Google Trends is another voyeuristic tool to see what others are searching for. I decided to check a few key words in our industry. Here are the results:
Summary: A whole lot of over seas action…
562 users tagging and storing useful source code snippets.
Very useful IMO. Its like my proto site on steroids.
Jaime
If you are like us, some of your clients have a difficult time grasping the nuances of email marketing options. “Can’t I just send an email with my current email program?” Well, yes you can send an email to 1,500 people via BCC in Outlook, but how do you manage the list? What about spam concerns? Does it convey the professionalism that you want?
This article from idealware.org does a great job of covering the gamut of options. We’ve used PHPList for many of our clients, but it is well suited for a Dedicated Hosting environment. The limitations most hosting companies place on outgoing email volume make it a little tricky to scale in a shared hosting environment. PHPList also lacks advanced metrics that a lot of the paid services offer.
http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_email_newsletter_tools.php
Here’s a tool/lifehack that might be useful:
Not eating enough fruit? Forgot to feed the fish again? Need a little help keeping your New Year’s resolutions?
Tell us what to hassle you about, and we’ll nag you via email at semi-unpredictable intervals.
Jaime
Here’s a game to try on your work break.
Game instructions:
It loads ten images that all share a common tag, one by one, and you guess what the tag is. When you guess right, the tag will turn blue. Then you can watch the pictures until the next set begins. The faster you guess, the more points you get. The points are reset every five minutes.
If you’re not familiar with tags check out this definition, and if you haven’t visited flickr yet, you may do so here.
PC World outlines a lot of the “best of web 2.0″…for lack of a better term. They talk about how the Internet is becoming centered around participation, as opposed to the browse and view world we currently live in. If Web 2.0 still seems like a confusing topic, I recommend reading this article and clicking around on the various offerings. It’s a great way to get a glimpse of where things are going…
- Michael
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,123790,pg,1,00.asp
A good primer on how the web differs from its print predecessor.
Google the great gives us glimpses of insight into their growing empire.
A slide show of where Windows started and how far it has come. Hat tip: Jon Walker
http://www.desktoppipeline.com/storypics/win20ann/win_tour4.jhtml
More insight into the inner workings of the Google empire.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_40/b3953093.htm
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