Smarter Styling with CSS Preprocessors
In software development we always try to follow rules and best practices to produce better products by minimizing code. One of the most popular mantras is the D.R.Y (Don’t Repeat Yourself) principle and states the following:
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
Of course, it is not always easy to perfectly follow this principle. For example, this can become difficult in front-end development and, more precisely, when it comes to CSS.
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Vintage Advertisements – Nintendo Wii U
In anticipation of the Wii U’s debut this holiday season, we thought we’d bring some vintage advertising flair to the cutting edge system. We hope you enjoy the nod to the age of long copy. Click on the image for a larger version.
Stay tuned for other vintage copy ads to come!
Advertising Content Development Experimental TechnologyDiscovering Bootstrap, from Twitter
Bootstrap is an open source front-end toolkit created two years ago by some Twitter employees. The initial goal was to improve their internal tools but the application was later expanded beyond Twitter. It provides flexible, ready-to-use components to build with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Consequently, Bootstrap has grown to be the most downloaded project on GitHub (more than 33,000 watchers and almost 7,000 forks).
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The True Value of the Facebook “Fan”
As marketers, we all know that Facebook, along with other social media outlets, has allowed marketers to engage in two-way conversations with consumers. This has created the potential to foster meaningful, two-way conversations with consumers on a regular basis. But, is something missing?
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Echo Park Rising – A Free Music Festival on 8/25
If you’re around Los Angeles on August 25th, you should plan to check out Echo Park Rising, a free music festival presented by 98.7fm taking place all across Echo Park from 11AM to the wee hours of the morning. In addition to the wide variety of bands playing, there will also be a ton of great art to check out and food to chow down on. More information will be announced as the festival approaches, so stay tuned for updates from their official site or social media accounts.
Echo Park Rising Official Site
Echo Park Rising on Facebook
Echo Park Rising on Twitter
Introducing New Product Offerings
Whether you’re working in house or externally for an advertising agency, introducing new product offerings is vital to a company’s success. From creative strategy to logistics, I’ll give you an overview in this blog of the key factors to consider when introducing a new product into the market place.
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The Dark Knight Rises – Animated GIFs
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy comes to an epic conclusion this Friday, July 20th with the The Dark Knight Rises. Here are some animated GIFs from the movie to help you get ready for the excitement!
Game of Blocks – Westeros Locations in Minecraft
Well, this is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while – the locations from Game of Thrones recreated in Minecraft. Must’ve taken all summer.
Nerf Retaliator Unboxing in the Office
We got the Nerf Retaliator for the office and Vanessa opened it. Thankfully, there were no casualties (today, at least).
Vintage Real Life Flintstones Pictures
Here are some interesting (and fairly strange) pictures of real life Flintstones we found in a vintage postcard book.
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