Posts in Internet, Entrepreneurship
Grant’s Backstage makes Mashable (1)
You get free music. Artists get unique access to their audience. That is what those in the business call a “win-win”.
Journey’s new lead singer (0)
Phenomenal story demonstrating just how drastically the world has changed in the last 10 years. Also a great demonstration of using rich media to create a fantastic presentation by Mitch Joel. (via)
Jelly Chicago on January 15th (0)
Next Tuesday - we hope to see you there. You can sign up here or here.
(note: there’s an XBox in the household now for those of you who like that sort of thing…)
Introducing Grace (4)
My first WordPress theme is unleashed into the wild. We’re all in really big trouble.
Web standards still have a long way to go (9)
The Standards Reboot is a shining example of why there remains significant ground to cover.
might as well leave your door wide open (1)
This is unbelievable…
Meet some people. Check out NextNY (2)
Went to the NextNY roundtable conversation tonight, and had a blast. About 50 people gathered to hear the CEO of Weblogs, Inc, the President of Del.icio.us, and some of the more prominent angel and VC investors in New York. the food and drinks were great, the energy was great, the insight was great.
It’s only been […]
The real paradigm shift (0)
There’s a lot to love about the nature of the web community these days. People working on cool projects, loving what they do, excited to get up each day, truly believing that they have the creativity and passion to change the world in some small way. It’s the complete antithesis of so many corporate environments.
But […]
Easter eggs are great all year (0)
Love him or hate him, you gotta hand it to him - Mel Gibson is a pretty fantastic marketer.
His new movie, Apocalypto, may or may end up being good - it’s hard to tell from the trailer. But I’m willing to bet that millions of people will see the trailer in the next few weeks.
Why? […]
web designers and Web Designers (4)
A lot of programmers I’ve talked to lately are worried about Ruby on Rails. They are worried that this framework is going to put a tremendous amount of power in the hands of anyone with a computer and a free weekend. They’re concerned that, just like Frontpage and Dreamweaver did to web design, Rails and […]
Amit’s at it again (2)
The ever-forward-thinking Amit has a new project, and I’m betting it will be just as successful as the ones that proceeded it. It’s a newsletter called Photojojo, and it shoots ideas and tips for making the most of your photos to your inbox twice a week. It’s a beautiful site about a fun idea from […]
Wordpress as a CMS - The Ecotourism Auction Site (1)
I’m wrapping up work this weekend on a site for The International Ecotourism Society in Washington. They hold an auction every year that is responsible for the bulk of their operating revenue, and they wanted a site that would get people excited about the vacation possibilities they had to offer. They also wanted to give […]
Perhaps the best portfolio I’ve ever seen (2)
I’m blown away by this. Do you know anyone as talented as this guy?
Four Questions on E-Stamps (2)
Seth Godin certainly caused a ruckus with his post on stamps.
The premise of electronic stamps is to begin charging people for the privledge of sending email, theory being that spammers would be significantly deterred if they were charged for sending unsolicited mail.
This is a complicated issue. At first glance it seems like a no-brainer - […]
Don’t open a bank account online (1)
I love online banking. Between online bill pay, statements that are constantly updated, the lack of junk mail and live chatting whenever I need it, it’s very close to the perfect service provider solution.
Unless I want to open a new account.
I needed to open a new checking account and decided to do so online. […]
Blowing up Basecamp (1)
I just blew up Basecamp.
Our company had been searching for a project management solution for a long time before I first joined the team. They had evaluated the pros and cons of Microsoft Project and other tools, and had deemed them all too user-unfriendly for their purposes.
In I trotted with the diea that we use […]
Some day, I’ll be able to tell people “I knew him as a kid!” (1)
If you’re looking for design inspiration, do yourself a favor and visit The Generation Church website. This very well could be the most stunning site I’ve seen in the past 12 months.
I knew Sean growing up, and was always humbled by his intelligence. These days I’m similarly humbled by his design aesthetic. Just watch - […]
Lazy Sunday, Part Deux (0)
How do you spoof the SNL Narnia video and pull it off? Use cute kids.
Reflections on an un-conference (0)
There’s a whole other world out there, and I caught a glimpse of it this past weekend.
There are people who have started successful consulting firms and have worked for two major media companies…and just reached an age where they can legally buy alcohol.
There are people who have had their lives shattered in the wake of […]
Promotion (0)
Got promoted last week - I’m no longer the ambiguous ‘Director of User Experience’ but a full-fledged Creative Director. It’s a pretty cool feeling - since college, I knew that if I were going to bite the bullet and work for someone else, this would be the kind of position I’d want.
Whatever creative faculties I […]
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Google just keeps it coming. In the coming weeks you might start seeing little telephones next to sponsored ads on Google pages. It’s called ‘click-to’call’ and it allows you to call the company directly from your computer - likely leveraging the technology they’ve implemented in Google Talk. Google apparently pays for the telephone charges, and […]
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The extremely talented Andy Rutledge weighed in on the home page design for auction mega-giant eBay earlier today. His analysis was pretty thorough, and he managed to take a page that was extremely cluttered and hone in on what he felt were the most important pieces.
Andy does a great job of focusing on creating a […]
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Love this email newsletter design - very well put together. Animated GIFs are making a comeback, mark my words….
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Jakob Nielsen on ClearType, the plugin from Microsoft that anti-aliases screen text to make it more readable.
“ClearType will make this user at least 10% more productive while reading from the screen, for a gain of $2,000.”
I’ve had it for a few weeks now and I actually have enjoyed it quite a bit. You don’t notice […]
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Good stuff. Back in my premarketing days this was the kind of stuff I’d stress contstantly - it really doesn’t take much to leave a strong positive impression on your customers. In fact, I would submit that the little touches like these are often the most important thing that should be on your company’s agenda […]
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Lots of things on the Internet make you smirk. But few make you laugh out loud in the conference room, forcing your colleagues to look up from what they’re doing to look your way. This is one of them.
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I have a few buddies in the world of programming who are getting pretty scared of Google. I’m starting to see why.
Google is now offering it’s analytics service for free, allowing you to track your web stats, keyword campaigns and the relationship between traffic and conversion. If tracking your website ROI wasn’t easy enough already, […]
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It looks like Sony has gotten caught with its hand in an enormous cookie jar. If you’re a nerd, you’ll find this stuff fascinating (how smart are these guys for figuring out what Sony’s up to! And how likely would I be to see them at a party?) If you’re not a nerd, you should […]
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I’ve been trying to learn Ruby On Rails for the past few weeks, and it’s been an interesting challenge. Historically, programming languages (PHP and the like) have been difficult for me to grasp. While I don’t know what I’m doing, I feel like I do understand how ROR works - sort of.
The coolest thing? ROR […]
