A Drop Shadow is a visual effect that gives an object an illusion of depth by placing a shadow beneath an object. It is often used functionally to draw attention to an object, say a button or a text box. Text is also sometimes rendered with a subtle drop shadow that further emphasizes it and pops it… [read more]
mdog is a new mobile portal site that allows one to browse the Internet's latest versions of mobile web sites from major companies and publications. It displays sites without images and in text only format using a proprietary technology. It also includes a search feature which does not perform all that… [read more]
Last week, I spoke with Investor's Business Daily regarding Google's latest AdWords enhancement Placement Performance Reports and the article was published yesterday. This enhancement is something that advertiser's have been requesting for quite a long time. If you're advertising on the AdWord's Content… [read more]
Creating line effect patterns in Photoshop is easy and can come in handy for that little bit of texture applied to a background of a page or another way to spice up a photograph. Line patterns can also make a 'heavy' image, one with lots of gradients and tones, a bit smaller in file size thus better… [read more]
When I say "IRS" what's the first word that comes to mind? Maybe: Taxes. Audit. Scary. Perhaps: I'd rather not say.... Did anyone think of: Sarcastic. Fun. Linkbaiters? Probably not. Well it looks like that all is about to change with this article they put out: 10 Reasons to Put Off Saving for… [read more]
The 2008 election promises to be an exciting and hotly contested one. Jake Matthews takes a look at how some of the leading candidates are doing in their search marketing efforts on Google in Part 1 of a four part series - and gives each one of them a grade in the 2008 Presidential Candidate Search… [read more]
Yesterday I spoke to Jeff Graham from USA Today regarding Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang taking over for former CEO Terry Semel. My thoughts from the article: "Yahoo had to do something," says Chris Winfield, who runs 10e20, a New York firm that helps businesses run search-marketing campaigns. "I'm hoping… [read more]
Sometimes you get an amazing landscape shot, but the sky is so drab and lacks emotion. Out in the field you can not control this aspect of the weather, but with some post production in Photoshop you can create some interesting new images. Skies with a lot of small details in the clouds towards the… [read more]
Many times before a company launches a product or service, they will roll it out to a test market. You do this to see how viable that product or service will be in the mass market prior to a the full roll-out. This can be a very expensive process but it can also be worth every penny. Would you be… [read more]
Sk*rt is a new social networking site that that has recently launched. To put it simply, it is like Digg for women. I found out about it through a blog I read regularly. When the announcement was posted I went over to check it out right away. I understand the importance of Digg but I have to admit that… [read more]
