Change Has Come To The White House… Website

Social Media

If you have't seen the new White House government site, I have to say that Obama's web guys know what they're doing.  Nice feature rotator, inviting color scheme, and easy-to-use links to all the important parts - kudos to the people behind this website. The coolest part, as mentioned by @allenfuller, is that the inside pages have the oval office walls at the top. …

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Tools Tuesday – The Web Developer Toolbar

Technology

Designers and Developers have lots of things they use on a regular basis in order to get work done.  Software, Hardware, Apps; there are multitudes that I end up opening on a daily basis in order to efficiently plan out, execute, and update the sites that I create.  So, every Tuesday, I'll be diving into some of the tools I use in the process…

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WordPress Tip: iTunes Integration via last.fm

Tutorial, WordPress

So, you’ve got a personal blog and want to integrate your iTunes playlist into WordPress, but don’t just want to say that you’re listening to a CD – you want to display the album art too? WordPress has a few solutions that work great.  The easiest way to do that is by utilizing the “scrobbler” built into last.fm – on which an API can…

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A New Year, With New Possibilities

Announcements

I’m back, and with the new year came some rethinking and restructuring of how I do things / what my overall focus is going to be.  I’m all about transparency, and plus I’d like to share some of my goals for the year, because I want to get feedback from my friends and readers!  And so, here’s what I’ve got in the works for…

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This Year, Make Mitch’s Birthday Child’s Play!

Announcements

Happy Birthday … me!  But, i don’t want you guys to send me presents, or iTunes credits, or XBOX points, or anything… what I want is for you to help out some people who need it more than me – the children in hospitals across the country.  I mean, they’re there, trying to get better with little to nothing to do except, well… sit…

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Merry Christmas from Studionashvegas!

Announcements

  'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children  were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my…

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5 Books To Satisfy Your Social Media Resolution in 2009

Social Media

So, you’ve seen all the buzz about Twitter, WordPress, and all of these other new and exciting things happening on the Internet, but you don’t have a a clue where to start?  Never fear: we’ve all been there, and it took the knowledge of some great minds to get us there.  Here are some great books to get you caught up to speed with…

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A Little Geek Humor for your Day (Yakov Smirnoff style!)

Social Media

If anyone wants to add to the fun, feel free to in the comments below. In the US, we follow twitter to catch up with friends. In Soviet Russia, twitter follows you! And you always get caught ;) In the US, College students use facebook to find out where parties are. In Soviet Russia, "The Party" can always find you ;) In the US,…

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A Look Back at WordPress

WordPress

…we’ve come a long way from this: …to this… …with a brief stop here… …and to where we are today! And how sweet it is! (thanks to Ozh for a wonderful post – if you aren’t familiar with WordPress, head to his site for a history lesson!)

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