Dave Hightower

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• The Medium is the Message

  Great article on how design affects the power of content. There was a book that came out in 1967 called The Medium is the Massage, by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore, that dealt with the same issue. It’s still a very relevant subject in print and on the web.

• Dave Hightower Music

  Dave Hightower Music is my music site. I post songs, recording info, and worship resources on it. It’s pretty straightforward—I did want the homepage to have a “bloggish” feel to it. Technologies used: HTML/CSS jQuery WordPress Flash PHP Visit site

• Thesis + WordPress is Awesome.

  Let me just say that after trying DotNetNuke, Joomla!, and Sitecore over the past 3 years…WordPress is by far the most user friendly and flexible CMS I’ve ever used. I love it, and I don’t know why I’d go to anything else…unless there’s a big surprise around the corner in 2011… I also just started [...]

• Marin Christian Academy

  Marin Christian Academy in Marin County, CA, provides an environment of love, safety, and dedication to excellence, in which students can grow and prosper. They offer a challenging and diverse curriculum designed to develop critical thinking skills and a love of learning in their students. They offer many enrichment activities such as music, art, technology, [...]

• HTML5 Video Player—Seriously!

  Ok…this is awesome! I can already hear the masses of iPad and iPhone users celebrating in the streets. Zencoder out of San Francisco has outdone themselves on this one…nice job West Coast!

• Impact Media Systems

  Impact Media Systems, Inc., specializes in audio and video media installations, particularly medical and dental hi-tech office solutions. They wanted an online presence to market their services, and needed a CMS to update posts and pics. Technologies used: WordPress jQuery HTML/CSS PHP Visit site

• New Life Christian Center

  As a thriving church in Novato, CA, New Life Christian Center’s leadership wanted an updated website, a modern look and an accessible Content Management System. WordPress was the CMS of choice for this project, with lots of custom plugins for highlighting their unique ministry. Technologies used: HTML/CSS WordPress jQuery PHP Visit site

• Regent University Internship

  I worked for Regent University for 7 months building websites, custom images and animation. One great thing about this environment was a chance to dig in with iTunes U. Technologies used: Flash ColdFusion iTunes U Integration HTML CSS Visit site

• The Gideons International Blog

  The Gideons International began distributing the Word of God in 1908. Today, with 290,000+ members and 1.6 billion+ distributed Bibles and New Testaments worldwide…the blog is an outlet providing fresh ministry updates. Technologies used: Thesis Framework WordPress HTML CSS Flash PHP Visit site

• Amazing @font-face Site

  As @font-face sites continue to build momentum, and overcome browser compatibility obstacles, we’re seeing some amazing work out there. Here’s a site using League Gothic: Hearts’ Cry Inc. Great use of type. I love the simplicity, and how the type conveys the message clearly. No questions about what’s going on here. Bravo. Can’t wait to [...]