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A Great Way to Send Large Files

Posted By Jay Caruso on January 30, 2012

As a photographer, I often have to send large files to clients. Emailing is out of the question and sometimes you can feel the “deer in the headlights” look in an email when you write,

“I’ll drop them on my server and you can come and grab them via FTP.”

There are sites such as YouSendit which work great, but unless you sign up for a paid plan, you’re limited to 100MB transfers. Those of us who are self-employed know we have to save all the pennies we can.

Thankfully, I found another solution and it’s terrific. It allows transfers of up to 2GB completely free.

Computers, IT 3

Vizio to Enter the PC Market

Posted By Jay Caruso on January 13, 2012

I remember when Vizio televisions first appeared in the marketplace. They were received with a lot of caution because they were less expensive than the competition and it was a new name. Some people took a chance and were won over. Vizio produces very high quality LCD televisions at a much lower cost than other larger name brands.

Now, Vizio is ready to enter the PC market. And they are going all in. Check out the video after the jump to see the design of their computers:

Gaming, Web 4

Tecmo Bowl Reenactment of Tebow TD Pass

Posted By Jay Caruso on January 12, 2012

It’s safe to say that Tim Tebow has captured the attention of hard core and casual football fans alike. An average of nearly 42 million people watched the game between the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers the highest rating for an AFC wild card game in 24 years.

Tebow’s winning touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas 11 seconds into overtime provided a thrilling finish to a very exciting game.

But it gets better.

Inspiration, Web 5

Jay Caruso’s 2011 In Review: Trust in the Lord

Posted By Jay Caruso on January 4, 2012

What a year.

2011 is a year I will remember for a number of reasons. It started off in a scary and exciting way.

In the midst of high unemployment, lousy job opportunities and much uncertainty amongst consumers (both personal and business) with regard to spending, I left my safe job of 14 years for the realm of self employment. It started off pretty easily. While not employed with my former company, I did remain as a consultant role for what was supposed to be an ongoing basis.

The environment was still “safe.” And then in June, the rug was pulled out from under me.

Communication, Marketing, Web 8

How NOT To Ruin Your Brand (& the Gospel of Jesus Christ)

Posted By Jay Caruso on January 3, 2012

Some of you younger kids may have to look this up, but I am sure many of you have heard of Billy Squier.

Squier is a musician and enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in the early 80′s with songs such as, ‘The Stroke’, ‘In The Dark’, ‘My Kind of Lover’ and ‘Everybody Wants You.’ Squier was so big he was headlining shows with bands like Foreigner and and Def Leppard opening up for him.

Squier had crossover appeal but had a large built in male audience due to his songs and powerful guitar playing.

Then he released the single, ‘Rock Me Tonight’ and made the ill fated decision to make the following video:

Communication, Google, IT, Management, Web 0

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Access Email Discussions with GrexIt

Posted By Jay Caruso on December 29, 2011

Having worked as an IT Director, I know the frustration of having to go through former employee email looking for important info. Also, there may have been great ideas being batted about between colleagues that never saw the light of day.

GrexIt offers a solution to those issues. GrexIt allows emails to be searched almost like a knowledge base to use for a number of different reasons. You can add selected emails to GrexIt or even forward an email to a GrexIt account to have it stored.

This video describes the tool:

Creative, Photography, Video 1

Your Best Work May Not Be Planned

Posted By Jay Caruso on December 28, 2011

One of my favorite movies of all time is ‘The Usual Suspects.’ It had a great ensemble cast, a good story and excellent writing. Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie won a well deserved Oscar for his script.

Aside from it being a violent drama with hardened criminals, there were several scenes that were quite funny.

The lineup was one of them (Warning: Naughty language alert):

Marketing, Web 0

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Movable Ink for Emails

Posted By Jay Caruso on December 16, 2011

Around here, we are big fans of services like Mailchimp for monthly newsletters and great email templates.

Movable Ink is a similar service but with a twist.

They have some real time apps to embed in your emails which can be used for sales, fundraisers, etc.

Countdown timers, live tweets and local maps are some of the apps you can put into your emails.

Here are some examples of case studies:

Code, Creative, CSS, HTML, Tutorials 8

Learn Web Design, Development, iOS with TreeHouse

Posted By Jay Caruso on December 14, 2011

As a photographer and blogger, I have my own websites that I maintain.

I am not a designer nor a developer, but I am always looking to learn more so that I can make custom changes to my web properties without pulling my hair out.

Jason Fried tipped me off to TreeHouse and this site looks awesome.

Step by step, you can learn in three different areas.

Architecture, Creative, Design 6

The World’s Coolest Offices

Posted By Jay Caruso on December 12, 2011

Inc. Magazine recently did a feature where they chose the coolest offices around the world.

I love the fact that companies are starting to move away from from the typical Dilbert/Office Space cubicle dreariness of the past.

Some of these are really cool.

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A Great Way to Send Large Files

Vizio to Enter the PC Market

Tecmo Bowl Reenactment of Tebow TD Pass

Jay Caruso’s 2011 In Review: Trust in the Lord

How NOT To Ruin Your Brand (& the Gospel of Jesus Christ)

Access Email Discussions with GrexIt

Your Best Work May Not Be Planned

Movable Ink for Emails

Learn Web Design, Development, iOS with TreeHouse

The World’s Coolest Offices

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