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Background

This site is less about what you see, and more about what you don't see. I used to joke around with two friends in art class that less is always more, but in this case, I think less is just less, and that's the point.

The inspiration for the design came from a discussion with Andrei about Airbag Industries.

The site has changed a lot over the last 5 years that I've had it up, but overall it's always been minimalist in its aesthetic. But like I've said before, there's a fine line between simple and boring.

Fonts

The body text will use Lucida Grande (available on OS X) or Verdana as the default. The large font is set to 70%, #333333. The small font is set to 60%, with the same color.

Myriad Pro Semibold Semicondensed is used for my name. It was developed by Robert Slimbach for Adobe Systems Inc.

Software/Hardware

I started this website in 1999 with Photoshop 5.5, Image Ready 2.0, and Illustrator 8.0. The initial design for this website happened mostly after hours at work on ex-Photoshop engineer Tom Costa's old dual processor PII Windows desktop that I was given when I started as an intern. I wrote my code in Microsoft Notepad.

Now, 5 years later, I'm using the Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Flash MX and TextEdit when I work on my Titanium PowerBook. When I touch my Windows machine it's typically because Fetch is all screwed up on my Mac and I need to use SmartFTP to upload my files.

Revenue Generation

Revenue to help pay for hosting this site is generated from Ads by Google, or the links to Amazon to purchase books.

Accessibility

I strive to maintain a fully accessible site as described in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 and the Web Accessibility Guidelines. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments mandates that federal agencies must ensure that all electronic and information technology purchased, maintained, or developed meets the accessibility standards established by the U.S. Access Board.

Hosting

This site is hosted by Jumpline

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v5.5 Last updated 13 Jan 2005.

Contact

johnniemanzari at yahoo dot com

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