In website design, the credo used to be that one had an average of five seconds to capture the attention of a visitor with compelling “above the fold” content. If nothing placed immediately under the address bar prompted somebody to scroll down the remainder of the page, you could be certain the next action would [...]
With the year drawing to a close, you’re bound to reflect on 2009 and the highs and lows associated with your business. Whether you enjoyed strong sales or disappointing numbers, depending on how the economical climate affected your line of work, it can be argued that you’ll come away from the old year having learned [...]
With the rise in smart phone usage, you’ll find more people searching for practical applications to use on the go. Programs that allow for easier use of social media and online shopping are available at the touch of a button, and it seems smaller businesses are getting into the act by having apps made for [...]
These days, if somebody is in a strange city and looking for a place to eat, he may pull out his smart phone and call up an application like the one for Yelp to track down a specific cuisine. If somebody is lost, one can use an application from Mapquest or Google to locate where they need to be. General travel apps for finding restaurants and hotels prove popular, but if you manage the tourism for a specific destination you may wish to consider having an app developed to better showcase your region to visitors.
I am a Scorpio which is a water sign. Going to the beach is heaven for me. Going to the beach riding a horse would put me over the moon! The perfect place to do those two things is Barbados.
You can rent a private villa, or a cottage, an apartment, townhouse or hotel pretty reasonably. [...]
It’s no secret people are turning to the Internet to plan vacations and reserve lodging. Travelers looking forward to a trip to the Outer Banks especially need to act quickly in order to secure a nice vacation rental near the beach, and the Web is a great resource for previewing available cottages and rooms. However, [...]
Where in the USA do you want to go today? If you use the Internet to plan family and adventure trips, perhaps you have browse sites developed by the many tourism bureaus established around the country. For every state and territory in the union, there is a department encompassing that entire region, and multiple cities [...]
Here in Hampton Roads, the air is cooling down and the nights are shorter. Yet even though we’re well into October you can still walk the sandy shores of the Chesapeake Bay in your bare feet and enjoy a leisurely or brisk walk around Mt. Trashmore Park. The autumn season displays Southeastern Virginia at its [...]
What started out as a small networking site for Harvard University students and later grew to the object of obsession of every college student in the country is now a primary source of communication for more than 300 million users. Facebook has had many changes since its dorm-room beginnings in 2004, but for the most [...]
I love football.
When I was a baby, my mom made me wear an Auburn University cheerleader outfit. At age 5, I could throw and catch a football with all the boys on the playground. In middle school, I knew every team in the SEC and which teams I hated most. After high school, I went [...]