rp({"version":"1.0","encoding":"UTF-8","feed":{"xmlns":"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom","xmlns$openSearch":"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/","xmlns$georss":"http://www.georss.org/georss","xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-10T12:42:01.914+02:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"views on hues"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":"The Making of ColorExplorer.com"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/posts/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"13"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-4518512508112024917"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-31T14:58:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-31T15:28:57.843+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Happy Holidays update!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv\u003eHappy Holidays to all you \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer\u003c/a\u003e users out there!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIt's been quite a while in the making, but I am happy to announce that a complete UI rework has been launched today, last day of 2009.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c/div\u003eThe new design features a much cleaner and more coherent visual style and appearance; including new tabs, centered fixed-width layout, and a much nicer front page.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs per request, it is now also possible to import colors from text-files (e.g. CSS and HTML files). Additionally, you may export your color palettes as clean PNG image files without text-overlays.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA few other new tools are also just about to be released, so stay tuned! :-)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-4518512508112024917?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/4518512508112024917/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d4518512508112024917","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/4518512508112024917"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/4518512508112024917"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2009/12/happy-holidays-update.html","title":"Happy Holidays update!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-6423745614569905275"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-30T00:32:00.003+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-30T00:38:01.827+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Updates in the making"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's been a while since I had the time to do some development on ColorExplorer, but now seeing the summer pass by and autumn knocking on the door, I'm ready to kick some new life into the project.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFirst off, you will soon experience a design fresh-up as the current navigation layout is pretty locked up making it hard to add new features and keeping them accessible.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe primary GUI elements will remain but most things will be rearranged and pretty much get tightened up. I hope you'' like it :-) Stay tuned!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-6423745614569905275?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/6423745614569905275/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d6423745614569905275","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/6423745614569905275"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/6423745614569905275"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2009/08/updates-in-making.html","title":"Updates in the making"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-6147392319634606490"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-06T10:13:00.004+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-07T15:57:45.598+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"Oh yeah, let's rip off!\" WTF?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"First of all; Happy New Years to all readers and users of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer.com\u003c/a\u003e!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDue to some legal \"set-backs\" I have been forced to now remove both the PANTONE and NCS features. NCS required a paid license, which is just way too expensive at this stage :-(\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDue to this set-back in features I chose to postpone the announced update as I am currently working on new \"replacement\" features. Stay tuned for update soon!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNonetheless, ColorExplorer is seemingly popular, as some ass-hat over at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lngBidRequestId\u003d1036208\u0026amp;txtFromURL\u003dAId_6996640\"\u003eRent-A-Coder\u003c/a\u003e put out an offer to copy all features of my site. Jeez, wake up and do some creative thinking yourself, stupid!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-6147392319634606490?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/6147392319634606490/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d6147392319634606490","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/6147392319634606490"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/6147392319634606490"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2009/01/oh-yeah-lets-rip-off-wtf.html","title":"\"Oh yeah, let's rip off!\" WTF?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-1043649479799173665"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-08T21:12:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-11-08T21:12:01.417+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorblender"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bye-bye ColorBlender"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Three and a half years after the launch of ColorBlender I have now sold the site and will now focus solely on the development of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith its easy-to-use color matching system, ColorBlender served me well, and served thousands of users well. Now, as you may know, the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/colormatch.aspx\"\u003esame feature set\u003c/a\u003e is still available at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer.com\u003c/a\u003e - among lots of other tools, of course.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-1043649479799173665?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/1043649479799173665/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d1043649479799173665","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/1043649479799173665"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/1043649479799173665"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/11/bye-bye-colorblender.html","title":"Bye-bye ColorBlender"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-4210701441598089979"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-16T13:00:00.004+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-16T13:06:02.932+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Updates - what are YOU expecting?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The initial response to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer \u003c/a\u003ehas been overwhelming and I am so happy to watch the usage stats increase by the day.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI am already working on a bunch of new features and modifications to the current tools and user interface. I'm planning on publishing this \"version 1.1\" update batch in the beginning of November.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHowever, while I like my own ideas, I would love to know what YOU would like to see on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer\u003c/a\u003e in the future. If you have any ideas you would like to share, please do post a comment to this post or drop me an email.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-4210701441598089979?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/4210701441598089979/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d4210701441598089979","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/4210701441598089979"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/4210701441598089979"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/10/updates-what-are-you-expecting.html","title":"Updates - what are YOU expecting?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-2241069162961870692"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-27T11:03:00.004+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-16T12:58:30.462+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Two weeks - status"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's now been just two weeks since \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer \u003c/a\u003ewas officially launched. So what's the status?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI must say I'm very happy and impressed with the steadily increasing traffic and user profiles being registered, users submitting very positive feedback, and people starting to blog about the site.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso, today I issued the very first \"feature update\" adding the ability to rename your saved palettes and also to clear all colors in the current palette (no idea how that one missed the initial release?! - but thanks to Suzanne Steel of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.hotsteeldesign.com/\"\u003eHot Steel Design \u003c/a\u003efor pointing that one out :-)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-2241069162961870692?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/2241069162961870692/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d2241069162961870692","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/2241069162961870692"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/2241069162961870692"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/09/two-weeks-status.html","title":"Two weeks - status"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-2464217179180609482"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-25T18:40:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-09-27T11:28:38.185+02:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mini-notebook support"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/12/rh_bg_netbooks/\"\u003eUltra mobile PCs\u003c/a\u003e (UMPCs) or \"netbooks\" are just the major buzz around here at the moment with numerous players in the market, of course starting with Asus launching their \u003ca href\u003d\"http://eeepc.asus.com/\"\u003eEEE PC\u003c/a\u003e. Similar small form factor models are now also available from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://h40059.www4.hp.com/hp2133/\"\u003eHP\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c\u003dus\u0026amp;cs\u003d19\u0026amp;l\u003den\u0026amp;s\u003ddhs\"\u003eDell\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func\u003dproddesc\u0026amp;maincat_no\u003d135\u0026amp;cat2_no\u003d582\u0026amp;prod_no\u003d1474\"\u003eMSI\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.acer.com/aspireone\"\u003eAcer\u003c/a\u003e, and others.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOf course, I couldn't resist ... so I went for the Acer Aspire One, in my eyes providing the best \"bang for the buck\" with its very nice keyboard, Windows XP, 120 GB hard drive, and great looks.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo how has this anything to do with \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer\u003c/a\u003e? Well, all the current 9-10\" models come with 1024 x 600 displays. So the question was; does ColorExplorer fit? It certainly does! The UI was designed to use maximum screen space available but fits nicely on a 1024 pixel wide display. The 600 pixel display height does make you scroll vertically in some of the tools, but I think you will become acustomed to that with such relative small screen space anyway.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-2464217179180609482?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/2464217179180609482/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d2464217179180609482","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/2464217179180609482"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/2464217179180609482"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/09/mini-notebook-support.html","title":"Mini-notebook support"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-4342136148688400536"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-14T15:01:00.003+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-09-14T15:14:20.227+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"launch"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Live at last!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"So, this is finally the day to launch ColorExplorer!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eToday at 15:00 CET (3:00 PM) ColorExplorer.com finally made it to public release. I'm so happy to now have the site online, after more than 2 years of development.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCertainly, there is still more features and functions to be added in the future, but all-in-all I'm very satisfied with the current view and feel of the site. I find it clean and easy to use, no matter what your mission is; getting color palettes from images, converting various color systems, building palettes using the neat Color Matching features, or simply just playing around to find sweet color schemes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo please go ahead and explore \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer.com\u003c/a\u003e - your feedback and comments are welcomed and appreciated here on the blog.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI sincerely hope that you will enjoy my work - at least just a fraction of how much I enjoyed making the site!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-4342136148688400536?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/4342136148688400536/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d4342136148688400536","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/4342136148688400536"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/4342136148688400536"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/09/live-at-last.html","title":"Live at last!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-1801671414827335845"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-24T20:33:00.003+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-09-14T13:28:27.491+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"launch"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"September 14th"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"As the headline states, Sunday September 14th will be a very important day in the life of my ColorExplorer project.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAt 15:00 (CET) the site will be officially launched and open to everyone.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere are still some tweaking to be done, some bugs to be fixed, and some features to be fine-tuned. However, this deadline is as much for myself to really focus on finishing up things and get the site \"live\".\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs with all software there are always features and tweaks that do not make it to the first release. That's probably also the case with ColorExporer, but I really do believe that even at version 1.0 this site will be indeed very useful and unique in its feature set.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNo doubt, the next few weeks prior to launch will be quite hectic but I am now really anxious to get ColorExplorer \"out there\" and I sincerely hope that you will be there when we go live!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-1801671414827335845?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/1801671414827335845/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d1801671414827335845","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/1801671414827335845"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/1801671414827335845"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/08/september-14th.html","title":"September 14th"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-821067950545225553"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-15T20:24:00.005+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-15T20:32:16.831+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"beta"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Private beta running"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Yes, the private beta stage has begun! A select group of users have been invited to try out and test the features of ColorExplorer.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere is still work going on polishing the user interface and tweaking the features, but I expect to announce the launch date within the next few days. Right now, I am looking at a day somewhere in the very early September.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs usual with my project, new ideas keep popping up, but at this moment focus is on getting a fully functional (and more or less bug free) version online.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eStay tuned for launch date!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-821067950545225553?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/821067950545225553/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d821067950545225553","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/821067950545225553"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/821067950545225553"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/08/private-beta.html","title":"Private beta running"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-977919940483644565"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-16T12:57:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-16T13:08:23.459+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"beta"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Closed beta to go live very soon"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The horrible \"summer weather\" here in Denmark has allowed me to make some serious progress in the process of reaching beta stage with ColorExplorer.\u003cbr /\u003eMost of the site framework has been ported from the initial Classic ASP and MySQL to ASP.NET and MS SQL; Yahoo YUI has been used for nice client side scripting; and a bunch of new ideas has sprung to life.\u003cbr /\u003eI hope to be able to open for a closed beta stage within very short time (a few weeks from now). After a closed beta period of 3-4 weeks, the site should be ready for public beta.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-977919940483644565?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/977919940483644565/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d977919940483644565","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/977919940483644565"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/977919940483644565"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/07/closed-beta-to-go-live-very-soon.html","title":"Closed beta to go live very soon"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-5480210726297419426"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-01T13:03:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-16T13:07:36.613+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorblender"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"award"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seomoz"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"ColorBlender won a Seomoz Web 2.0 Award!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In 2006 \u003ca href\u003d\"http://colorblender.com/\"\u003eColorBlender.com\u003c/a\u003e received an Honorable Mention in the Web 2.0 Awards presented by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short\"\u003eSeomoz.org\u003c/a\u003e. Now, in 2008 it got even better as the site was announced the winner in the \"Visual Arts\" category! Just awesome, and better inspiration to get ColorExplorer up and running is hard to imagine.\u003cbr /\u003eA huge thanks go out to everyone supporting and using \u003ca href\u003d\"http://colorblender.com/\"\u003eColorBlender\u003c/a\u003e!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-5480210726297419426?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/5480210726297419426/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d5480210726297419426","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/5480210726297419426"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/5480210726297419426"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/07/colorblender-won-seomoz-web-20-award.html","title":"ColorBlender won a Seomoz Web 2.0 Award!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867028222441374632.post-2277083020440091324"},"published":{"$t":"2008-05-16T08:28:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-16T13:08:07.810+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorblender"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colormatch"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"beta"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"colorexplorer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Are we there yet?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's been quite a while since I published my first color matching tool, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colormatch5k.com/\"\u003eColorMatch 5K\u003c/a\u003e - it's been 8 years actually. The tool is still online (and well) but is steadily loosing traffic to my increasingly popular \"alteration\", namely \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorblender.com/\"\u003eColorBlender\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith the huge amount of positive feedback I have received on ColorBlender during the last years I have felt extremely inspired to do some more development in the same genre. That's why I during the last 2 years have been prototyping (on and off) a brand new color oriented web site.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe new site, named \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.colorexplorer.com/\"\u003eColorExplorer\u003c/a\u003e, is not yet ready for public display but it is now so far into development that I have decided to speak about it publically :-)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis blog will serve to inform about the development progress, announcements with regards to public beta, and of course final release.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5867028222441374632-2277083020440091324?l\u003dblog.colorexplorer.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/feeds/2277083020440091324/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5867028222441374632\u0026postID\u003d2277083020440091324","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/2277083020440091324"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5867028222441374632/posts/default/2277083020440091324"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://blog.colorexplorer.com/2008/05/are-we-there-yet.html","title":"Are we there yet?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kim Jensen"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706960640793236961"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10768608116644333800"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});