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Mudbug Design Awards

I am extremely excited and pleased to share that the 2010 Gambit Magazine Best of the Web Awards recognized three Mudbug Media clients as the Best of New Orleans.  An ecommerce website we designed for HADAKI earned a third place recognition, while Ursuline Academy’s website and Ochsner Health System’s Choose Ochsner campaign were recognized as the Best School Website and Best Online Ad Campaign, respectively.

Developing for the iPad

The iPad has taken the world by storm, selling 300,000 copies its first day and as many as 750,000 in its first half week on the market.  Thousands of early adopters waited for hours outside Best Buys and Apple Stores across the country just to get their hands on an iPad as soon as possible.

While the new device’s launch has been peppered with connectivity problems, it’s definitely a game changer in the technology world.  Aside from making a nice salsa, the iPad represents the latest and greatest user-friendly tablet technology, making media more accessible than ever before.

Flash Implications

With the launch of the iPad, Steve Jobs fired a shot at Adobe’s widely used Flash platform, calling the company “lazy” for not committing to stronger Flash updates as the 14 year old system ages.

Over the weekend, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch finally responded, committing to improve performance, while Flash engineer Tinic Uro blogged about the improved performance of an upcoming version of Flash that addresses some of the myriad problems and drawbacks that inspired the “lazy” comment.

I think Jobs’s persistent trashing of Flash and refusal to allow it anywhere near Apple mobile products has finally hit home, but I don’t think there’s much Adobe can do about it.