Archive for April, 2009

Long URLs. Charles Dickens long.

Published Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

DickensURL is the next big thing in URL-modification. While the rest of the world worries about shrinking long URLs, Dickens takes it one step further. DickensURL converts the ugly into “wonderful works by Charles Dickens.” Curious, I plugged in my website’s URL. What I got was a page reciting several lines of one of Dickens’ [...]

I'm Writing for Smashing Magazine!

Published Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I will soon be the proud author of a Smashing Magazine article (or two). I’ve been in contact with their editor-in-chief and I’m signed on to write a 1 or 2-part article, detailing CSS techniques that “I wish I knew” when I started designing. The content of the article will be CSS techniques, tips, tricks, [...]

Your Brand Sucks: Branding Strategies & Tips

Published Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Your brand sucks. Seriously, it’s garbage. Scrap it and start over. Here’s why your brand sucks: you don’t know what branding is. The Myth Most people think branding is a collective identity comprised of logos, websites, graphics, color schemes, print promos, stationary, etc. Most peolple think that branding success follows a formula similar to witty name [...]

Update: DiggBar NOT an SEO-killer

Published Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Digg’s VP of Engineering, John Quinn, just posted to the company’s official blog, weighing on the DiggBar vs. SEO question. The most important thing he said (from an SEO perspective) is, “Prior to launching the DiggBar, we reached out to Google and SEO experts to ensure we adhered to the leading best practices…” That is [...]

Google vs. Facebook vs. Microsoft vs. MySpace

Published Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

A new partnership between MySpace and Microsoft was announced last week. According to Mashable, the deal includes several key components. “MySpace and Microsoft announced today that the MySpace website will be available for Windows Mobile this summer. In addition, they announced that MySpace would be supporting Microsoft’s Silverlight platform (a rival to the popular Adobe [...]

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