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Ah, the joys of Paypal. Or not. By Marisa | November 29th, 2005

Okay, you’ve all heard of Paypal. Fine way to handle online transactions if you’re selling vintage Hot Wheels on eBay. Occasionally a small business client will ask me about using Paypal to process their online transactions. They don’t want to deal with the expense and hassle of a “real” merchant account. That’s understandable. Even if you already have a brick-and-mortar merchant account, it’s still a bit of …

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Design Matters By Marisa | November 18th, 2005

My mom was nice enough to give me a plane ticket for Thanksgiving. She emailed me my e-ticket and told me I needed to call or email United to register Brandon as a lap baby. I thought, how do I register him as a “running-down-the-aisles-kicking-the-back-of-seats-playing-peekaboo-with-flight-attendant baby?”

So off I go to United’s website. I copy the link in the email called “My Itineraries” thinking that might take me to …

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8 reasons to Just say NO to Flash By Marisa | November 17th, 2005

If you don’t need Flash and you can’t afford to do it right or you want people to be able to find and use your site, resist the urge and just say no to Flash. Your website will thank you for it.

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