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Sunshine – a short about advertising in China

Micah — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:41:31 +0000

An American advertising producer in Shanghai tries to sell fast food to the Chinese. An endearing portrait of a modern day “Mad Man.”

Directed, Photographed & Edited by Doug Nichol
Music by Richard Hair

Official Selection:
True/False Film Festival, DOCNYC, Mill Valley Film Festival, Palm Springs, LA Shorts Fest, SF DocFest, Hot Springs Documentary Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, SF Shorts

Everybody Street- A Film by Cheryl Dunn

Micah — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:41:49 +0000

Everybody Street – Ricky Powell from ALLDAYEVERYDAY on Vimeo.

Everybody Street

Fix WordPress Ecommerce Shipping Calculator After 3.8 Update

Micah — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:46:44 +0000

Recently updated a WordPress site to WordPress Ecommerce 3.8. After doing so I noticed that when I tried to checkout, I got this message:

“Please enter a Zipcode and click calculate to proceed”

Problem was, the shipping calculator was gone! No sign of it. After unsuccessful Googling and WPEC forum digging I was still stuck. Then I remembered, during the updating process, WPEC copied my old WPEC theme files to my WP theme folder.

So what, right? WRONG. The 3.7.x version I was using was not compatible with 3.8.x!

Here’s what you do:

Backup the wpsc_shopping_cart_page.php file from your theme directory (In case you have markup customization you need to refer to).
Download the file wpsc_shopping_cart_page.php from /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-e-commerce/wpsc-theme/
Upload it to /wp-content/themes/your-theme-directory/
Profit!

Changing Font Colors and Sizes in the WordPress Post Editor

Micah — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:30:30 +0000

In the WordPress post editor there is a handy little button called “the kitchen sink” that opens up a row of visual editing buttons. Check out this 30 second video it’ll show you everything you need to know.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Google SEO Starter Guide

Micah — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:59:43 +0000

Google has published a 2nd edition of their search engine optimization guide. There’s some really good stuff in it to help you understand how to publish web content that both humans and “bots” can easily navigate and find.

Download Google’s search engine optimization guide(PDF).

via Google’s Webmaster blog

Olympia Arts Walk 2010 is Friday!

Micah — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:46:37 +0000

We’re featuring artwork by James & Richard Franzen, also Joey Freer this year.

Thanks to Fish Brewing Company, we’ll also be offering some free bottles of Leavenworth Bier! Featuring Eightmile Alt, Whistling Pig Hefeweizen, and Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen. So come on down, say hello, grab a bottle of delicious beer and soak up some culture!

When
Friday, April 23, 5 PM.

Where
508 Legion Way, Suite 1
Olympia, WA 98501

Amazing TED Talk! Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

Micah — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:42:38 +0000

There Is No Page Fold

Micah — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:20:20 +0000

Micah M. aka Type Micah over at A Collective has relaunched Meme Engine as a t-shirt shop. As a web designer, There Is No Page Fold caught my eye. His apt description of this meme:

In the web design world, the “fold” is a term clients often use when referring to the bottom of their browser window. It stems from printed media; many newspapers are folded before they are stacked, thereby making everything “above the fold” desirable in terms of placement. Online, however, it just doesn’t work that way. Unfortunately, many people are slow to realize this and so, a meme was born.

Embrace the scroll!

Helping the community, Community Values Magazine cover

James — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:32:32 +0000

Say This, Say That recently was invited to create a cover for the Thurston County publication, “Community Values Magazine”.

The Community Values Magazine is a monthly direct mail advertising magazine featuring local discount coupons and information from quality businesses in the Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater area of Washington State.

Our designer, Micah, decided to take a nice local approach to creating this cover. He thought about certain landmarks found in the Olympia area and finally decided upon using a shot of one of Downtown Olympia’s fountains with the Capital featured in the background. Since the holidays are right around the corner, we felt it would be best to portray a sense of the holiday spirit by using the tagline “Enjoy the Season”.

This is just one example of how Say This, Say That is involved with our local community. If you have the time, you can check out the magazine in PDF format below…

http://www.ammaxdigital.com/publication/?m=3456&l=1

A handy pixel art tutorial

James — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:38:38 +0000

Even though pixel art isn’t used much in the world of branding, I still find it to be an interesting artstyle. For those looking at getting into video game development, this is also a handy tutorial.

The Pixel Tutorial by Derek Yu

The author, Derek Yu, presents a few things that will help polish up your pixel art skills. This includes dithering, aliasing, and light sources for outlines. There are programs created specifically for pixel art, but this tutorial is mainly for users of photoshop.

Below is a time-elapse of the image used in the tutorial. It gives you a good idea in the process involved in this.