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Google Maps Adds Helicopter View
Google Maps Adds Helicopter View

Out of all the various online services provided by Google, few have seen as many major updates as Maps. From in-browser Google Earth to public transportation and Walking directions to Live Traffic, and now 3D route preview, also known as Helicopter View. Paul Yang...

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Using iPad as a Light Source for Photography
Using iPad as a Light Source for Photography

I've seen people on websites talking about using iPads as light for photography, and videos of people holding a panel of three iPads to illuminate a face to snap a portrait. Although the result is good, attaching several iPads to a rig can be quite complicated,...

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Creating HTML Email Part 2
Creating HTML Email Part 2

This week I want to get into some more details along the lines of last week's info on creating emails for varied mail clients. For starters, I got some statistics on email client popularity from CampaignMonitor.com. Here are the clients with more than 5% market share....

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Merch Shop – Today’s Best Award
Merch Shop – Today’s Best Award

Among 33,413, 664,923 customizable products, Matcha's own Metro NY I Tee has won "feature of the day" by Zazzle, in less than 24 hours after it is made available.   Metro New York City T-Shirt by matchadesign

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Creating HTML Email
Creating HTML Email

When building a web page, one must always keep in mind the differences between the way browsers implement (or don't implement) web standards. When building emails, this is much, much worse. For starters, there are no specific standards regarding what should and...

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PCI Compliance Tips
PCI Compliance Tips

Everyone who accepts credit/debit card payments online needs to be familiar with and implement the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. This is easiest for merchants who don't directly handle any cardholder data. For example, if your store hands the shopping...

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Image Scaling Tips
Image Scaling Tips

Recently Matcha president/creative director Chris Lo and I were hashing out a solution to a problem. We needed to create print-quality images for a client, and use those same images on their website, which we were also building. The problem is that print requires high...

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Rhema Bible Church Christmas Lights Extravaganza!
Rhema Bible Church Christmas Lights Extravaganza!

Since 1982, the Rhema Christmas Lights Display has become a main attraction for folks around Tulsa and Oklahoma every year. James Shelby, the creator and supervisor of the electrical department of Rhema, orchestrates this amazing project year after year and the size...

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Image Manipulation in PHP – GD vs IMagick
Image Manipulation in PHP – GD vs IMagick

Recently I've been working with image manipulation in PHP, using GD and ImageMagick. Both libraries are very useful but they're quite different in a number of ways. I thought I'd take this opportunity to go over some of the differences and provide some suggestions on...

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Web Design and SEO
Web Design and SEO

A great website design is an important part of a good marketing strategy. However, it's also important to realize where the website fits within that strategy, and that it isn't the whole strategy. Even within the website itself, a great design is useless if nobody can...

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