009). Use the below promo code to get the discount:

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» Click here to check out acrobat.com
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