http://ramseymohsen.com My Blog. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:28:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check it out -- the Kansas City Star ran an article that features an interview with me! I really had no idea this was going to be a feature in the Star... too cool! Read the full article here. http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/09/woah-im-featured-in-the-kansas-city-star/ The past few weeks I've really enjoyed the advantages of being "plugged in" online -- specifically with regards to how it's influencing my opinion on the political race for president. Throughout Facebook, MySpace and Twitter my social network of friends are loudly voicing their opinions. Did I mention LOUDLY? ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/09/politics-facebook-twitter/ Here's a video blog I shot of what it was like at the free Pat Green concert last week in Kansas City (Power and Light Live! Block): http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/09/video-blog-pat-green-concert/ This past weekend I went to Lawrence, Kansas to attend the first football game of the season for my alma matter, the University of Kansas. I've been getting TONS of email from college buddies counting down the days till the first game.  After our win last year at the Orange Bowl ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/09/3-reasons-why-i-love-going-to-see-ku-play-football/ Ingrams Magazine, a local Kansas City business publication recently listed twenty individuals in the KC Metro that "are showing promise, vision and commitment to their entrepreneurial ideas". I'm truly honored to be recognized in the inaugural class. Here's the excerpt from the magazine: Of course I'm humbled by the honor ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/im-humbled-by-20-in-their-twenties-honor/ Check out this footage I shot while attending the 2008 Kansas City Downtown Airshow at the Charles B. Wheeler Airport. I somehow scored an interview with Kansas City's own, Thunderbird Pilot Dyon Douglas! Probably the craziest thing I saw that I captured footage of was a "how it works" explanation ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/video-blog-kansas-city-airshow-08/ Earlier this year Microsoft released an application called Photosynth. What does Photosynth do? You take a bunch of photos of something, shoot a bunch from angles. They say it’s best to have between 20 and 300 photos (I took 316 photos). It creates a 3D mesh of all the ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/i-photosynthd-my-room-ch-ch-check-it/ This is a mash-up: (tip of the hat to Mitch Joel and Julien Smith) http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/what-is-a-mash-up/ So I really don't think EVERYONE should blog -- but we quote this YouTube video (below) at our office all the time. It's hilarious (or at least to us it is). http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/are-you-blogging-you-should-be-blogging/ Within the past week Twitter has been blowing up about the website www.faceyourmanga.com. This site has completely gone viral -- which is just fancy corporate jiber-jab-er for "everyone is telling everyone about it and everyone is doing it" (I swear that makes sense in my head). The website is simple, ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/twittersphere-is-buzzing-about-manga-avatars/ The blogosphere in the past few months have been buzzing about Public Relations. Specifically, there has been discussion about the changing role of PR and the social media space. My disclaimer before you read the rest of this post: I'm not an expert in PR -- but based on my ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/what-is-a-social-media-release-my-thoughts/ I know, I know -- Michael Phelps is a golden god (I blogged about it already). If you check his Facebook fan page today you'll see he has over 943,797 fans, 43,249 wall posts 1,019 fan photos and 355 discussion topics (side note: it's interesting how people are adopted his ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/forget-michael-phelps-did-you-see-the-100m-dash/ If you are in the corporate world grind, or have read a business magazine within the past two years, at some point you've come across the phrase Web 2.0. What is Web 2.0 anyways? What is Web 3.0? You and most people out there have no freakin' clue what that ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/what-is-web-30-its-all-about-the-shift/ Check out these pics I snapped this weekend of my sister's new puppy -- his name is "Charlie" and he's a cockapoo. He's chill, loyal and quiet. A great addition to the family. » View more photos on my flickr page http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/look-its-my-sisters-new-puppy/ "...'great' must be in the eye of the target, not the creator. Post-click must deliver what that target was seeking when they clicked in a way that's clear and comfortable for them. That's what works." This quote encapsulates the importance of designing websites from the end-user perspective. It's a simple principal ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/a-great-quote-re-website-designclickstream/ What I mean is that he's a amazing athlete who is so above and beyond his competitors -- his only real competition is himself (much like Lance Armstrong was). Frankly, after watching the replays on his flip turns -- Phelps is a freakin' dolphin if you ask me. http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/michael-phelps-is-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_/ Fellow video blogger and old Justin.TV friend iJustine a.k.a. Justine Ezarik blogged about which iPhone apps she's currently got installed on her iPhone. While I don't have 5 entire pages filled with apps like she does, I've got my fair share. (click the image to enlarge) NOTE: You can take screen ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/re-show-me-your-apps/ This past Friday, American Idol rolled into Kansas City to hold round one auditions for Season 8. Of course, I grabbed my camera and video blogged the craziness. It was great -- I really met a lot of cool people in the couple hours I walked around. One ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/video-blog-american-idol-auditions-kansas-city/ ...this was one of those moments that I had to get on video "just in case" something happened. http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/helping-a-friend-with-her-broken-tree-limb/ Every morning I wake up anxious to start my day more motivated than the next. Why? The greatest possession you have is the 24-hours in front of you. I can't pinpoint exactly when or what -- but at some point of my life a light switched on in my head that ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/this-blog-post-is-intended-to-inspire-you/ Last week eMarketer published an article titled, "Retail Shoppers Hit the Web First". "Eight out of 10 respondents who had recently made consumer electronics purchases in a brick-and-mortar store said they had visited the store's Website first, according to a May 2008 Nielsen Online survey. More than one-half said they purchased ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/why-invest-time-and-money-on-a-great-website/ I read an article in the New York Times regarding last months launch of www.criminalsearches.com. Essentially it's a free service that lets you search government records criminal backgrounds. And you can search for everyone... in every state. Keep in mind, it's using all public data that's available ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/your-criminal-history-is-a-couple-clicks-away/ I took this photo when I recently was in New York City. This is right off of Times Square on 47th Street and Broadway. I upped the contrast, decreased the brightness and chopped in the color. Anndd waaaa-laaaa! I think it's pretty cool... Credits: ME! Ramsey! I still can't ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/photo-heath-ledger-looking-over-nyc/ Rapper Big Boi is pushing Obama in his new music video. Do celebrities influence your vote? Why should we even listen to them regarding politics? Think about it, celebrities are famous for acting, singing, dancing, whatever, etc -- not for their intellect regarding politics. Do you ask your doctor for ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/do-celebrities-influence-your-vote-why/ Have you ever made a phone call praying to someone's voicemail, and the person picks up? Doh. I can name two scenarios that just happened in the past week. In some situations, you struggle for words because you weren't expecting the person to pick up Translated and abstracted; "I want to ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/skip-to-voicemail-so-you-can-avoid-human-interaction/ Brilliant interpretation of lolspeak! I love it. http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/this-photo-made-me-laugh-out-loud/ Earlier this week you may have heard the "buzz" regarding the launch of the new search engine "Cuil". The components of the launch all seemed to be "storybook" -- the company was positioned as direct competition to Google (in theory), heavily invested, created by Ex-Google workers, claims that the ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/08/the-search-engine-that-blew-its-launch-in-5-seconds/ "Rooftop photo in the East Village" "Heath Ledger gazing over Times Square" » You can view more photos on my flickr page here. http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/07/my-favorite-photos-i-took-from-my-trip-to-nyc/ For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you probably noticed I was in New York this past weekend. It was just a quick weekend trip to visit some friends. BUT, my main reason for flying up was to see a friend, Janine DiVita, who I used ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/07/video-blog-backstage-grease-on-broadway/ For anyone involved or around graphic design, typography or branding, you might find yourself chuckling at this "Font Conference" sketch (I know I did). Personally my current favorite font is Trajan (it changes frequently -- 3 months ago it was Garamond). The fact I have a favorite font ... http://ramseymohsen.com/2008/07/a-semi-sorta-funny-video-about-fonts/