Hello, I'm Chris Murphy — I specialize in creating engaging, user-centric interactive experiences.
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Mar 2010 5
How to Fix Your Broken CMS: Part 2
Author’s Note: Considering the subject matter and length of this particular article, I’ve decided to split it into two separate articles. Related Articles: How to Fix Your Broken … -
Apr 2009 15
Creating a Reusable Shape with Visio Shape Data Support
I’ve been quite busy over the past week having to rebuild many of my site planning documents from scratch. In the course of delving deeper into the workings and features of Visio, I’ve ended u… -
Apr 2009 6
Out with the Old and in with Something Dramatically Different.
As some of you may have noticed by now, I’ve updated farfromfearless. I suppose “update” is a bit of an understatement. If you’re reading this post, it’ll be in the context of a dramatically n… -
Feb 2009 6
Top 3 Myths of Content Management Systems.
Search Google for the term, “Content Management System”, “CMS” or about any permutation of the concept you might think of, and you’ll get anywhere from 90,000 to 160,000 potential results. If … -
Jan 2009 19
WordPress Theme Design Contests — What Are You Really Getting Involved In?
To be clear: this post is not announcing a new contest. While I'm an ardent supporter of promoting the WordPress platform any way I can, the contest documentation sent up red flags after th… -
Jul 2008 17
Feist + Sesame Street = Awesome!
Check it out for yourself (though I'm sure this video is already making/made the rounds) -
Jun 2008 24
Separating the creative from the technical in web-design.
Web-design in all it myriad forms, can be characterized as the marriage of creative vision and technical implementation. But it is the limitations and resulting solutions for what can be achie… -
Jun 2008 19
Far from frequent.
It has been nearly three months since I have last posted on my blog, and while traffic has not slowed much, I am starting to feel irresponsible for neglecting my site for so long. So for those… -
Feb 2008 13
A small, but great idea, seeking talented open-source developer.
I've recently completed work on designing a nifty little piece of software intended for portable use (USB Key) -- and I think the application would be quite handy for creative writers, but it … -
Jan 2008 21
When backups fail
In brief: my external storage device failed. This is not a good thing considering I the external drive was both my external storage and "backup" device. I use the term "backup&… -
Oct 2007 8
FFF updates while fighting off the effects of a Turkey Coma.
For the most part, the updates on farfrofmearless.com are graphical -- the most obvious ones being my mug shot replacing my faithful cat's place holder image -- while others are the result of … -
Aug 2007 3
The benefits of sharing creative source-files with your peers
For the most part designers, me included, have a tendency to be very protective of their production files, which include everything from Photoshop to Illustrator and anything else that might f… -
Jul 2007 12
Upgrading to WordPress 2.2
Upgrading is fun. Sometimes. In any case I started this project off with a few goals in mind: namely to be as standards compliant in my markup as possible; simplify some of the clutter in … -
Mar 2007 15
The big move: McMillan
As of Wednesday March, 14, 2007 I am no longer working with Fuel Industries as their Art Director; instead I have accepted a position with McMillan as their Creative Director for Interactive S… -
Jan 2007 17
FFF WordPress Theme
I had thought of incorporating a theme changer into the site, but that's kind of pointless considering the amount of custom development work I did to compensate for some minor shortcomings of …
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