<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978</id><updated>2008-04-10T13:56:02.835-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ryan VanZan's Web Design Articles and Rants</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-6463667784614448673</id><published>2008-04-10T12:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T13:56:02.906-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crappy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Your website sucks if'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horrible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='websites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donkey'/><title type='text'>Here's Why Your Website Should Not Suck...</title><summary type='text'>Because if your website sucks, you suck (or at least that's what your potential customers will assume). Your website is the first representation of yourself, your business, or whatever, by which many people will judge you. I know it's harsh, you might be a really nice guy or gal who just happens to have a website that sucks. But the people out in Internet Land don't know that - all they know is </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2008/04/heres-why-your-website-should-not-suck.html' title='Here&apos;s Why Your Website Should Not Suck...'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3103498803561561978&amp;postID=6463667784614448673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/6463667784614448673'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/6463667784614448673'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-8300110700837863807</id><published>2007-06-12T19:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-13T08:22:53.349-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amazing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unsubscribe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='email'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yahoo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eliminate'/><title type='text'>Get Rid of That SPAM</title><summary type='text'>Everyone except me complains about spam. Wanna know why I don't complain? Because, everyone except me gets a lot of spam! It's not because I never give away my email address or because I don't use it. It's because I have multiple email addresses. I have one email address that I actually use to communicate with people. And I have another email address that I use to collect my spam. The way I </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2007/06/get-rid-of-that-spam.html' title='Get Rid of That SPAM'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3103498803561561978&amp;postID=8300110700837863807' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/8300110700837863807'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/8300110700837863807'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-8835268109634281468</id><published>2007-05-07T15:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T12:57:39.736-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='firefox'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internet explorer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='W3C'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='microsoft'/><title type='text'>Have you heard of Firefox?</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 a little while ago and it was supposed to be the answer to all of my prayers. I actually prayed to Microsoft many times: "Dear Microsoft, please release an internet browser that conforms to W3C standards. Amen." and "Almighty Microsoft, I know it's kind of a lot to ask. But, could you please make it easy for your users to view Flash content on the web? It's </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2007/04/have-you-heard-of-firefox.html' title='Have you heard of Firefox?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3103498803561561978&amp;postID=8835268109634281468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/8835268109634281468'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/8835268109634281468'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-3288250159245290437</id><published>2007-04-04T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T11:58:31.513-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='programmer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gnarphosis'/><title type='text'>Tips for Ye Who Might Hire a Web Designer</title><summary type='text'>I've been officially designing websites as a sole proprietor for a little more than a year now, and I have some tips for those of you out there who wish to hire someone to build a website for you. I'll just get right to the list now and explain later.
Getting a good website means more work for you.Your ideas and input are absolutely necessary.Having a cool website makes you cool.You absolutely </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2007/04/tips-for-ye-who-might-hire-web-designer.html' title='Tips for Ye Who Might Hire a Web Designer'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3103498803561561978&amp;postID=3288250159245290437' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/3288250159245290437'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/3288250159245290437'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-8586454889720181036</id><published>2006-12-23T09:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-23T10:15:19.995-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='google'/><title type='text'>Why I chose Blogger</title><summary type='text'>You may be wondering why I, a web developer, would chose to have the "Articles" section of my website hosted on Blogger. Maybe you think that I should just build my own blog application from scratch. I am perfectly confident that I could build a blogging application from scratch (in fact I built a small one here), however, I do not have the time or desire (I swear I'm not lazy) to program </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2006/12/why-i-chose-blogger.html' title='Why I chose Blogger'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3103498803561561978&amp;postID=8586454889720181036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/8586454889720181036'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/8586454889720181036'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103498803561561978.post-542543259736534341</id><published>2006-12-19T09:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T09:25:59.214-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introduction'/><title type='text'>My new website is up and running!</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone! Thanks for visiting the "articles" section of my website. Here I will post my thoughts and advice on many (mostly internet related) issues. Check back often for informative and amusing reading.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/2006/12/my-new-website-is-up-and-running.html' title='My new website is up and running!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3103498803561561978&amp;postID=542543259736534341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryanvanzan.com/articles/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/542543259736534341'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3103498803561561978/posts/default/542543259736534341'/><author><name>Ryan VanZan</name></author></entry></feed>