WordCamp NYC 2009
I’ll be in The Big Apple on Nov 15 hangin’ with the other WP folks. Visit http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/
See ya there – DM me on twitter.com/badcat
Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2009
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Photoshop turns 20!
Photoshop turns 20 years old. I did my small part with the Photoshop Mascot “Becky” (short for Big Electric Cat), but my name for Becky was always “Udo” :) There’s a decent write-up on it at Mashable. And another one from Adobe – Photoshop’s 20th Anniversary
Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Camp BadCat
New Papercraft CubeeCats! Imagine roasting weennies on the fire, telling ghost stories, widdling, creating craft projects (only a mother could love) and eating smores until you burst – these are but a few activities to enjoy at Camp BadCat this summer.
Join Campers, Dexter, Jenny, Jack, Counselor Craig, and even Big Foot!
Pitch a tent and earn your Camp BadCat badge!
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2009
Cinco de Mayo : Gatos Cubos
May 5, 1862, Cinco De Mayo, is an important date in Mexican history because it was on this day that the outnumbered Mexican Army defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla. This battle was also significant because it was the last time the Americas were invaded to this day.
Let’s honor those brave souls that fought on the fifth of May and celebrate with the Cinco de Mayo Gatos Cubos! Add some candy inside Piñatita, Dance with Baile Folkloricat, Be careful with Spike, Make your mouth water with Caliente Kitty and Sing along with Meowiachi. Whatever you do, bring your X-acto knife and scissors and enjoy the papercraft fun.
Happy Cinco de Mayo from BadCat Design.
También disponible en español.
Posted on Tue, 5 May 2009
Secret Wireframing Weapon - Jumpchart
One of the secret weapons in our wireframing arsenal just got much better. The folks at Paste Interactive pushed out some awesome updates to JumpChart, including multicolumns, an overhauled UI, even a WordPress WXR export. Jumpchart has always offered collaborative tools – that’s one of the key features, but for us it’s simply a way to knock out a rough draft of a site for client approval of content.
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2009
Earth Day 2009: Conserv-O-Cat
The Conserv-O-Cat is trying to reduce it’s carbon paw print and educate people on becoming more green this Earth Day. For less paper waste, Conserv-O-Cat’s four faces of environmental conservation are rolled all up into one cat. Enjoy four cubeecat friends and only use one sheet of papercraft fun. Now that’s green! Happy Earth Day, meow.
Posted on Tue, 21 Apr 2009
Summer 2009 Catendar
Summer is just around the corner, so get ready by printing and assembling your very own Summer 2009 Catendar. This isn’t the same old twelve month calendar, it’s season specific. If you ask us, who needs those other eight months anyway, let’s celebrate summer! Use your Catendar to highlight barbecues, swimming lessons, long days at the beach, vacations to tropical destinations, and any other fun and sunny events you have planned for the next four warm months.
Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2009
BadCatZilla!
Emerging from the Delaware River, BadCatZilla has been running amuck all over New Hope’s ‘Little Japan’ some fifty years. His best defense is that he exhales a deadly atomic rage, and you thought your kitty had bad breath!? Oh, and by the way, he totally knows martial arts…
Lucky for you, the closest you have to get to BadCatZilla is this PDF poster of the angry beast for your visual pleasure. Download your free poster of BadCatZilla from the Big Bad Fun section now and hang him up in a spot that might need a little excitement.
Posted on Mon, 9 Mar 2009
LoveCats at CatCubeTopia
Love, Love, Love. Hopeless romantics, lonely singles and paper crafters get your printers ready. Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with the LoveCats Cubees. LoveCats are just part of the kitty papercraft fun at CatCubeTopia.
(and oh yes, we luv The Cure.)
Posted on Tue, 3 Feb 2009
WordPress as a CMS
We’ve been torturing WordPress (and other blogging software) into being a lite CMS . From a few pages that we manage for clients to hundreds of pages managed by the clients themselves, we thought there must be a better way.
Sure, we’ve used ExpressionEngine, Drupal and other “real” CMSs – even BadCat.com is running off of a small newcomer called Frog (plus some custom enhancements) – but how could we wrangle WordPress into doing the task? Most of it is quite easy since WordPress manages Posts (entries) as well as traditional Pages.
The real issue comes with custom datatypes and simplifying ways to enter repetitive information into custom areas on a particular page or post. WordPress’s Custom Fields handles much of the work, but the core install still doesn’t have a decent “front-end” to make the data entry and set up easy. Enter WordPress CMS plugins – an easier way to manage the Custom Fields through manipulating the KEYS and VALUES with forms based editors.
Continue Reading…Posted on Sun, 28 Dec 2008
JingleCats at CatCubeTopia
Santa loves milk and cookies, cats love milk…coincidence, I think not. Anyway, come take a look at the new JingleCats! I mean, what else have you got to do…figure out the best way to re-gift that hideous sweater from your aunt? Drown your boredom in egg nog? Dissect the fruit cake to try and figure out what on those little clearish chunks are made of?…seriously… Go get the JingleCats at CatCubeTopia.
Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2008
