Video Blogging, New Camera, Windows Movie Maker, YouTube

Wow, I'm trying out all kinds of new things today! We went apple picking at Hickory Hill.
I brought my new camera and tried out the video recording features. I then edited the video with my oldest son using Windows Movie Maker and then uploaded it to YouTube!

Here it is:

Riddles

My Sister-in-law Katie sent these to me. I had lots of fun solving them. Give it a try...

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for five minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 30 minutes later they share a lovely dinner together at a restaurant.
How is this possible?


I have keys that open no locks,
I have space, but you cannot fill it,
You can enter, but you cannot leave.
What am I?


You throw away my outside and cook my inside.
Then you eat my outside and throw away my inside.
What am I?


No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?


I am slim and tall,
Many find me desirable and appealing.
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.
Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more.
For many I am "to die for".
What am I?


The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place

Mason Awarded Gold Partner Status With Major CMS software company

Great news! I'm really excited to announce that Mason Inc has been awarded Ektron Gold Level Reseller status. We are now one of only 2 interactive agencies in New England that have made it to this level! Mason was given this designation because of the scope of the ongoing project we engineered for Gardner Denver Inc. To see what they have to say about us, visit:
http://www.ektron.com/partners.aspx?id=4140

Ten Things You Should Know Before You Redo Your Web Site

Esther Schindler wrote a great article called "Becoming Clueful". In it she highlights tips on what businesses should expect from their web developers.

1. Understand what you want
2. It Costs More and Takes Longer than You Think
3. A Web Site Has Several Pieces. Don't Cut Corners.
4. Balance Glitz and Guts
5. If You Build It, They Won't Necessarily Come
6 Avoid Bit Decay: The Site Needs Maintenance
7. Treat the Web Team as Professionals

I actually have a few more to round it out to 10

8. Content is still King. - Visitors to your site are looking for quality information. The search engines rank the relevance of your website based on it! Your site needs regularly updated, relevant content. That means you will have to dedicate time to it.

9. You get what you pay for - If you use your neighbor's sisters nephew who is in high school, it will show

10. Don't use Flash because it's 'cool' - Flash has it's place use it when there is a NEED to use it not because you like to see spinning dancing babies on your homepage.