The Birmingham Principle Shopping District (PSD) will host a spring Merchant Meeting on Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Uptown Palladium 12 Theatre.  I will be speaking on the panel of experts for the event...

To further enhance our web development offering, Core3 rolled out its new project manager web site this week.  The secure, login-based site, helps clients keep track of exactly where their web projects stand at all times. 

The software operates very much like a social networking platform.  Clients can interact with Core3 via a message forum, approve change orders online, upload/download project files, search for anything in the project, and subscribe to an RSS feed for updates.  The message forum feature is meant to replace email during the course of the project. ...

I spent about 20 minutes typing up an email tutorial last week for a customer. It detailed out each step the user would need to follow to accomplish the inquired functionality. It dawned on me after sending that email that visual communication is so much more effective than just words.

I remembered a co-worker sending me a link to a free product called Jing. It is made by TechSmith, a Michigan-based company. The product snaps pictures of anything on your desktop or records video of what you do or see on your screen....

Many companies rely on Google Adwords to drive users to their web sites.  Google Adwords is a pay-per-click program where companies bid to ensure top placement in the search engines for designated keywords.  In the coming days, Google will be unveiling its new ranking system, which is aimed to improve the quality of its results. ...

Have you ever taken a photo on a family vacation and not been able to get the full scope of the moment in a single digital camera shot?  Microsoft launched a new web site and tool that allows users to upload their digital camera shots and have them strung together into a single panoramic scene.

I had an opportunity to try out the new site this morning.  I saw the demo of this product several months ago at a technology expo and have been excited to use it ever since.  You can tell the site is new and somewhat overloaded with excited new users because it was a bit on the slower side.  The site prompts you to install a plug-in for its product and then to create an account if you want to make 'synths' of your own.  I created a panoramic shot of the Core3 office using three digital photos.  It turned out to be quite impressive.  The final shot allows you to zoom in and move the point of reference around the room. ...