3 Reasons Your Band Needs a New Website Right Now

in internet, marketing, arts | June 26, 2017

At Mission Bay Media, we’ve been creating websites for San Diego area businesses for nearly ten years, and in the process we’ve confirmed that a great website is a key ingredient to any business’ success, and for a multitude of reasons. Running a business requires a certain degree of creativity and original thinking, yet we view “businesses” and “creative endeavors” as two separate and distinct...

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Scraping Pages in Node.js

in scripting, node.js, javascript, JQuery, Internet | August 18, 2016

Node with cUrl and jQuery? It sounds strange to talk about cUrl in the context of a Node server and even stranger to talk about jQuery in the context of backend, but bear with me here as I explain how to set up a fast node structure to comfortably apply your jQuery skills to backend scraping of with Node. First, to get page contents we will...

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Top jQuery (and vanilla js) Parallax Plugins

in Free Software, Mobile-friendly, Web Design, Internet, jQuery, Plugins | August 2, 2016

When done right, parallax scrolling images can add nice depth to your website or webapp. When done wrong, it can be another distracting animated effect that detracts from the page and causes your users to bounce to competitors. The difference could likely be finding the right plugin that gives you the control and tools to dial your effect in perfectly to match your implementation without...

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Google AMP for Fast and Beautiful Mobile Pages

in HTML5, Internet, Web Design, Google, Mobile-friendly | July 12, 2016

Google has long been on a mission to speed up and clean up the mobile web by prioritizing pages with responsive design in search results, creating tools to extensively test your page’s mobile friendlyness, doing cutting edge research on optimizing caching and page loads, and (for the most part) leading by example. Now, Google has jumped into the fray with a far more active...

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How to add your Google Apps Email address to your Gmail app on android

in Internet, Android, Google, Email | September 23, 2015

Okay let's face it. We are pretty big Google fans over here Mission Bay Media. They maintain an unparalleled line of useful products and services for people running small businesses and specifically those interested in technology as it pertains to business. We have always enjoyed using Gmail to handle our email here as it has many useful features and advantages. However, conducting business correspondence with...

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MBM's Top 5 Graphic Design Web Resources OTM

in Free Software, Internet, Web Design | September 18, 2015

Graphic and Web Designers take and combine resources around them to create original content. Of course, a designer’s magic is in the way that they do just that—synthesize original content from the world around them. That being said, resources certainly do play a big part in a great design and today, more than ever, us designers are surrounded by fantastic free resources thanks to the...

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