February 28, 2007 at 11:28 am
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Press Releases
(Sunnyvale, CA) – While some had already heard the news via a LinkedIn profile update, Micah Laaker today officially announced his joining of the Yahoo! Developer Network. Laaker is joining YDN to build and lead the new user experience group for the team. The Sunnyvale-based company, now 10+ years old, began as the web’s Yellow […]
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February 19, 2007 at 7:22 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Blog
Every couple of months I am usually hit up by a friend (who knows of me as a Mac user) for sage advice on what software to get for their new laptop or iMac. Invariably, I write up a long email with the latest and greatest freeware/shareware that I can’t live without, as well as […]
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January 31, 2007 at 9:43 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Blog
NetNewsWire is my RSS newsreader of choice. Originally developed by Ranchero Software, it is now owned and under active development by NewsGator. Built from the group up with AppleScript support, NetNewsWire allows non-NewsGator employees to enhance the application with simple scripts; due to this foresight, several enhancements (such as the “Post to del.icio.us” action available […]
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January 16, 2007 at 10:59 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Blog
(Pacifica, CA) 2006 was a banner year for Laaker.com, seeing not only a relaunch and optimization of the site, but also the first new press release in more than a year. To help readers new to the site, Mr. Laaker took a poll of the year’s content; overwhelmingly, users agreed that “Made in the U.S.A. […]
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January 14, 2007 at 3:57 am
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Blog
(Pacifica, CA) There is a wave slowing crashing across the blog fanboy community these days centered on the idea of sharing “five things about me.” As such, the baton was recently passed to me by a certain Matt McAlister, product manager extraordinairre over at the Yahoo!’s Developer Network. Never one to let a fellow fanboy […]
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December 10, 2006 at 11:47 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Press Releases
(Mountain View, CA) – Whipped into a patriotic fervor matching his self-aggrandizing manner, Micah Laaker today launched a new campaign with a single intent: To a) inform the public of his contributions to humanity, and b) alert folks of the second “A” in “Laaker.” “Today’s media-savvy consumer is very much aware of who and what […]
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December 3, 2006 at 11:18 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
I began working with the first of several My Yahoo! product teams shortly after arriving at Yahoo! (at the tail end of 2004), and right as we began rolling out a new version of the product internationally. Since that time, I’ve worked on a number of upgrades to the product, including some to be seen […]
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December 3, 2006 at 11:01 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
Universal Location Manager Default location pre-populates content on new home page Users of the new Yahoo! home page are now able to set a network-wide Default location on their computer, thus allowing any location field on the network (including the three on the home page) to pre-populate with their chosen locale. Users can also engage […]
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December 3, 2006 at 10:11 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
The ACLU is always looking to generate content to explain current threats to privacy, social justice, and civil liberties. I began working with the ACLU in 2000 developing a series of information graphics for their website spanning a number of topics, including Women’s Rights, Prison Abuses, and Supreme Court case involvement: Timeline of Women’s Rights […]
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December 3, 2006 at 9:27 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
Final home page design Def Jam Recordings, twenty years after its inception, is still the #1 name brand in hip-hop culture. Having developed artists from LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and EPMD (as well as more recent acts like Method Man, Redman, Ghostface, and more), the label was no longer representing its […]
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December 2, 2006 at 11:08 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less Teach Yourself Scalable Vector Graphics in 24 Hours AS SUBJECT: “Future Design 2008” Digital Arts December 2007 “Take Ten New York” Moodboard Magazine September 2004 “Flash Frames: A New Pop Culture” by Laurie Dolphin & Stuart Shapiro April 2002 “From Video to Animation” by Sara Booth Step-by-Step […]
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December 2, 2006 at 11:05 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
The MF Doom “I Hear Voices” music video was created to allow Sub Verse Music the ability to promote their artist at Shockwave.com. This piece was created by digitally ‘tracing’ actual video and assembling these tracings frame-by-frame in Macromedia Flash. This one composition was then exported into a variety of formats, including self-running ‘projectors’ that […]
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December 2, 2006 at 11:04 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
After the success of Stalefish Labs’ first game, “Inc. The Game of Business,” the company began developing Tall Tales trivia game, a trivia game focused on urban legends and myths. After developing the three legendary characters central to the concept, I illustrated and designed the multiple components of the game: everything from the packaging to […]
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December 2, 2006 at 9:58 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
StanLee.net splash page StanLee.net, the online warehouse of comic book legend Stan Lee’s new animated series, was created on an incredibly short schedule and featured an award-winning Flash-based navigation environment. Reflecting the future of the comic book industry, the site design focused on Stan’s new approach to entertainment delivery. Stanzine news page
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December 2, 2006 at 9:56 pm
· By Micah Laaker
· Filed under Portfolio
Home page design Adobe Systems, Inc. (the makers of design industry staples Photoshop and Illustrator) needed to spotlight scalable vector graphics (SVG), a new online graphics standard for data visualization, to assist in its sales efforts, and BattleBots was in need of a new site to professionally showcase its robots, rules, and Comedy Central showtimes. […]
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