Matt Busse Matt Busse

Online news editor in Virginia. Interests: media, tech, blogging, Wordpress, Javascript, PHP, reading, thinking, learning.

The ideal Twitter update length: Short enough to RT (re-tweet) easily

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Your Twitter messages should be short enough that other people can RT (re-tweet) them without having to edit them, or worse, ruin your message.

National D-Day Memorial: 10 Years Later

National D-Day Memorial Multimedia Screenshot

A multimedia project for The News & Advance commemorates the 10th anniversary of the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. and the 67th anniversary of the famous invasion of Nazi-controlled Normandy.

How to add driving directions links to Caspio Datapages

Results of adding driving directions links to Caspio pages

Adding driving directions links to Caspio Search and Report Datapages is easy and useful.

Tales of Tinbridge Hill

Tales of Tinbridge Hill

A single-page design for the multimedia package "Tales of Tinbridge Hill" showcases the photographer's multimedia and reporter's story quite effectively.

Underwater Phantaseas

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Derek Prosser and the staff of Underwater Phantaseas, a dive shop in Colorado, wanted a fresh modern website with a blog and heavy social media integration.

Social Media News Pipe aggregates, filters news

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Social Media News Pipe is an RSS feed that combines more than 20 sources and filters them for stories about social media and social-media companies.

Lynchburg Budget Calculator

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For the spring 2011 budget season in Lynchburg, The News & Advance put together a simplified budget calculator that gives people an idea of the decisions our local City Council has to make.

Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary Special

Blue Ridge Parkway

For the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2010, The News & Advance put together a cool feature highlighting some of the best sights to see along the parkway.

Running Because I Can

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David Hylton's Running Because I Can blog offers him more features and flexibility than he had on his previous blog platform.

7 tips for shooting & editing news web video

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Shoot and edit better online news video for your news website with these 7 quick and easy tips.