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Alex Chousmith

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The Modlins : Tonight and Next Week

For those who don't know, I am Alex Smith, Web Developer here at Ninthlink, but outside of saving the world, one web page at a time, I also play bass guitar for San Diego's own The Modlins. And in keeping with the themes of Discovering New Ideas and Promoting Great Concepts, I feel obliged to give another update on The Modlins. The last update was two weeks ago, and since then, we've been hard at work, mostly making sure that…
August 26, 2008
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Gobi Anywhere in the World – Today!

Gobi is the first embedded mobile wireless solution from Qualcomm that puts an end to all our consumer & enterprise connectivity woes. With Gobi, the notebook computer is a nexus between the different high-speed wireless networking technologies dispersed around the world. Notebooks with Gobi Technology Are the Craze! What does this mean?—Freedom from having to locate hotspots, more choice in carrier networks, and, at the end of the day, freedom to Gobi anywhere you want without the annoyance of lost…
August 15, 2008
DesignMarketing

It’s A Beach Bash!

Oh yea! Sunday, August 24th, 2008, from 11am - 3pm, the AIGA San Diego is hosting a Beach Bash on Mission Bay, off Crown Point Drive, in San Diego. Potentially little-known, probably harmless, Ninthlink fact? At least 3 Ninthlink'ers live less than 1 mile from this event. I myself will be in San Francisco next weekend, and from 11am - 3pm I plan to still be recovering from that which can only be called Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, but…
August 15, 2008
Development

Fonts Fonts Fonts

Russell and Travis were working on a client's monthly email newsletter, and asked me if I had a referrence sheet for web-safe fonts. First, a brief rundown of why that came up at all. If you already know of the joys of Gmail vs Outlook 2k8 (or is it 7?), feel free to skip to the next paragraph. Otherwise, allow me to set the stage. See, a few years ago, a designer could design any sort of fancy fancy email…
August 12, 2008
Marketing

Search Engine Strategies 2008 : San Jose Conference & Expo

Only August 18th, the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo returns to San Jose, California. Featured speakers include Kevin Ryan, VP / Global Content Director for SearchEngineStrategies.com & SearchEngineWatch.com, author Lee Siegel, with his recently published book Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob, Satya Nadella, Senior VP from Microsoft itself, Dan Heath, co-author of NYT's bestselling book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Matt Cutts, Software Engineer from Google, and…
August 12, 2008