My brother, Lance Walley, just launched PollyTrade (Beta), which allows you to execute stock trades just by tweeting. You can also follow PollyTrade on Twitter. PollyTrade is new and is in beta mode, accepting a small number of users who are comfortable with both stock trading and Twitter.
Graphic designer since before the Internet. Started with newspaper paste-up; then art director for advertising agency in Reno, NV; and now freelancer designing marketing materials, print-on-demand t-shirt art, websites, and social media graphics.
Problem: Can’t edit WP e-Commerce products. Solution: Temporarily deactivate SlideDeck plugin for WordPress, make changes to WP e-Commerce products, then re-activate SlideDeck plugin. WP e-Commerce Plugin SlideDeck Share this post: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Reno Mayor, Bob Cashell, gets a demonstration of the commercial Bike Vault installation from Jeff Sunderman, CFO, Secure Storage Technologies, LLC. Most of the Bike Vault & Secure Storage Technologies, LLC team, along with Sierra Capital Resources, LLC, participated in the September 20, 2008 Reno Green Summit at the University of Nevada, Reno’s new Joe…
Problem: Drop-shadow edges appearing chunky and low-resolution. I need high-resolution edges for professional full-color printing. Solution: Change Adobe Illustrator (CS3) “Raster Effects Settings”: In the menu, click: Effect > Document Raster Effects Settings Choose: High (300 ppi) Share this post: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Converting Objects to Grayscale in Adobe Illustrator CS3 – from Jonnymac.com: The solution, which I believe is only in Illustrator CS3, is to select the object or groups on the artboard you want to convert, then under the “Edit” menu choose “Edit Colors” then “Convert to Grayscale”. Simple, yes, but hidden in the menus in…
Recycle, Reuse, Reward™ – Plato’s Closet Reno’s very successful go-green campaign for their 20%-off customer loyalty cards is printed on PS Print’s 100% recycled paper. This customer loyalty campaign is so popular that they hand out 1,000 customer loyalty cards per month. Recycle, Reuse, Reward logo and card layout by Reid Walley for Plato’s Closet…
Diggin’ Jason Kolb’s blog. http://bit.ly/tnmcD is about “Augmented Reality” (overlaying digital displays on the real world, typically using a mobile device as the viewport). I learned about Jason from my brother, Lance, who mentioned another one of Jason’s posts, “Google Wave: You need to pay attention to this” – http://bit.ly/M93E5 Share this post: Share on…