Mike's Daily Lockup

House cleaning and maybe a redesign...

After looking at some cool fonts, I have a few ideas for The MDLU. Look out for more social media integration and the occasional post.

I'm planning on a greater use of Qik, Ustream, and YouTube since I'm armed with a Flip HD cam.

Today just happens to be the day where there is way too much cool stuff to read, listen to, or watch on the Internet.

Stay Tuned,

The Management

Government 2.0 - Brought to you by SMCOC and OCTA

Currently attending the Gov 2.0 Tweetup, brought to you by the OCTA and Social Media Club OC.

The live stream can be found at www.Justin.tv/SMCOC

You can also follow the Twitter chatter by searching for the #ocgov hashtag.

ComicCon 2009

It's Saturday at ComicCon...more later.

Qik and the MDLU

So after monkeying around with my iPhone, I've decided to play with the Qik video blogging service. So far I have a test video and a pan shot of the new Kean coffee in Tustin.

Let me know what you think.

www.Qik.com/mdlu

Diggnation Live!

Diggnation Live! The LA meetup. The DJ is rocking it!

Twitter Twitch

After seeing error messages pop up on a few sites with Twitter feeds, I finally checked the feed here on the MDLU. It seems that we have the same twitter twitch that seems to be going around.

For the time being I removed the twitter feed from the MDLU until the folks over at Twitter fix it.

-The Management

New Advertising Opportunities with The MDLU

With the current state of the economy and the fact that I have more time to focus on Mike's Daily Lockup, I would formally like to announce that we are now accepting advertisements.

I personally do not handle the process of selecting or placing ads on my site. But if an ad does conflict or is in bad taste please e-mail me.

If you would like to advertise with us please visit the advertising section of TypePad.

Thank You,
The Management.

Mobile Optimized MDLU: New and Improved

The MDLU for a while had an iPhone formatted version (which I hand built) that linked to various sites related to the MDLU, but it didn't do a very good job linking to the post themselves.

Today, that has all changed.

Now if you go to mikesdailylockup.com, your iPhone will automatically be sent to the new i.mikesdailylockup.com site.

It'll load faster, the post will be easier to read, and it's formatted for various mobile devices (including cell phones and mobile browsers).

Enjoy,
Mike R.

The MDLU may look like a construction zone...

Well, now that I have some extra time on my hands (Don't worry, besides one educational endeavor, everything is OK) the MDLU is going to get a bit of a redesign.

I'm planning on experimenting with custom CSS and some graphic tricks to make this site better.

Kevin Rose, of Revision 3 and DIGG, had a great post on his site about applying certain fundamentals when designing a blog. His post linked to BlogDesignBlog which has a great fundamentals page and includes information on important pages, layout and graphic design. I'm also working on another project that will hopefully see the light of day soon. My work on this site will help me develop my ideas and concepts for the new project.

So as you can see above and with my image to your right, some of the changes have started. Just watch your step and mind your head during construction.

Please Stand By....

The MDLU is currently experiencing some Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By.

Thank you,
The Management