Zarinmedia Quarterly Newsletter: February 2003 Issue 05

Original link: http://www.zarinmedia.com/n_letter_feb03.html

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Issue highlights:

1. A note from the team
2. What's new
3. Our services in context

1. A note from the team

Well amidst a rocky economy, Zarinmedia still managed to pull through 2002 with better service and greater products.

Here's to a great 2003!

2. What's new

2.1 Recoil System: Skin 2 unveiled

Zarinmedia has just unveiled the much-anticipated second skin for its "Recoil System" product. This new skin features a contemporary design sensibility that delivers a polished corporate grade experience within a motion graphic framework.

Reference: http://www.recoilsystem.com

2.2 Recoil System: Site Release: The Beacon Group

Using Recoil System's new skin #2, we were able to update the online image of this Toronto based business consultancy. Our re-work of the Beacon Group's website can be seen in the following before and after links:

Before: http://www.recoilsystem.com/beacon/oldsite/
After: http://www.recoilsystem.com/beacon/

2.3 Recoil System: Site Release: Lowfish.com

Lowfish is an electro music artist of international fame who crafts precision drum machine, electro pop music for "Robots". Co-founder of Suction Records which serves as one of the most prestigious labels in the electro universe.

The new lowfish.com website features Recoil system's skin #1.
Can be viewed at: http://www.lowfish.com/

2.5 Zarinmedia showcased at the 2002 EMMA Awards Reception
Zarinmedia was selected as one of 10 Canadian companies to participate in Ontario Exports Inc's "Ontario Showcase" program. This event took place on Friday October 18, 2002 durring the Emma's Industry Reception.

About: The International EMMAs (Electronic Multimedia Awards) recognize excellence in digital media content creation through the acknowledgement of best practice and ongoing educational programmes.
Reference: http://www.emma-foundation.org/

2.6 A Zarinmedia Xmas

This past holiday season, Zarinmedia elfs where quite busy helping Santa with his email marketing and Flash Xmas cards. Here is a list of links to this years' productions:

Relevant links:

http://www.zarinmedia.com/xmas , http://207.228.248.181/aims/aimsmixer.cfm, http://www.zarinmedia.com/spadinabus , http://207.228.248.181/sequentia/

2.7 Zarinmedia featured on action script wizards' site

Our funky face tutorial was featured in Keith Peters' November 9,2002 experiment. Keith is a one man R&D team that produces at least one Flash experiment a day. He is well known, and respected in the Action Script programming community for his math based flash explorations.
Reference: http://www.bit-101.com/lab.html

2.8 Zarinmedia speaking event

Speaker: Zoubin Zarin
Guest speaker: Dragan Djorjevic
Event: January 30,2003: Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology: Newmedia Department
Topic: Inspirational/educational talk on navigational design in Flash, and the current state of the industry.

3. Our services in context

In this section we keep an eye on information and links that put the application of our services into perspective.

3.1 Definition of Rich Media

We describe our services as "specializing in online rich media solutions". Marketingterms.com does a great job of trying to define this ever elusive term.

Reference: http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/rich_media/

3.2 Article: Macromedia Vs. Microsoft

Here's an interesting article that speculates on the collision course between Macromedia and Microsoft.

Reference: http://www.clickz.com/tech/ad_tech/article.php/1369331

3.3 Article: Rich media ad effectiveness

This case study shows the effectiveness of a rich media ad campaign in relation to alternative formats.

Reference: http://www.turboads.com/case_studies/
2002features/c20021211.shtml

3.4 Current Zarinmedia bookmarks

We're always on the lookout for interesting richmedia sites that explore new possibilities in web-design and user experiences. Here's a small sample of our current bookmark list.

http://www.eccentris.com/
http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/main.html
http://www.suction.com/
http://www.maverick.com/
http://www.mastercraft.com/
http://www.simonladefoged.com/


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