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Online Music Trends — Getting Out There!

The Internet has, the past decade, revolutionized the music industry, in the form of access, exposure, and distribution of music for bands across the world.  Everything from peer-to-peer pirating, YouTube vids, iTunes, Facebook, and MySpace Music have helped to make bands find fans, gigs, and label deals. Following this lead, music-themed social networking site The Banded launched recently with a new twist on encouraging hardcore user interaction...     (more…)
December 3, 2009
Design

Taking Pictures

What Else Are You Going To Do At Dawn When There's No Surf? I guess I'll go take pictures of the Mission Beach roller coaster. The lighting was right, I had my camera with me and some time to kill. I've been keeping my camera by my side more since my recent purchase of a Nikon D40 SLR. As much as I design in photoshop, I've also been using it to subtly manipulate some of the shots I take. I've…
December 2, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

Yes, But is it Free?

Some companies get scared of the word "free."  Free does not equate profit and "in the black." Free, however, is a necessary selling tool to grab the attention of consumers. Sure, there will be those who take whatever is free and run away with big smiles on their faces; that's inevitable. But there will also be a significant amount of consumers who will take what is free and buy more products from the company or website--such as the buy two…
December 1, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

How Much Daily Time Are People Spending Online?

Analysts and researchers are constantly studying how and why we all spend our time online, and how many hours of days—our lives, really—are spent surfing the net, viewing and reading content, buying, and interacting. It’s a tremendous amount of needed information when you think about it—either socially, commercially, ethnographically, and politically, such studies are used and are useful to various organizations, brands, and entities, and where there is a need, there will be those enterprising companies that will provide for…
November 30, 2009
DesignTips

The Grid and How We Work It

The creative process has its own meaning and function for everyone. There is a general structure we like to adhere to, but almost every design problem we face presents a new issue to work against. It's exciting to tackle these brain teasers and see the possibilities that come forth after getting lost in the problem for a while. As some of this tinkering is unavoidable, the creative process can't be avoided for too long or nothing will ever get done.…
November 25, 2009