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Yesterday we had a workshop titled: Ajax, What's the buzz? During this workshop, we discussed AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, notable examples of Ajax implementations, the repercussions Ajax can have for the application we develop, challenges we will face when adopting Ajax and of course ways to implement Ajax. During the hands-on session, we implemented the Ajax equivalent of HelloWorld, implemented cross-domain Ajax-requests and used the RICO framework for creating an Accordion effect (Outlook style). We also implemented client-side server based validation and a tooltip/suggestion like feature.
The driving forces behind Ajax and most of the appications, next to the obvious JavaScript and the XmlHttpRequest object, are the (DHTML) ability to directly write to the DOM. For some of us, this was a first introduction to the node manipulation features in DHTML as well as the innerHtml property that we can so easily use with container elements like DIV and TD.
You can find the presentation for this workshop here: AjaxWhatsTheBuzz_30maart2006.ppt Note that the slides contain some Dutch words. Also note that the slides have hyperlinks, some of them to websites on the internet – those will function – some of them to demos that you will not have. Those same demonstrations can be found later in this article. Also see Installment 2 – more in depth examples and discussions.
Introduction to AJAX
Of course thousands of articles have been written about AJAX ever since the term was coined in February 2005, inspired by what Google Labs had published with the Google Suggest feature. Long before the term AJAX was thought up, applications were using AJAX mechanisms. At AMIS – quite a while before my time – people like Erwin, Ate, Ton, Hans and Leon had implemented AJAX like features in the JAA and CBE applications (early 2000s). In 1998/1999 I had implemented (I)FRAME based AJAX in the Oracle Designer Web Assistant. However, AJAX really has taken off early 2005.
In the presentation, we discussed a number of well known examples of AJAX:
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Each of these examples make use of the Ajax design pattern: asynchronous communication (behind the scenes, without apparent interruption of the application for the user) followed by dynamic updates of the document in the browser (DOM manpipulation aka DHTML).
AJAX: without, old style and modern
Let's take a brief look at a situation where Ajax may improve a Web Application. We have a web page where an Employee can be selected. Let's assume that we have a collection of thousands of Employees, distributed over dozens of departments. In our interface, we can select a Department from a Select List as well as an Employee from another List. (in the demo that follows, we have only 25 employees but general idea is the same of course).
There are several ways of implementing this situation. These incluse:
1. Load all employees when the page is loaded and include all of them in the Employee Select List. Go to LoadAllIntoSelect to inspect this approach. It should be clear that this approach, while simple to implement, has two major drawbacks: loading the page can take quite long as all employees are loaded; only after all have been loaded will the hourglass disappear and will the user have control over the application. Furthermore, the user must try to find the employee he wants to select in a list that contains all of them. First selecting a Department has no (filtering) effect on the list of employees
We have implemented this with an array of Employee objects that are populated during the loading of the page:
var empstore = new Array();

function Employee(deptno, empno, ename){
this.deptno=deptno;
this.empno=empno;
this.ename=ename;
}

empstore.push( new Employee('10', '1','Tom Bomer'));
empstore.push( new Employee('10', '2','Ramses Shaffy'));
...

The DepartmentList has an onChange event defined: onChange="populateEmpForDept(this.value);" . The function that is invoked here looks like this:
function populateEmpForDept(deptno) {
 var empList = document.deptempform.emp;
 empList.options.length = 0;
 for(i=0;i<empstore.length;i++) {
 if (empstore[i].deptno == deptno) {
 empList.options[empList.options.length]
 = new Option(empstore[i].ename, empstore[i].empno);
 }//if
 }//for
 empList.disabled=false;
}//populateEmpForDept

3. Refresh page when the Department selection changes and rebuild with the proper list of Employees. This solution is seen here: ChooseDeptThenSubmit. This implementation offers two improvements over the first listed here: the page can load fast a
s no employees are initially loaded at all and the u
ser will be able to select employees from a short list, with only the employees in the selected department. However, now we will have a full page refresh every time the department selection changes. The form is submitted from the onchange event: onChange="document.location.href='ChooseEmpDept'+document.deptempform.dept.value+'.html';". It is then up to the webserver to dynamically recreate the page with only the employees for the selected department. Note that we have simulated this with five different static html documents with each a subset of the employees. While this seems a good approach, there is still the annoying full page refresh whenever the department selection changes.
4. AJAX old style – using IFRAMES. Here we discuss an approach that is programmatic, asynchronous and basically almost everything that the hyped-up AJAX is. And it has been around since 1998 at least. It uses a (hidden) (I)FRAME to asynchronously communicatie with the server. The results of this background communication can be used to update the main document. And example of this AJAX-old-style can be seen 'live' here: ChooseDeptRefreshEmpIframeBasedAjax.
When the Department is selected, the onChange event fires. At that point, a hidden IFRAME is refreshed and a static document is loaded. For each department, a different document is loaded into the IFRAME. When the IFRAME has completed loading the document, a JavaScript function in the parent window – the main document – is invoked and the employee data is handed over:
The IFRAME is refreshed whenever the Department selection changes:
<select size="5" name="dept" onChange="retrieveEmps(this.value);">

function retrieveEmps(deptno) {
 top.frames['getemps'].location.href = 'dept'+deptno+'.html';
}

The department specific documents that are loaded in the IFRAME each look like:
var empstore = new Array();

function Employee(deptno, empno, ename){
this.deptno=deptno;
this.empno=empno;
this.ename=ename;
}

empstore.push( new Employee('10', '1','Tom Bomer'));
empstore.push( new Employee('10', '2','Ramses Shaffy'));
empstore.push( new Employee('10', '3','George W. Bush'));
empstore.push( new Employee('10', '4','Muahmmed Ali'));
empstore.push( new Employee('10', '5','Anna Vink'));
empstore.push( new Employee('10', '6','Pepper Kreunen'));

function callParent() {
 window.parent.populateEmpList( empstore);
} //callParent

</script>

In this example, they are static. Typically of course they would be dynamically generated by a JSP, ASP.NET, Perl, PHP etc. program.
The populateEmpList function that is called from the IFRAME is the same as before:
function populateEmpList( empstore) {
 var empList = document.deptempform.emp;
 empList.options.length = 0;
 for(i=0;i<empstore.length;i++) {
 empList.options[empList.options.length] = new Option(empstore[i].ename, empstore[i].empno);
 }//for
 empList.disabled=false;
}//populateEmpList

This IFRAME based implementation of the AJAX design pattern has a number of benefits: Broad browser support, Even in very old browsers; Fewer issues with cross domain resources (the IFRAME can load its resource from any URL, not just resources on the same domain the main document was loaded from); Support for file upload (when the IFRAME is submitted, it can upload a file, something modern AJAX does not support). IFRAME based AJAX is used in Oracle UIX and ADF Faces, exactly because of these benefits.
5. AJAX new style – using the XmlHttpRequest object At last we have arrived by the hype: AJAX new style, fully programmatic and using the XmlHtppRequest object. For a live demonstration, see ChooseDeptRefreshEmpModernAjax.
Modern AJAX uses the programmatic XmlHttpRequest object to communicate with web servers. In our example, when the Department Selection changes, the onChange event executes:
<select size="5" name="dept" onChange="loadEmployees(this.value);">

The function loadEmployees that is invoked will submit an Ajax request – asynchronously and invisible to the user – that will retrieve an XML document with the Employee-data for the selected department.
var xmlHttpRequest;

 /**
 * Load the Employee data in the select object
 */
 function loadEmployees(deptno) {
 var file = "empsInDept"+ deptno+".xml"
 // create the object, careful to the MSFT/Other method
 if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
 xmlHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
 else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
 xmlHttpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
 }

 // executing the request, passing the targetted object
 xmlHttpRequest.onreadystatechange = processRequestChange;
 xmlHttpRequest.open("GET", file, true);
 xmlHttpRequest.send(null);
 }//loadEmployees

 /**
 * Handle the events of the XMLHttpRequest Object
 */
 function processRequestChange() {
 if (xmlHttpRequest.readyState == 4) {
 if(xmlHttpRequest.status == 200) {
 copyEmployeeData();
 }
 else {
 alert("Error loading pagen"+ xmlHttpRequest.status +":"+ xmlHttpRequest.statusText);
 }
 }
 }

Note that in this example we use static XML documents per department; a real application would make use of dynamic server side components that would generate the XML content based on the department selection:
<EMP>
 <ROW>
 <EMPNO>20</EMPNO>
 <ENAME>Tante Trix</ENAME>
 <DEPTNO>40</DEPTNO>
 </ROW>
 <ROW>
 <EMPNO>19</EMPNO>
 <ENAME>Jeffrey Wammes</ENAME>
 <DEPTNO>40</DEPTNO>
 </ROW>
 </EMP>

When the request-cycle is complete and the response has been received, the processRequestChange function calls the copyEmployeeData() function. This function reads the responseXML property
from t
he xmlHttpRequest object. This property contains the XML document that was received as response to the AJAX request. The XML Document is examined – the collection of all ROW nodes is retrieved. Each ROW represents an Employee. Next we create entries in the Employees Select list for each Employee in the XML Document:
/**
 * Populate the list with the data from the request
 * (Could be done in a generic manner depending of the XML...)
 */
 function copyEmployeeData() {
 var list = document.deptempform.emp;
 list.disabled = false;
 var items = xmlHttpRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("ROW");
 clearList(list);
 if (items.length > 0) {
 for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
 var node = items[i];
 var empno = node.getElementsByTagName("EMPNO")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
 var ename = node.getElementsByTagName("ENAME")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
 addElementToList(list, empno, ename );
 }// for
 }// if
 else {
 list.disabled='true';
 alert("No Employee for this department");
 }
 }// copyEmployeeData
 /**
 * remove the content of te list
 */
 function clearList(list)
 {
 while (list.length > 0) {
 list.remove(0);
 }
 }

 /**
 * Add a new element to a selection list
 */
 function addElementToList(list, value, label)
 {
 var option = document.createElement("option");
 option.value = value;
 var labelNode = document.createTextNode(label);
 option.appendChild(labelNode );
 list.appendChild(option);
 }

This example is but brief introduction to AJAX Modern Style. In a subsequent article, we will discuss the more advanced labs we worked on in this workshop. These include parallel Ajax requests, cross domain Ajax requests, repetitive (polling) requests and different ways of processing the AJAX request response.

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In the aftermath of last week's brawl to whittle down the Boston mayoral pack to two hopefuls, there's been endless chatter about which votes are now up for grabs. With no candidates of color remaining, for example, the finalists—City Councilor-At-Large John Connolly and state Rep. Marty Walsh—are sure to start aggressively courting black and Latino bases. No doubt they'll also both hound the downtown development set. Lost in the shuffle, however, are some of Boston's fringe demographics.
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As we've recently come to find out, the Boston Police Department's task force that's supposed to protect us from terrorists spends much of its time trolling peaceful protests and hunting artists. Both Walsh and Connolly are relatively young, and should recognize the kaleidoscopic value that street pieces bring to the landscape. Instead of incarcerating graffiti cats, a candidate after these hearts could suggest that those who get caught spraying are sentenced to paint murals.
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Panel's addition of $1 million brings the total owed to $10 million.
A jury found that Dan Harkey and Point Center Financial Inc. breached their fiduciary duty and breached their contract with about 40 investors. The jury awarded:
•$1 million in punitive damages, which are intended to punish wrongdoers and serve as an example to others. The punitive damages were calculated to return investors 10 percent of the value of their Point Center accounts.
•$9 million in actual damages to compensate investors for losses. This includes damages to 10 investors aged 65 and above for elder abuse. The actual damages were calculated to return investors 85 percent of the value of their Point Center accounts. Those awarded elder abuse damages got an extra 15 percent for a total of 100 percent.
SANTA ANA – A jury awarded $1 million in punitive damages Monday against loan broker Dan Harkey and his Aliso Viejo company, Point Center Financial Inc.
That verdict comes on top of $9 million in damages for investor losses the Orange County Superior Court jury handed down Thursday.
Harkey, the husband of Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, was not in court when the jury delivered its final verdict Monday morning.
The verdict benefits about 40 of Point Center's 1,300 investors. The company is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
"We're thrilled that people were listening," lead plaintiff Lloyd Charton said. "They saw through it, and they saw it was a breach of his fiduciary duty. What Mr. Harkey did was flat-out wrong, and the jury saw it was flat-out wrong."
Charton, a retired trial attorney, lives a few doors from Harkey in the Ritz Cove neighborhood of Dana Point. He testified that he was personally recruited as a Point Center investor by Harkey.
Point Center sold investments in commercial and residential mortgages to affluent investors, primarily in Southern California. It funded dozens of projects across the country. At its height, just before the Great Recession, it boasted of hundreds of millions of dollars in assets.
Jurors sat through a 10-week trial before deliberating for 12 days. Monday marked their third month together. Sixteen heard opening arguments on April 15. Only nine remained at the end.
"The biggest thing that struck me was that people put a lot of money (into Point Center investments) and never read the contract," jury foreman Gregory Van Dam said. "It wasn't until the downturn in the economy that they realized that something was going on."
Harkey's attorney, Jeffrey Benice, hung the defense on that contract. Each time he questioned an investor in the jury's presence, Benice asked if the investor had read the contract and prospectus. Each time, Benice stressed language in the prospectus stating that the investment was speculative and that the investor could lose all of his or her money.
But the contract was not all the jury saw.
Van Dam, the foreman, said he was struck by a Point Center loan to a Harkey-controlled company, Venture Argonaut.
"That was in direct violation of the contract," Van Dam said. "He used it as a slush fund."
The jury also focused on "staged funding" loans in which Point Center withheld much of the money required to complete a project but received most of the loan fees upfront. Van Dam said Point Center failed to tell investors it was doing that.
In his closing argument to the jury, investors' attorney David Grant called this "a gold mine shaft."
Benice, the defense attorney, said he will ask Judge Stephen L. Perk to throw out the verdict today. He's using a legal theory that the investors won on claims that could only be exercised by a Point Center affiliate, National Financial Lending. Since the affiliate didn't bring the claims, Benice says, the investors have no right to bring them or to collect their verdict.
The 5-year-old case of Charton v. Point Center is now entering a brief interval of courtroom maneuvering. In addition to Benice's attempt to scuttle the verdict, Perk will referee battles over the Harkeys' Ritz Cove home and over whether Dan Harkey is the "alter ego," or legal stand-in, for Point Center.
The case will enter its second phase with a new jury in mid-August. That phase will concern a mortgage-note investment program. Some time after that will come a third phase over fractionalized trust deeds followed by a fourth and final phase over mortgage trust deeds.
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Photos From Behind the Scenes at Bell Labs in the 1960s
Lawrence Harley "Larry" Luckham worked at Bell Labs in the 1960's, "managing a data center and developing an ultra high speed information retrieval system."
One day, Larry took his camera to work and photographed his employees, most of whom were women. The programmers -- mostly dudes -- weren't nearly as photogenic (or as "great" as the rest of his staff, notes Larry), but the pictures he ended up with are fascinating, especially if you're interested in early technology, mod fashion, Mad Men, or all of the above.
Can you spot a real-life Joanie?
Computer Operations Supervisor: This was a large IBM mainframe computer around 1967 when this picture was taken. One meg of memory, 648 meg of hard drives, no video and it cost in the millions!
Programming is Fun: Even when it doesn't work the way it was supposed to the first time!
Lecture: I have no idea what I was discussing here, but somebody picked up the camera.
Computer Operations Supervisor: Don't let the oscilloscope fool you. Bea didn't work on the hardware. But she was an outstanding supervisor.
Data Terminal Test Room: These special prototype terminals were state of the art at the time and were the first displays in which the data was first written to memory then displayed.
Computer Operators: Many names have disappeared from my memory after 35 years, but these were an excellent and dedicated group of people.
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Hannah Faith Notess is the author of Ghost House, a chapbook of poems (Floating Bridge Press, 2013) and editor of Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical (Cascade Books, 2009). She earned an MFA from Indiana University, and her poems have appeared in Rattle, Slate, Los Angeles Review, and Image, among other journals. She is the managing editor of Seattle Pacific University's Response magazine and lives in Seattle with her family.
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Weave along Mulholland to the Calamigos Ranch turnoff. Go past the grapevines and the Biggest Loser Resort. That's when you'll see it: a slim opening to a wood walkway that leads to an almost impossibly bucolic restaurant. Chandeliers hang from the trees, and cabanas stand sentry on the meadowlike lawn that surrounds a picturesque pond. The menu ranges from sweet corn-lobster ravioli to burgers, but a meal isn't complete here without strolling the grounds. » 327 S. Latigo Canyon Rd., Malibu, 818-540-2400.
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It's Sideways meets Hoarders at the Chronicle, a wineshop that has been stuffed into a storage space behind (and belonging to the guy who owns) Pasadena's Pie 'N Burger. Signage—along with streetside visibility—is nonexistent. Gus Martin, who manages the place, has an encyclopedic knowledge and focuses on deals ($17 is the average for a very nice bottle), and while the stock is heavy on pinot noirs, there are good French whites from the Languedoc region for as cheap as $8. » 919 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, 626-577-2549.
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In the belly of the 1928 Greystone Mansion, you and a dozen others file into a small room just off the bowling alley that was featured in There Will Be Blood. Then the retracting wood-paneled wall is given the heave-ho to reveal drink master Aaron Stepka of L.A.'s 1933 Group at the original speakeasy wet bar. The Institute of Domestic Technology's two-hour "Cocktail Crafting" class is nothing but fun, and the $95 fee offers a peek at other parts of the home that belonged to Edward Doheny's son. » Various venues, instituteofdomesticctechnology.com
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For decades Disneyland's Tiki Juice Bar has had a local lock on Dole Whip, the beloved pineapple-flavored soft-serve. Recently, however, the nondescript yogurt shop Whipp'd LA began dispensing swirls of the same frozen tropical treat from a dingy minimall on Santa Monica Boulevard. You might even spot a singing parrot or two—this is West Hollywood, after all. » 7901 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 323-300-4722.
Fugetsu-Do Sweetshop
Longevity has hardly propelled the Japanese confectioner into the glare of L.A.'s culinary radar, even though it's been selling its soft, chewy mochi (rice cakes) and manju (bean cakes) for 109 years. Only internment during World War II interrupted the Kito family's operation of the Little Tokyo storefront, where a glass case presents you with delicate creations that range from pink to yellow to glistening brown. As time collapses, you'll ask yourself what took you so long to come here. » 315 E. 1st St., Little Tokyo, 213-625-8595.
Writer's Room
Though the address is on Hollywood Boulevard, you have to enter through an alley between Las Palmas and Cherokee. Inside is a watering hole that balances throwback charm with an ambience that's relaxed and modern. When the spot was called Musso & Frank's Back Room in the 1930s and '40s, it was the haunt of such literary boozehounds as Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Sip one of the carefully constructed libations and maybe inspiration will strike you, too. » 6685 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 323-491-4148.
Nick's Café
Amid a sprawl of industrial buildings across from Los Angeles State Historic Park stands an old-fashioned diner that's a favorite of LAPD officers. They sit by its wood-paneled walls and at the wraparound counter for the same reasons we do—the steaming house-baked muffins, the buttermilk biscuits with thick white gravy, the corned beef hash that sports a sear only a griddle that's seen 64 years of seasoning can provide. » 1300 N. Spring St., Chinatown, 323-222-1450.
As if Golden Road Brewing weren't already off the beaten track, cofounder Tony Yanow has opened an exclusive club within the craft beer behemoth. Where the brewpub is all barn doors and corrugated metal, Chloe's—accessed through a door marked private to the left of the main bar—evokes a classic British tavern with plaid carpeting, a fireplace, and antiquey furnishings. Free membership grants you access for meetings and special events, though there's the occasional public fete as well. » 5410 W. San Fernando Rd., Atwater Village, 213-373-4677.
Stonebarn Vineyard
Back in 1885, before it became part of Deukmejian Wilderness Park, Dunsmore Canyon was lined with grapevines belonging to winemakers George Le Mesnager and Pierre Durancette. The Stonebarn Vineyard Conservancy has replanted 71 vines outside the stone storage house that George's son, Louis, built in 1905. Join the conservancy for $40 and you can get a bottle of Glendale's finest varietal. » 3429 Markridge Rd., Glendale, 818-249-2414.
Westside Sharpening & Cutlery Center
Once you spot the small sign with the knife on it, you know Laurence Segal's shop is nearby. Working at the end of a corridor surrounded by piles of stainless steel, he'll return your santoku blades to their Sur la Table glory. Better still, he'll create custom cutlery, tracing your hands and discussing the virtues of Hawaiian koa and California buckeye wood. "If the handle doesn't fit your hand, it doesn't matter how good the blade is," he says. » 1207 4th St., Ste. 50, Santa Monica, 310-395-3075.
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There are two main reasons why a restaurant keeps a dish a secret: the clandestine item is a pain to make, or it's just too good. We suspect the latter is why Brandon Boudet has stayed mum about the SOS Sandwich at Tom Bergin's. Scarfing down one of these supersize creations will have you crying for another. Wolfgang Puck changed much of his Beverly Hills institution, Spago, this year, but no amount of redecorating could silence the clamor for his signature smoked salmon pizza, spicy tuna cones, and wienerschnitzel—the kitchen will still make 'em if you ask. Josef Centeno moved on from the Lazy Ox Canteen long ago, but his pig's ear chicharrones still wind up on the tables of folks in the know. Some say the Big Makosher burger at Mexikosher outshines any of the restaurant's rabbi-approved south-of-the-border staples. And should you happen to shout "no dough" at Michael Voltaggio's ink. sack, don't worry: They won't think you're broke; they'll let you go carb free.
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What formats drive the best results?
Some have referred to the current marketplace as the ŌĆśgolden ageŌĆÖ of online advertising, with the advent of 3G technology and the iPad craze. But the publishing industry seems to be missing out on at least part of what could be a $50 billion ad spend. Time spent with print media accounts for 12 percent of usersŌĆÖ consumption and 26 percent of ad dollars while Internet usage accounts for 28 percent of user consumption at just 13 percent of ad dollars, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker.
ThatŌĆÖs the story at HearstŌĆÖs Popular Mechanics. Online advertising is up 46 percent over last year, outpacing print which is up 25 percent. But print represents 89 percent of the magazineŌĆÖs total revenue. Most advertisers take an integrated approach of using both print and online advertising. ŌĆ£With any advertisingŌĆöonline, in print, on mobile platformsŌĆöyou strive to engage the reader or user,ŌĆØ says publisher Bill Congdon. ŌĆ£If they arenŌĆÖt connecting with your message, thatŌĆÖs a misstep and a lost opportunity.ŌĆØ
These days, publishers and advertisers are trying to make content and advertising available for all devicesŌĆö desktops, iphones, androids and the iPad. Advertisers want to be able to create a campaign and execute it across the widest universe of devices to get the highest possible reach of the targeted audience, says Boris Fridman, CEO of Crisp Wireless, a rich media platform provider used by Popular Mechanics. ŌĆ£ThereŌĆÖs a convergence now with online and mobile as mobile devices become more sophisticated with rich media,ŌĆØ he adds. ŌĆ£The difference certainly gets blurry. Rich media is almost a must.ŌĆØ
The rich-media ads that ran on Popular MechanicsŌĆÖ iPad issue, which was released over the summer, performed well against the goal to engage users by providing additional value, Congdon says. The interactions were not created for the sake of novelty, but rather for deeper information related to an advertiserŌĆÖs message, he says.
The model the magazine used was to take the print ad as the foundation and build interactivity into the ads, based on what the marketer wanted. For example, for Inifiniti, the advertiser had multiple pictures of a vehicle for the iPad. The History Channel ran an ad with embedded video from its upcoming series, ŌĆ£Ice Road Truckers.ŌĆØ For Stanley tools, the publisher built in ŌĆśhot spotsŌĆÖ that when clicked on, would provide more information.
One overriding component of the ads, which all performed well, according to Congdon, was the easy option to pull out of the interactivity. ŌĆ£All of the ads linked to the advertisersŌĆÖ Web sites, but most importantly, we built that function so that once done browsing, the user clicks a ŌĆśdoneŌĆÖ button and is directed back to the ad in the application,ŌĆØ he says. ŌĆ£The application itself never closed, so there was not a chance of getting lost in cycberspace.ŌĆØ
The Next Big Thing
WhatŌĆÖs quickly growing as the device of choice is the iPad. In fact, after selling a million devices of its new tablet computer in less than a month, AppleŌĆÖs iPad is one of the fastest-growing new consumer computing devices ever.┬Ā There are three types of advertising on the iPad: the desktop Web site ads displayed in the browser; then the iPhone-style ads and banners on applications, and thereŌĆÖs another advertising opportunity that is totally unique to itŌĆöinteractive print, says Fridman. This new opportunity is generally the same print ad seen in a magazine, but the ad is converted to an interactive ad displayed as a page within the iPad, he explains. ŌĆ£The iPad is an interesting device because it opens advertising to a new type in a different fashion,ŌĆØ Fridman says. ŌĆ£This is exactly what weŌĆÖre doing, delivering ads in digital magazines.ŌĆØ
Mobile devices have the added benefit of being able to capture a userŌĆÖs location to deliver a geographically relevant ad, such as an ad for a restaurant in the area of the user. There are certainly best practices and pitfalls. Congdon says that one of the most critical elements of an online or mobile ad is its placement proximity to relevant content. ŌĆ£Our auto aftermarket clientsŌĆöPennzoil, BridgestoneŌĆöperform well because they are surrounded by useful auto DIY content, which is the reason the online user is in that content area,ŌĆØ he says.
As for pitfalls, there are several. In the early days, pop-ups quickly became the advertising ŌĆśdonŌĆÖtŌĆÖ,┬Ā but those largely went away after the advertising community and the IAB together established some rules, Fridman says. In fact, the IAB Pop-Up Task Force found that 90 percent of users found pop-ups to be ŌĆśannoyingŌĆÖ and more than 50 percent cited a ŌĆśvery negative affectŌĆÖ to brands using pop-ups.
These days, concerns surround advertiser transgressions with mobile applications.
ŌĆ£There are things in mobile that advertisers need to care about,ŌĆØ Fridman says. ŌĆ£Mobile is a personal device, and if I see advertising thatŌĆÖs completely irrelevant to me, IŌĆÖll be displeased. If it interrupts what IŌĆÖm doing and takes me away from that application, thatŌĆÖs a huge problem for me. When I get a text message, it had better not be from any promotions in my inbox. IŌĆÖm not happy when that happens. But at the same time, if done right, mobile ads can be engaging and deliver value.ŌĆØ
Popular Mechanics' Most Popular Ad Specs
PopularMechanics.com recently switched over to the Hearst Magazines Digital Media platform and got an online redesign as part of the process. Here's a look at some of the magazine's top online advertising performers, according to publisher Bill Congdon:
1) 500x500 Interstitial
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Natalie Portman debuted more than her baby bump on the night of People's Choice Awards -- check out that rock on her ring finger!
Portman, who announced she was engaged to choreographer Benjamin Millepied last month, shows off her engagement ring in new photos from Us Weekly.
This will be the first marriage and child for the couple, who met while filming "Black Swan."
Wow, she's having a shot gun wedding....Pregnant and engaged...guess she wasn't being too cautious. Congrats to you Natalie and Benjamin.
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This San Diego native just might be a modern-day Renaissance man, jack-of-all-trades, the most interesting man in the world…No, really. He's modeled for Page Parkes for the last two years, but neuroscience research is what brought him to Houston. And somehow, by night Vaughn finds the time to DJ, produce music and drum in clubs. He uses his neuroscience background to get "an increasingly ADD audience" to focus on his music rather than their phones; he built his own drum set to light up when he hits it. We have no doubt Vaughn will connect and inspire the world through all these outlets.
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Lee Ellis
BRC, Liberty Kitchen, Petit Sweets, Sam & Lilli
Conceptuaire is what ex PaperCity editor Lauranne Claridge calls Ellis. And it's actually perfect for the restaurateur and boutique owner. The night before our shoot, Ellis had just signed a lease on San Felipe for the old Vida space which will be the next Liberty Kitchen. In the business since '98 with Tonic, Ellis has learned a lot but enjoys coming up with the concept, design, development and completion. His employees inspire him every day, but he enjoys the food aspect and "the people most of the time." Lance Feagan and Ellis basically operate everything and are working on a project in Austin right now. There's no doubt Ellis enjoys himself on a regular basis.
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Andrew Benak
Pitcher for the New York Yankees Organization
You'll be hard-pressed to find a guy as down-to-earth, humble or well-mannered as Benak. The Rice University student is halfway through an internship with Spectra Energy. Benak has been playing ball since he was just a kid and seems to be calmly embracing his future. He won't soon forget the day the Yankees called, he shares.
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John Mills-McCoin
Show business is his business
Call him Mills-McCoin. He has a talk show, writes for FreePress Houston, runs open mic night at Fitzgerald's, books comedy shows and manages a band. Seriously, this is the man with the master plan. Favorite bands currently are Hamamatsu Tom, Poor Pilot (ultimately his favorite), Fat Tony and Croon Bin (his real ultimate favorite). Ultimate goal? "I think a year ago I would have said get a stage at Free Press Summerfest, but now I want my own stage. I want to do my talk show for two days."
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Jonathan Blake
Fresh off his first public showing of his first collection for his eponymous line, Blake has a bevy of supporters ready to raise him up to super fashion mogul status. At such a young age, Blake is mature beyond his years with a boyish sweet face. His designs are elegantly timeless.
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Grady Gaines
Saxophone Legend
Houston blues and R&B saxophone legend Grady Gaines launched his career in the mid '50s when he became the band leader for rock 'n roll icon Little Richard's seminal backing band, The Upsetters. He spent much of the 1960s crisscrossing the country when The Upsetters became the go-to backing band for a who's who of artists. Now 78, the leader of Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters maintains a busy schedule of local gigs.
How did you get your start in music? My grandfather, Andy Gaines, was a violin and harmonica player who traveled throughout East Texas and Louisiana playing on the buses for tips. My daddy, Merkerson Gaines, played harmonica mostly on the porch of our house in Waskom, Texas (in Northeast Texas near the Louisiana border). They got me and (younger brother) Roy (a blues and R&B guitarist) interested in the music world.
Who were some of your musical influences growing up? I always wanted to be like Louis Jordan. He was the one who mostly inspired me to play the saxophone. There were others, like Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine, Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb.
Describe your playing style. I play hard, honkin' rock 'n roll, bluesy sax. Some people say I'm the king of the rock 'n roll saxophone.
What was your big break? Little Richard heard me play at the Peacock Studios (a Houston recording studio owned by producer/business impresario Don Robey in the 1950s and '60s). In 1955, after "Tutti Frutti" became a major hit, he called and said he wanted me and (sax player) Clifford Burks to meet him in Brandywine, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C., in a week. So we thought about it for a couple of days, then he sent two airplane tickets. The rest is history.
What was it like touring with Little Richard? The crowds would go crazy. Some shows you'd see 'em carrying three or four of 'em (fainting women) out. Little Richard was just magic to 'em, and his band was magic itself because he had all nice-looking guys in there. It was a good team and Richard was super to work for.
What other stars did The Upsetters back? Right after Richard quit the music business (in 1957), we toured behind Little Willie John, who had a hit with "Fever." Around 1964, we did a tour with us, Little Willie John and Sam Cooke that lasted about 35 days. When the tour ended, Sam said he wanted The Upsetters to be his band, so we decided to go with Sam. (Cooke was shot and killed in 1964 under circumstances that are still shrouded in mystery.)
After Sam was killed, we became the main backing band for every major artist that was out there. We might play a few days or weeks with Etta James, Ruth Brown, Bo Diddley, Dionne Warwick, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Butler, Solomon Burke, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Supremes, The Crystals, Patti Labelle – anybody that was somebody.
What type of gigs do you play today? We play some clubs, like the Big Easy, but we mostly play private parties, weddings and festivals now.
What's the secret to longevity in the music business? I was pretty wild when I was younger, but you either wake up or you're gonna go by the wayside. Today, my wind ain't what it used to be, so I got these other horn players to help me so I don't have to blow so hard. There was a time when I could take that one horn and tear it up just as much as we do with these other horns. But you have to have good common sense. That's why I've lasted over six decades in the music business.
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Eric Warner
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Warner's been in the craft beer business for over 25 years. He got his degree in Germany in brewing science in 1990. In other words, he's not messing around. From Colorado, Warner's been in Houston since last summer to start Karbach. The locally made beer's been around for a year and is growing fairly quickly for a smaller brewery. What makes it great? It's fresh, locally made and the variety of beers offered insures something for everyone. There's a bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Porter that is about 11% alcohol to Warner's favorite beer – "the one I've got in my hand at the time."
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The roots music show is on from 10am-1pm Monday thru Friday featuring old blues and traditional country to soul, funk and zydeco. Roark tries to get a local band every day if he can. With over 20 years of radio experience, Roark started off at Alvin Community College, hosted Uncastrated Album Rock which landed him a gig at the Arrow, then to KPFT's Sound of Texas show to where he is today. Roark's mission is to put good music on the radio in Houston, which he's happy to say he's doing. Now if someone could pay him for it that would be great. "KPFT does pay, but it is public radio," shares Roark. "I don't think any radio station would let me come in and do what I do, so I'll take the pay cut any day to spin records." Next time you're at the Grove in Discovery Green and a banquet captain with the smoothest voice is serving you, be sure to say hi. Chances are it's Roark at his night job.
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Grilled Peaches with Wine Syrup Two Ways
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- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 vanilla bean, split
- Peaches:
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- Chutney:
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- Fresh mint leaves
- Canola oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Dessert:
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For the wine syrup: Combine the wine, peach nectar, brandy, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons honey, cinnamon sticks and vanilla bean in a large high-sided saute pan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened to a syrup, about 10 minutes. Strain.
For the peaches: Preheat a gas grill to medium-high.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Brush the cut sides of the peaches with butter and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and some cinnamon. Sprinkle the remaining cut sides of the peaches with sugar and cinnamon. Grill cut-side down and cook until slightly caramelized, 2 to 3 minutes
For the peach chutney: Coarsely chop the peaches and toss with another pinch cinnamon, a few tablespoons of the wine syrup, some torn mint leaves, a splash of canola oil and salt and pepper. Goes great with pork.
For the grilled peach dessert: Place the peaches cut-side up on a platter. Spoon some creme fraiche in the center of each, drizzle over some wine syrup, a bit of honey and garnish with mint leaves. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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- Stud count : 120 studs for the 28", 100 studs for the 26"
- Pressure: 30-70 psi (700C); 30-65 psi (26 inch)
- Weight : 915-980 grams
Schwalbe Snow Stud claims to do 2 things at once: Ride in normal conditions, and on snow/ice. As with every such product, it doesn't do both things perfectly. In normal conditions, it doesn't roll on the road as smoothly as slicks or semi-slicks (nor any of the other studded tires) . And it doesn't provide as strong a grip as other studded tires that have studs in the center of the tread. But what it does perfectly is provide us with the best of both worlds. That's why Schwalbe's Snow Stud is perfect for commuters.
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The historic Avalon Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin won't reopen in July, as originally planned, but according to an article in the Milwaukee Business Journal, they are hoping to open before the end of the year:
The Avalon Atmospheric Theater & Lounge won't reopen this summer, but the ownership group is confident it will be ready by the end of 2014.
"It will still absolutely, positively be this year," said John Brannan, director of operations at Neighborhood Theater Group.
Owner Lee Barczak has been working on reopening the historic theater in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood for years, and renovations started in late 2013. He previously had hoped to reopen the theater in June. Barczak also owns the Rosebud Cinema in Wauwatosa and The Times Cinema on the west side of Milwaukee as part of Neighborhood Theater Group.
The renovations, estimated at $1.8 million, are simply taking longer than expected, and the group doesn't want to rush things, Brannan said.
"When the realization hit that we were probably going to miss the summer, we took an approach that it's really important that we do this project correctly and the theater really wows people when it opens," he said.
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I drove past the theater two weeks ago, hoping to get an updated photo for our records. I was especially hoping to see some progress towards the installation of a new blade sign, which was announced in March, but the exterior didn't look much different than when the above photo was taken in April.
The theater has had a rocky history of attempts to reopen it after it was closed in 2000. You can read some of those stories on the Journal Entries page for the theater.
We agree that it's more important to do it right than do it fast, so good luck to everyone involved and we look forward to seeing your theater light up Kinnickinnic Avenue and the faces of moviegoers!
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