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Websites are no exception for the saying, ‘You Get What You Pay For.’ There are many ways of designing and developing websites. However, there are certain standards that come into play when designing and developing for the web, and anything outside of those standards are, unfortunately, a waste of money.

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Being a designer, it’s hard for me to look at billboards, advertisements, and almost everything of a design nature without creating some sort of opinion. Now the opinions can be good or bad, depending on the execution of what I’m looking at. I find it hard to flip through a magazine with tons of poorly designed ads and ignore the fact that the ads are poorly designed. ‘Design’ is so engrained in my life, that I look at everything with design in mind. It’s almost like imagining your life without your cell phone or car. Once you have the tools, they begin to make an impact on your life.

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We use WordPress as a Content Management System constantly here at 72 thinking. There are many perks to using WordPress that can help to make your site search engine friendly, as well as really easy to update and maintain. In most cases, if we’re moving the hosting of a client, we just build the new WordPress site in the root folder of the new host, then push the site live when we’re all finish. That’s really nice as we don’t have to worry about there being issues with transferring the site and making sure everything is hooked up properly, as it should be ready to roll out of the gate because we built it right on the platform.

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I ran into a small problem a couple days ago. I had purchased an album on my iPhone while I was on the way back from a client meeting. When I got back I wanted to transfer the purchased album to my iTunes on my computer that way I could enjoy the lovely sounds at the office as well. When I plugged my phone into the computer and tried to drag the purchased album to my iTunes, it wouldn’t let me. I wasn’t too surprised as all of the iPhone / iPod devices are setup so that you can’t drag and drop your friends music from their devices onto your computer to try and avoid paying for the music. I tried a couple quick things until I found the solution.

The solution wasn’t too complicated, but I don’t feel that it was obvious enough. My initial thoughts was that there would be a ‘transfer purchased’ button somewhere when you’re looking at the Music or Default panels. Unfortunately I didn’t see one (maybe there was one and I missed it, if so feel free to comment below). Anyway, the solution that I had found came from right clicking on my device name and then finding a ‘Transfer Purchases’ option there. Once I did that, everything moved smoothly from my iPhone to my computer and I was ready to enjoy my new album.

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We recently upgraded our digital SLR to the new Canon T2i which shoots full HD video. I cannot express how awesome this camera is. Not that our old Canon Rebel XT was bad or anything… but with the huge back screen, some modified functionality, and then the full HD video on top of that, it’s hard to not be impressed with this camera. Over Memorial Day weekend I took a trip with family to Knobel’s Amusement Park which is in Elysburg, PA. Knobel’s is a really old style amusement park where it almost feels like your stepping back in time. Regardless, I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to take the new video functionality of the camera for a spin. After the break we have what we ended up with after mixing the video together and dropping an audio track on top. Other than that, we didn’t modify the colors or any of the video as we wanted this to be an accurate example as to what this camera can do.

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A Web Copy Writer friend of ours sent along this video to us early this week. Essentially the video pokes fun at how some clients want all the glitz and glam in the world when it comes to their projects, but they don’t necessarily want to pay for it… This video takes a look at regular world situations like going out to eat, getting your hair cut, buying a DVD, etc. and what would happen in those situations if those conversations were presented. Please note, that not all clients are like this…

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Every now and then it’s good to just sit down and watch some TV to give the brain a rest. This past year we’ve been resting with some really good (in our opinion) TV shows that are in their premiere seasons. So in the spirit of sharing, we wanted to share a couple of our new favorite shows on our blog. Cause hey, maybe you guys like them too… and maybe you hate them. If you do, tell us why!

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With social networking continuing to grow, more and more businesses are looking to show their stuff on tools like Facebook, Twitter, etc. Utilizing those tools are great because they’re free, and they can help drive traffic to your website to help bring in potential business. A lot of clients and friends ask us how to setup business pages on Facebook. The process is really easy as long as you know what you’re looking for. So we wanted to take the time to put together this really simple tutorial on setting up a business page on Facebook as well as creating the custom URL for your new page!

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I like to think of myself as a well rounded movie viewer. I can enjoy a great movie where tons of money was spent, down to a super low budget indie film. I tend to keep up with the trailers on Apple’s website and I’ll note any film that I think looks good and the date when it comes out in theaters. This past summer I watched a trailer for The Boys are Back, a Miramax drama starring Clive Owen. I think that I can safely state that Clive Owen is one of my favorite actors. From his role in The Inside Man to Children of Men to Shoot ‘Em Up, I always find myself impressed by his performance and choice of movies. This movie looked like no exception.

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I stumbled upon this video and had to post it! For those of you who have seen Disney’s UP, this video may mean a little more to you; however, it is very easy to see the creativity involved regardless if you’ve seen the movie or not. So check it out below!

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