August 2010
3 posts
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January 2010
6 posts
Qik - Mobile video by Brant Collins →
Qik - Mobile video by Brant Collins →
Qik - Mobile video by Brant Collins →
What I Need From An Apple Tablet
Everyone always says you have a laptop and an iPhone, why a tablet? Here is a good example of what I need in a tablet. I have designed some moo cards for a client in Illustrator and sent him a PDF fro approval. The client has approved the cards but needs them converted to EPS and JPG to upload to the printer. It is a Saturday and I try to be available to my clients as much as possable, but as I...
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December 2009
17 posts
Guinness brewery almost blows up →
Near-tragic fire at Guinness Brewery in Dublin
A massive fire at the Guinness brewery in Dublin almost became a tragedy.
The entire Guinness Brewery in Dublin came within moments…
Watchin pre-op with the family all waiting for #babyjamescomestoday
It’s Here! It’s Live! →
It’s the X Factor (soon to become “That Web Show”)! This week we’re taking the wraps off one of the biggest iPhone application rollouts to date AND our very own Twitter-based application! Here’s the…
The X Factor – In The Holiday Spirit →
Grab onto your iPhone, because we’re in the holiday spirit here at Station X. Actually, Brant upgraded to a 3GS phone and has been busy experimenting with lots of interesting apps. We figure he’s…
Sierra Nevada Brewery Co. - Tour and Interview... →
So the guys over at ChicoGrid sent us this great video of their tour of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Sierra Nevada is one of my personal favorites. So thanks to guy at ChicoGrid.
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November 2009
2 posts
test post from iphone →
testing post from iPhone wordpress app
What Your Beer Says About You! →
Interesting article in Ad Age about beer choice and personality. Says Craft Beer drinkers are more open minded, and think more about beer than work…duh? Oh and Craft Beer drinkers are 52% more…
October 2009
7 posts
X Factor Live Floats Through Your Friday →
Whew! Sunshine is in the forecast for the weekend and we deserve it! Day after day of rain, culminating in big floods Thursday night and Friday morning. We floated our way into the studio for…
World Draught Master Finals LIVE! →
Watch the World Draught Master Finals on Thursday October 29th at 2:00PM PST
Whew! A Busy Friday Puts The Wraps on a Busy... →
We’ve been running around like crazy here at Station X this week! We shared some of the excitement with you on today’s X Factor Live, but there’s much more to come! In the meantime, here’s the…
Chicha - Beer made with spit →
Dogfish Head is known for making some off-the-wall, but ultimately tasty, brews. This one, however, has to be the strangest. It is called “chicha” and uses the enzymes in saliva to help with…
X Factor Live Links for October 16, 2009 →
Here’s the summary of the links we talked about on The X Factor for 10/16. Doug’s been busy with the countdown to his daughter’s wedding (Saturday) and you should be following his tales of travel…
2 wheels + 2 kegs = Awesome bike! →
From Wired.com:
The Hopworksfiets party bike was built in, where else, bike- and beer-mad Portland, Oregon, by the bike builders Metrofiets. All you really need to know in order to…
Links For X Factor Live - October 2, 2009 →
We’ve been gone too long! But it was a good thing, really - business kept us away from the camera the past two weeks. Here’s the lineup for the October 2nd program:
US Twitter Usage Tops…
September 2009
16 posts
A Case For Converse →
I have been lucky enough to be asked to speak a lot lately about social media and how to use it. Time and time again the questions focus on: “How do I use it for my business?” Here is a case study…
Beer Inspired By Art at the Portland Art Museum →
Beer is a form of art, though it is never thought of in terms of an art that would be at a museum or in a gallery. Making art, making beer and drinking beer are creative acts that bring people…
Social Media Is Conversation →
This weekend I spoke at an AAF (American Advertising Federation) conference and watched a speaker before me talk about how “Twitter is not a strategy”. He made some great points, but left the…
Test question and answer
Do you know anything (?)
test of tumblr chat
How does this work?
Kevin Bacon And The Power Of Social Media →
Have you ever played “6 degrees of Kevin Bacon”? Basically you pick an actor and see how you can connect that actor to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible. Example: Sylvester Stallone was in…
iPhone OS Upgrade, Tethering, Apps, and More →
It’s time, once again, for The X Factor Live! It’s LIVE every Friday at 1 pm Central, but you can always watch archived episodes here at our website. Just when we think it’s been shaping up to…
One of my favorite movies is back!
Your Graphic Image →
We came across an interesting site today, tagcrowd.com, designed to help you create a graphic image (call it a tag cloud) of practically anything - you can upload a file, paste text from any…
Wired shows you how to make a kegerator →
Over on the Wired How-to Wiki, they have a nice step-by-step write up on making your own kegerator.
Even a low-end commercial kegerator will run you $400 or more, and a nice one will be more…
Pairing Dessert with Beer →
Giving Good Advice to Clients →
No company would ever deliberately deliver bad advice to a client. However, the whole emerging/social media concept is so new that it’s easy to stumble while taking those first steps. You’ve…
Pairing Dessert with Beer →
Links For X Factor Live for 9/4/2009 →
Time, once again, for our regular Friday jaunt through the good, the bad, and the ugly around “the internets”. Showtime is 1:00 pm Central time. You can watch in the widget right over ——> there….
Need Your Help With Logo Design →
We are working with a client to design their logo. I was discussing it on Twitter and @kristianindy suggested I let the crowd on Twitter help. I ran that option by our client and they said cool! So…