HICKORY, NC Matt Everley, of Hickory, NC-based graphic design studio m.e.designlab, was recently selected as a winner for six 2012 American Graphic Design Awards by a nationwide panel of judges. The awards recognize excellence in communication and graphic design. Read more
I was recently invited to be a guest co-host on “New Stuff”—an internet audio show (podcast) on themesh.tv. It was recorded last Friday and officially released yesterday for download and your listening pleasure.
To listen to the show, go to:
It was a great discussion led by Lee Yount about the recent uproar regarding the controversial SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), Apple’s release of iBooks textbooks (along with iTunes U, iBooks Author, iPads, etc.), new gadgets unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and one of the latest social media platforms to take the internet by storm—Pinterest.
There was also some good stuff on iPads vs. Kindles and other tablets, mentions of twitter accounts to follow, favorite iPhone apps and more. Read more
PLEASE NOTE! Several people have had difficulties getting this to work. As I state in my disclaimer below, I am not available to provide support on an individual basis, nor do I know why it worked for me and not for others. My guess is that Facebook has changed something… again (as usual). However, my example still works! So for those of you who are still interested in trying this, by all means give it a go! Others have gotten it to work, as seen in the last few comments. And apologies in advance if it doesn’t.
This tutorial will teach you how to place a Facebook Page’s wall status feed into an html web page using Feedburner. It’s very similar to how you would create an RSS feed for your blog. (This is not a tutorial on how to integrate a “Like Box” from Facebook, which in my opinion looks pretty clunky, and Facebook limits the amount of CSS customization since they host the CSS files themselves.) I’m not a programmer myself, but a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is required to customize the look and feel of the feed, and an understanding of publishing html web pages is a must. The gist of this lesson is to get a Facebook Page wall’s status feed or simple RSS feed placed within a web page.
New year… new resolutions! Here’s a list I’d like to make public of my new year’s resolutions as a web designer. (By making it public, I’m hoping I’ll stay on track a bit more.) They are in somewhat particular order, but who knows in which order they will be completed. These may take me all year, but here’s to trying! Read more
NEW YORK, NY, December 13, 2011 — m.e.designlab has been selected for the 2011 Best of Hickory Award in the Web Site Design & Development category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.
The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.