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Sports for Exceptional Athletes needs your DONATIONS!

Most of us don't think about what it would be like to have a disability, but others live with one every day of their lives. The number of opportunities for children and adults with developmental disabilities are limited. All of us can take this opportunity to help by donating goods to Sports for Exceptional Athletes. Through various sports and activities, this organization gives children and adults with developmental disabilities a chance to have fun and interact with those who are…
March 6, 2009
Marketing

Watchmen comes out today, aka, why I should learn to buy movie tickets in advance…

Yes, today is 03-06-09, which means Watchmen the movie is all up on us all, today. Or something. The IM waiting for me when I got back from lunch basically said "Jess and Gavin want to go watch it on IMAX at Mira Mesa, but can't figure out what times its playing." Upon further inspection, our available options for today are (were) 8:45am, 12:10pm, and 2:00am. 3:10, 7:10, and 10:10 are o u t out of the question. And that's…
March 6, 2009
Development

Note to self, re: using jQuery for AJAX

Note to self: if you do things like $('#home').load('xml/homepage.xml', function() { ... , you might think everything is working fine, because it will be ok in Firefox, but then Allen and Tracy will say "Hey, you, look at the page in Internet Explorer and Safari. It is broken." (more…)
March 6, 2009
Marketing

“If Demi is Reading it…” — Ninthlink Book Review Blog #5

Twitter pal Ashton Kutcher tweeted that wife Demi is reading a book called The Shack, with an eye on buying the film rights for them to do, so naturally we had to check out what this book is about. The Shack is "a  guy-meets-God Novel that has literary integrity and spiritual daring," says Mike Morrell at zoecarnate.com "It cuts through the cliches of both religion and bad writing to reveal something compelling and beautiful about life's integral dance with the Divine.…
March 4, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Skittles Goes to Social Extremes

"Gone Social Media Wild" During a period of uncertainty, not just in global economics, but in a growing medium called Social Media - Skittles.com got BOLD and just may have set a new trend...by transforming their skittles.com website into their Twitter Feed. The only thing left that on Skittles site is a mini navigation console in the upper left corner of one's screen.  As many companies are only now beginning to realize the power of social media and how it…
March 4, 2009