http://ecotypes.com simple sites: we plant the seed, you grow your business Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:59:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently read an article in the WIRED magazine which featured "Hypermilers"--people who milk their car's fuel efficiency for everything it's worth. Instead of purchasing a new green car, Hypermilers modify their driving habits and their existing vehicles to take advantage of fuel efficiency. They employ radical ideas in order ... http://ecotypes.com/?p=15 Perhaps my favorite internet initiative is the collaborative effort developers put forth to create open source software. Here at ecotypes.com, I promote open source Content Management Systems (CMSs) as a viable alternative to proprietary CMS products. By using open source software, I can keep my clients' costs down since they ... http://ecotypes.com/?p=14 Occasionally one stumbles across design that almost seems magic. At least, that's the way I felt when I first discovered Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures. Their size and mass do not seem a fit with wind power--but it it's perfect match. His designs are almost Di Vincian--a complex system of clockwork ... http://ecotypes.com/?p=13 You may have noticed that ecotypes.com has just undergone a facelift. We moved from a static HTML site onto a CMS platform like many of the sites we design. In fact, we based our new design on the most simple tabbed framework we offer. You can explore this site as a ... http://ecotypes.com/?p=10