Check out our most recent project, www.verveinteriors.com. Verve is an upscale interior design/home furnishings shop in Columbia, SC under the vision of Ford Bailey.

More updates coming to the site, so be sure to check back!

The day is finally here! Photos from the SC Republican Women Legislative Day can be viewed here:


SC Republican Women Legislative Day 2012


Please email me if you have any questions! (sj4020@gmail.com)

Makes me appreciate a rainy Monday morning

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Editing photos from the South Carolina Republican Women's Legislative Day last Thursday! What a wonderful opportunity to spend time with a great group of women. I will provide a gallery link as soon as I finish!

Eventminder is up and running! Check out the tab to the right to increase your business! You should spread the word about this one.

Lisa Wyatt Photography

Using minimal design helps your work stand out. What a great site!

  Spring has sprung. So has Eventminder. Coming May 2012.

  

3 hit COMBO

Link below to Wired.com for a new iPhone case/camera upgrade.

1 Case + 3 lenses= $250

Deadski.

Flash will not be continued on the mobile platform. Read here @ ZDnet Blog with an article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.

Bug Bytes

Drained batteries due to bugs in iOS 5. Read the link below. Fixes coming soon…

iOS 5 Bug

Siri, wheres a good place to hide a dead body?

Asking Siri anything doesn't always work. However if I ever need to conceal a dead body somewhere, I know she has my back. Read below an article by Chris Taylor on some spot on practical uses for Siri.

Siri, Seriously. - Chris Taylor

Meet Dot

*self explanatory* 

Deep Pockets

OCZ has unleashed the first 2.5 inch SSD laptop hard drive that has a 1TB capacity as well as an instant boot feature. Click the link to read about it @ ComputerWorld.com 

Galaxy Nexus Launch

New OS from Google. Right on the heels of Apple earnings yesterday. I can say some of the features are kinda cool!! Check it out.

Lemoigne = Gold

Photography is so important in advertising; it can make or break an idea. Here @ Media Avenue we love photography and advertising. Below is a link to Jean-Yves Lemoigne on HouHouHaHa.fr and a link to his personal website. 

jeanyveslemoigne.com/

Jean-Yves Lemoigne on HouHouHaHa

Sweet Mocha Javascripts

Javascript Typography

As we delve deeper into web design and learn new things about it, we can't help but feel confined when we work with typography and its traditional design properties. Jacob Gube suggests some cool plugins and tips for javascript.  ~ you can follow jacob @sixrevisions 

Art & Apples

Modern Art and Steve Jobs

Click the link above the picture to read commentary about Jobs' legacy. Condolences to his family close friends. We all knew Jobs to an extent through his products. We all caught a glimpse of his dreams and aspirations by using his gear. He will definitely not be forgotten.  

Don Draper Invented the Timeline?

Don Draper pitches the timeline. Spliced with the Kodak Carousel episode.

Top DIY Iphone Apps

Real DIY apps are handy tools especially if they actually help! Here are some compiled by Mashable.com

Discover Something New

New platform for screening new indie films. PRESCREEN brings you a new way to discover movies. Connect with Facebook to start. 

Website Sliders

Below is one of a handful videos Wrigley's Gum used to be part of the conversation that is happening on social sites right now. Using fun and trendy methods to reach target demographics is a key way to become part of fresh, online buzz…plus they are really funny! 

Another means of creating a viral following is utilizing a microsite. They are small simple spaces where a brand can feature a new product or service without weighing down an already heavy central website. Lauren Drell writes RIGHT HERE in an interesting Mashable article on viral branding. ENjoy!

QR Code FUN!

Here are some interesting ways to looking at QR codes!

Creative QR coding

9/11/01 Ripple Effect

illustration by Seb Jarnot via CNN

Art commissioned for 9/11 by CNN

Carve Out a Niche

Tom Cortese has an interesting opinion about one's online niche. Check him out on #twitter @tcortese

The Lost and Found

Earlier this month, Apple reported that, once again, a prototype had been lost in a bar. It was traced back to a man's apartment in San Francisco where upon the residence was searched by authorities claiming to be police officers. As many of the news outlets had reported, it was unclear if the "authorities" were actual police or just Apple security officials. 

If all of this sounds familiar, trust us, your not having an acid flashback. Along the same timeline, but during the summer of '10, the prototype of the iPhone 4 was lost…in a bar…by an employee…only to have it end up on Gizmodo in a publicized leak of epic proportion. Once again, does this still sound fishy!?

I am a sucker for the "unveiling" of all Apple products, but it doesn't take much to see the machine at work here. When the sales numbers are looked at along a large span of time for new Apple products, it is  a cut and dry blow out. Verizon's largest product debut EVER was the iPhone 4, before that it was the iPhone 3GS, iPod Nano & new Mac computers + new software updates. The marketing department understands the concept of bad publicity=good publicity. However, this isn't bad publicity, except for the employee who "lost" it. We all are waiting impatiently for the leak that will come soon from all of this. Though it is also highly probable that this is just a ploy to tease the public into not forgetting about the launch in Oct (unconfirmed). In my opinion it is both. This is the season when the public is hustling and bustling to make ends meet for the upcoming holiday season, and we all know that the new FUN stuff from Apple is either spring or fall. Keep your eyes in the lost and found boxes around town because you never know what you will come across. 

.PS. the prototype is still MIA