Want a conversation topic to have over a beer with a bunch of movie loving friends? Discuss filmmaker Wes Anderson’s body of work. There’s some good and there’s some bad. Rushmore is a classic. If you ask me to name my 10 favorite films of all-time, Rushmore makes the list. Bottle Rocket is charming enough, [...]
Today, just in time for WordCamp San Francisco 2008, Shiny New Toy is taking the wraps off a new website we’ve been working on: WP Screencasts. WP Screencasts is a compilation of instructional training videos for managing web content with the WordPress platform. If you are a current client of ours and we’ve built a [...]
Right on the heels of WordCamp is the WordPress Charity Scavenger Hunt. Proceeds from this event – which looks like it will be very fun – will benefit 826 Valencia. To play a little six degrees of WordPress separation… The WordPress Charity Scavenger Hunt benefits 826 Valencia 826 Valencia was founded by Dave Eggers Dave [...]
One of the first projects Holly and I undertook under the Shiny New Toy name, MeltingSpot, is now live. MeltingSpot, a free email newsletter and website, is an Internet version of the American “melting pot” society – a place where Americans and immigrants come together to close the culture gap. Read MeltingSpot for advice on [...]