After weeks of work on the Veritix website, the site is now live.  Veritix is the combination of Flash Seats and Vertical Alliance.  Veritix provides digital ticketing, event marketing, and relationship management applications to various sports and entertainment venues.  See more Veritix solutions on their website.   So what is digital ticketing?  Digital ticketing eliminates the need for traditional paper tickets.   Instead the purchaser simply provides a form of ID (driver’s license, credit card, etc) which allows the consumer to enter the event.  Nothing feels worse than showing up to an event and having forgotten your tickets.  Visit the Veritix website to find out more about digital ticketing. 

The Veritix website is built on the .NET platform using the 3.5 Framework and C# as the back end.

Being a web developer, I’m always looking for new insight into web development and technologies.  I came across two great articles the other day about Sign-up forms and how they are designed.  Sign-Up Form Design Survey Part 1 covers 2 major areas: Form Placement and Design.  Part 1 of the article covers Form Placement which also covers: How is the link to the sign-up form titled and Where is the link to the sign-up form placed. Read more…

On Saturday, June 21, I had traveled 150 miles one way to the EMCO Gear Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.  This marks the 6th time that the Grand-Am’s Rolex Sports Car Series’ Daytona Prototypes and GT racers met head to head.  Also featured was the Triple Crown Tuner Challenge which featured amazing Tuner cars from around the Midwest. Read more…

The Wings Over Pittsburgh 2008 was held May 10-11 this year at the Air Force Reserve Airbase and was open to the general public for free. Each year features many great static displays along with the ever impressive aerial demonstrations for thousands of attending visitors. This year was no exception. The Wings Over Pittsburgh major featured demonstrations for 2008 were the F-22 Raptor and the Canadian Snowbirds. Read more…

The ability to shoot in low light situations can be crucial to a photographer.  Sometimes the use of flash just isn’t possible or isn’t permitted.  In these situation, we rely on two things.  The first is fast glass with wide apertures (2.8 or more), and the second is higher iso.  Each has it’s own drawbacks.  Shooting at wide open apertures can lead to soft or out of focus images due to the narrow depth of field.  Shooting at higher iso level tends to increase the amount of noise in the image.  Noise can be controlled to a degree if proper exposure is obtained. Read more…

With the recent facelift of the corporate Iron City Brewing Company website, a new micro site was launched to promote its new Augustiner product line.  With a catchy tagline and URL, it asks the question, “How do I GetSomeA?”.  The GetSomeA micro site is a fun departure from the “corporate” image presented by the ICB website.  The micro site is a lot more graphic intense rather than tradition HTML.  Once on GetSomeA.com, you can listen to the radio spots for Augustiner, view advertising, download AIM icon, and wallpaper.  Also while there, you can register for upcoming events and promotions.

On Monday, March 17, Iron City Brewing Company‘s website underwent a dramatic facelift.  With the company recently coming out of bankruptcy, a new corporate web presence was needed.  The site was built using DotNetNuke‘s content management system.  The DNN CMS features vast community support, development and adoption.  The use of the CMS system allows ICB staff to manage content on an immediate notice. Read more…

My brand new Canon EOS-1D Mark III camera is finally here.  Since getting into photography, I started with the Canon Rebel XTi (400D).  I then upgraded to the Canon 40D.  I also wanted to get a full frame sensor DSLR like the 5D, but opted against the 2.5+ year old camera.  So into the picture comes the Canon 1D Mark III DSLR which was launched in 2007. Read more…

On Wednesday, 2/20/08, the AlphaLab website was launched.  AlphaLab was created to jump start the next generation of software, game design and Internet-related companies.  It provides these companies with funding, space, services, and advisors.  The goal is to rapidly accelerate the growth of these startup companies.  AlphaLab was created by Innovation Works.  AlphaLab is currently accepting applications for the 2008 Summer/Fall program.  This program will end March 31, 2008, so Apply Now.  If you want to learn more about what AlphaLab offers companies, click here.   If you still have questions, view the FAQs.

The National Aviary of Pittsburgh is having a free admission for the remainder of 2007.  The National Aviary claims to have over 200 different species of birds which is quite a treat for someone that might not be able to travel the world.  For those going to the Aviary, you will want to considering going early as parking fills up rather quickly.  So after making a small donation, my first bird of interest is the Bald Eagle.  Read more…