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Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2017
La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award!

Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2017 <br>La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award!

THANK YOU! to the readers and good folk at La Jolla Village News for Brass Ring Multimedia’s FOURTH (2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017) Reader’s Choice Award for Best Web Design. It’s a great honor to be recognized by my home town’s newspaper for my work with small businesses in and around La Jolla. I grew up here and have raised my daughter in the beautiful town of La Jolla. La Jolla gets into your heart. I love that it remains my home as well as business home base. Getting to provide my services to clients here and throughout Southern California

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Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2016
La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award for Web Design

Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2016<br>La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award for Web Design

A great big THANK YOU! to the readers and nice folks at La Jolla Village News for Brass Ring Multimedia’s THIRD (2014, 2015 & 2016) Reader’s Choice Award for Best Web Design. I grew up in La Jolla, went to Muirlands & La Jolla High and my daughter Amethyst (also Muirlands & LJHS alum) and I live here still. Our town is very special to me and recognition like this is a thrill and an honor. I consider myself very fortunate and am grateful that I get to continue to live and serve my small business clients from our lovely piece

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Is Your Generic Voicemail Losing You Business?

Is Your Generic Voicemail Losing You Business?

Reaching a generic voice-mail greetings is one of my great frustrations (pet peeve?)…and I don’t leave messages, typically, if I can’t determine if I’ve gotten the right number. Why do so many people fail to program a simple greeting? I know we’re all concerned with security and privacy, and I am too, however if you’re using a number for business, you absolutely have to let people know they’ve come to the right place. All the websites, business cards, email, print advertising and social media work we do, etc. are NO good whatsoever if we lose customers because we present our potential customers

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The Important Tax Break Most Renters Miss

The Important Tax Break Most Renters Miss

By Kelly Phillips Erb | March 7, 2016 Apartments used for business can also qualify for IRS deductions, but make sure you know the rules and exceptions. You can read the article HERE in its entirety on Trulia’s website Some perks of working from your Los Angeles, CA, rental are obvious: You can write emails with soft music playing in the background, set your air conditioning to whatever makes you most comfortable, stay snug in your favorite sweats, and avoid rush-hour traffic on U.S. 101 at all costs. But one thing that work-from-home renters can miss out on (besides water

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La Jolla Surf Legend Tom Lochtefeld Announces Wave Loch’s involvement in The Wave, Bristol (UK)

La Jolla Surf Legend Tom Lochtefeld Announces Wave Loch's involvement in The Wave, Bristol (UK)

  One of the coolest project’s you’ll come across this year has just been announced. Brass Ring Multimedia WordPress client Wave Loch, who represent the “bleeding edge” of surfing wave technology have revealed their involvement in an exciting new project called “The Wave” in Bristol, UK. Surfers of the world…pay attention…what this means is that you can add farmland in Britain (what?!) to your list of must-visit world-class surf spots. Incredible? Yes…yet no less can be expected from a company founded by surf industry legend Tom Lochtefeld from my hometown of La Jolla who has consistently led the charge and continually pushed the

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10 Camera Settings You Don’t Use (But Probably Should)

10 Camera Settings You Don’t Use (But Probably Should)

Our top ten list of often-overlooked DSLR options and why we think they’re worth a second look. This article originally appeared on the PhotoVenture.com website and you can read it HERE. It’s easy to fall into a pattern when you take pictures, favouring some subjects and overlooking others, and sticking to the camera settings you know rather than experimenting with those you don’t. Sometimes it takes looking over your portfolio as a whole in your photo management software of choice to realise just what kind of a rut your photography is stuck in. But never fear – here are 10 shooting options

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Science Daily Article: Procrastination and impulsivity genetically linked: Exploring the genetics of ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’

Science Daily Article: Procrastination and impulsivity genetically linked: Exploring the genetics of 'I'll do it tomorrow'

Procrastination and impulsivity are genetically linked, suggesting that the two traits stem from similar evolutionary origins, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The research indicates that the traits are related to our ability to successfully pursue and juggle goals. Read article here on ScienceDaily website “Everyone procrastinates at least sometimes, but we wanted to explore why some people procrastinate more than others and why procrastinators seem more likely to make rash actions and act without thinking,” explains psychological scientist and study author Daniel Gustavson of the University of Colorado Boulder. “Answering

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New Fun and Rewarding Resources Pages on Brass Ring Multimedia Website

New Fun and Rewarding Resources Pages on Brass Ring Multimedia Website

The internet is awesome…sometimes not so great, but it has some pretty amazing stuff on it. I’ve just activated a couple of pages in my Free Resources area. I like to offer things that have helped, inspired or made me say “woah,” in the spirit of helping others succeed and grow, so the following two pages are new. I’ve included fun stuff and, most importantly, opportunities to “give back.” Service ought to be part of your business plan. The rewards are practical and tangible…you’ll see. Check out these new pages on my website – Edward The Best of the Internet – Stuff

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Article: How to Have a Healthier and More Productive Home Office (by Nick, IncomeDiary)

Article: How to Have a Healthier and More Productive Home Office (by Nick, IncomeDiary)

Read Nick’s article on IncomeDiary.com here or read on… We’ve written in the past about some of most awesome company offices in the world. But is it possible that the ultimate office is right in your own home? Working from home can be a dream come true: convenience, comfort, and complete control. Today, more people are working from home than ever before – whether they’re telecommuting to their job or just using the Internet to make their own income like me. I’ve been working from a home office for two years now and in that time I’ve learned that working from home

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Need Answers to Your Tech Questions? Ask “Dr. Dimension” on HOT MIX 106 (online radio)

Need Answers to Your Tech Questions? Ask "Dr. Dimension" on HOT MIX 106 (online radio)

A while back, my buddy Steve Kramer, computer tech & laptop specialist, told me about his new radio show (not so new anymore…he’s been doing it for some time now). He’s on HotMix106.com (an online radio station offering a variety of content) and goes by the moniker “Dr. Dimension.” Steve features  useful news on the tech scene as well as providing answers to listeners’ emails. He provides help to his fan’s needs running the gamut from security issues to extracting discs stuck in their laptop drives.  He also plays some pretty cool and diverse music to break up his tech-talk. It’s  a pretty good blend of

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Wavecrest Woodies Show (2011), Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, CA. (images)

Wavecrest Woodies Show (2011), Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, CA. (images)

The most awesome gathering of “Woodies” and their owners in an incredibly apt setting…Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. Amazing! A gentleman showing a 1929 Ford “A” (images below) told me that if you’re lucky, a good Woody show has, maybe, 50 cars? Last year, Wavecrest had 319 entries…this year…more!  This is the LARGEST woody show in the WORLD! EPIC! Dang, I wish I had $30 – $50K sitting around with nothing to do…I’da had even more fun today. (10% or more of these are for sale) You really should go next year…middle of September. Click on an image to enlarge, then

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WINNERS: Best of La Jolla 2010

THE READERS HAVE SPOKEN Thanks to those of you who voted for your favorite businesses, restaurants and people in the La Jolla Light’s 12th Best of Readers Poll. Our readers weren’t shy about voting for the best of the best in La Jolla. You’ll find some of the same names listed as in past years as well as an array of the newest places on the La Jolla scene, and some who took honors in more than one category. Congratulations to all of the winners and the second- and thirdplace finishers — and thanks to all our readers who took the

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Edward And His Chucks Out In The World

Edward And His Chucks Out In The World

Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes…I have a few. This started out as one picture of ONE pair of Chucks in a cool setting and it took on a life of its own. When I posted them on FaceBook, I was encouraged to show them to Converse. I could be like that “Where the Hell Is Matt?” guy on YouTube who dances all over the world.  Maybe I could travel the world and take pictures of different patterned Chuck Taylor All-Stars in all sorts of exotic places. The possibilities are endless! Have you SEEN how many Chucks are available? You can

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