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January 7, 2019 8:23 am

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"A place to view my creative expression and thoughts on human computer interaction.”

ART & TECH INSIGHTS:
(Digital Media | Human Computer Interaction)

This site chronicles professional and personal journeys made by me, Ben Williams, aka "Bendrix". The site features my photos, videos and aural poetics. It also highlights my deep fascination with technology, gadgets and all things digital.

I have a BA in Graphic Design from Central State University in Ohio and digital film training from New York Film Academy. I have worked for fifteen years in the ad industry, USA and China inclusive, and from 2014 to present I have worked in the Canadian independent film industry. I can also be counted among the first generation of creatives to emerge out of the podcast and digital video community in 2005.

In a nutshell, this site may appeal to content creators, iPhonographers, music enthusiasts, filmmakers, tech geeks and CSS and Wordpress nerds. I welcome you to sift through my photos, read my blog and listen to my Eargasm selects. NOTE: I did not create any of the music posted on this site; but rather, Eargasm is merely a term that I made up, to artfully and poetically, articulate the visual intent, mood and tone of a soundscape (Bendrix video editing tips 101).

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(Web Interface | Design | Development)

bendrix.me: a self-hosted Wordpress website that was constructed using CSS Grid as its blueprint and the bare-bones themed template HTML5 Blank was its canvas. The site was coded from scratch using exclusively, "vanilla" CSS3 and HTML5, with a mild twist of PHP. It was my personal challenge and goal to avoid using plugins, floats, frameworks and Javascript!

This site is a time capsule of my honed skills as an amature dabbling off and on (for the past 20 years) with front-end web development. I credit the evolution of my skills, knowledge and inspiration to true pioneers: Jeff Raskin (Human–Computer Interface Expert), Hillman Curtis (Flash Design & Interactive Pioneer), Ethan Marcotte (Father of Responsive Web Design), Rachel Andrew (Mother of CSS Grid), Jen Simmons (Graphic Design & CSS Grid Mad Scientist), Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress Founder & Evangelist) and Jakob Nielsen (Web Usability Expert).

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Below are some cool and notable links that I recommend. BE AWARE!!! The following links will take you away from this website. Press the "+" then press the "^" to reveal all links within.

CSS3 | HTML5 | Wordpress
- CSS3/CSS GRID
  - Grid by Example: Rachel Andrew, CSS pioneer, has ceated a host of videos dedicated to CSS Grid. Absolutely fantastic resource, it helps if you have some prior CSS and HTML knowledge. Website
  - Layout Land: Jen Simmons has created a host of inspirational videos for novice and experienced designers. Topics focus on styling websites using CSS3/CSS Grid, its from a designer's perspective. Website
- WEB TUTORIALS
  - lynda.com: (Paid) An online learning subscription service. There are many front-end and backend web topics covered, If you have a budget I recommend the use this site.
  - mmtuts: (Free) Youtube channel hosting numerous Multimedia Tutorials. If you don't have a budget this is a quality learning space for beginners.
- SEO
  - Neil Patel Youtube:a New York Times Bestselling author and a top marketing influencer on the web. He has been recognized as a top 100 entrepreneur under 35 by the President and the United Nations. His tips are basic but effective and very useful.
  - Neil SEO Analyzer:a free report to analyze your site's SEO.
- WEB TOOLS
  - G r a p h e m i c a: Helps HTML coders to locate the unicode for icons, symbols, letters, numbers or punctuation. Examples include: 🚒 | © | ✉ ...
  - Dr Link Check: A web tool that helps to discover broken and malicious links on your site.
  - Whats My IP: A multifacited IP web tool, this tool checks your server to see if it is sending out compressed data. It checks for compression via mod_gzip, mod_deflate, or any server-side language that does content compression.
  - GT Metrix: Developed by GT.net as a tool for managed hosting customers to easily determine the performance of their sites. Very useful if you want to find broken or poorly functioning aspects of your site.
  - Key CDN: A high performance content delivery network that has been built for the future.
  - HTML Color Codes: Color picker that can mix color codes, Hex, RGB and HSL values in realtime.
- WORDPRESS
  - Kinsta.com How to Remove Query Strings From Static Resources in WordPress.
Filmmaking | iPhonography
- YOUTUBE
  - FILM RIOT Youtube Channel that overs filmmaking & SFX (beginner/intermediate)
  - D4Darious Shares tips on filmmaking, screenwriting and directing. (beginner)
  - The Basic Filmmaker covers all things film and some DIY stuff too.
- FORUMS
  - CreativeCow: Creative COW is an information and technical support community for all who work in digital media production. Since 2001 its the largest web community of its kind. A superb resource and community.
- $UBSCRIPTION$
  - lynda.com: This is a monthly all you can view subscription service that provides full access to all in their education library. There are many filmmaking, photography, music, animation, 3D and art and design series on this site.
  - creativelive.com: This is a pay per view educational series, IT'S NOT an all you can view subscription service like Lynda.com, in the long run, it will be more expensive. An excellent resource for creatives in photography, music, filmmaking or art and design.
  - totaltraining.com: This is both a subscription and a pay per view educational service. Its a solid resource for creatives using Adobe, Final Cut X, Logic and Garage Band.
- iPHONEOGRAPHY
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- ALL PROTECTIONS
  - Creative Commons Using CC-Licensed materials and license conditions.
  - The Copyright Hub Getting permission to use music, images, text, video and multimedia.
- PHOTOS
  - Fotor Blog Attributing CC-Licensed Photos.
- MUSIC
  - Bitable Blog How to get permission to use a song.
  - Youtube Audio Library Royalty Free Music Downloads.
  - YouTube Creators [Creator Academy]Options for using music in your videos.
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