Vote for Franklins Paine November 2, 2007 4 comments
Find the Franklins Paine entry on this skatepark fund raising contest page.
Lay down your vote for the last one in the list, “PAINES PARK PROJECT - PHILADELPHIA, PA”.
Good luck Phila, it’s always been an uphill battle.
Sole Long October 5, 2007 7 comments
Today is the last of my final days at Sole Technology. I’ve left for a couple of different reasons, the main being the ironic twist that this skateboarding company is the most corporate of gigs I’ve ever experienced.
Our web department has had tons of freedom in guiding all the brands online, deciding what was best, and executing the way we knew best. It was tons of fun applying technologies that usually only exist in nerd communities to practical use in a non nerd setting.
A couple of new sites June 12, 2007 3 comments
We recently relaunched two very outdated sites:
“The Sole Technology Institute or ‘STI’ is the world’s first and only scientific sports research lab dedicated to the study of action sports.”…
I Wuz Stuck in Ur Websitez February 9, 2007 2 comments
The other day my homie huphtur rounded up some people whose content was being ganked by a site covered in ads, éS Footwear being one that I work on. It’s not always a bad thing, and there will always be other sites that do the same. For some reason this one was particularly annoying. Maybe it’s the giant pop ups, or the google ads everywhere, or perhaps the fact that they’re even hot linking our images directly. The nerve!
Anyway… as I was saying, Huphtur rounded us up, and yesterday at 11:00 am PST, we all modified our .htaccess files to replace all those hot linked images with a brilliant one that he had whipped up.
For archival purposes, I’ve enclosed a screenshot of an old éS post from the aforementioned content gangker’s site with our new images:
etnies.com Relaunch January 22, 2007 3 comments
I posted the following on The Colab as well.
We launched a new etnies.com, the biggest change is having each sport’s home page better reflect the content found within the site. We put some callouts to the latest podcasts right on the home page, so the kids don’t have to search around for the content nerds hard work. We’ve stopped rotating featured product, differentiated between contests & other features, and the flash now allows you to view each promotional item we have, instead of them randomly being pulled. Even though you can go to the site & view it, We’ve enclosed a screen grab of etnies Skate below:
But who cares about any of that, when we embraced microformats! These things are the way of the future, as browsers will surely integrate what is now handled by extensions such as Mike Kaply’s Operator. The extension reads events (amongst other microformats) and creates one click access for you to add the event to your calendar program of choice. It even supports local applications, such as iCal. Below is the extension in action, picking up the upcoming events we mention on the etnies Skate home page:
Get the extension & view the entire etnies calendar to get a taste of a way futuristic, interconnected browsing experience. Check the rest of the site for some hidden micro gems as well. If any Sci Fi writings are to come true, or you just want to help advance the web as the medium we all hold so dearly to our hearts, the path involves embracing microformats!
Blogs For Days December 6, 2006 4 comments
It seems as though Blogger is the platform of choice for new bloggers. Large brand name I assume. If you’re new to blogging, have a look at Wordpress.com, where the feature set is so much more robust & it’s just as easy to get started!
I love what the Wordpress homepage has listed as their number one reason for blogging: “It’s Free!“. Hopefully there’s better reasons to start your own site.
Speaking of robust blogging platforms, we’ve been hard at work on Emericaskate.com’s Tool Shed, a spot for the kids to share their photos, videos, and yes, blogs.
My favorites from Huphtur’s favorites 1 comment
Huphtur has a great post, The 100 best skate photos on flickr & I thought I’d grab a few of my favorites from his favorites, just for fun. Oh, such fun!
DVS Skate Demo August 20, 2006 7 comments
I used to rock the Daewon shoe back in the day, but I’ve never worn a beanie in southern California. Actually I have. But why talk about clothing when there’s photos of Daewon Song, Richard Mulder and Danny Garcia?
iTunes Activity August 1, 2006 2 comments
Tabloid Wars episode one is available for free download via the iTunes music store. If you haven’t watched it and missed all the reruns, you might as well go grab it. While you have iTunes open, grab the recently deployed éS Footwear podcast too. You’ll be SO in the know that you’ll have it before the iTunes podcast directory even has it listed!
As del.icio.us users increase their activity, especially del.icio.us users who ride skateboards, these home brewed RSS feeds will only improve:
Skate Video (go tag some video files):
http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/system:media:video+skateboarding
Or any video: