Pelago :: web design & development blog » Popular Culture http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog Santa Barbara Web Design and Web Development Blog on the web world and other randoms Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:31:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Google Trends and Web Related Search Terms http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2006/08/04/google-trends-and-web-related-search-terms/ http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2006/08/04/google-trends-and-web-related-search-terms/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:14:18 +0000 Michael http://www.pelagodesign.com/archipelago/?p=291 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:

Web Dev

Web Design

Ecommerce

Web Applications

Summary: A whole lot of over seas action…

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562 users tagging and storing useful source code snippets.

Very useful IMO. Its like my proto site on steroids.

Jaime

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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.

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HassleMe

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

]]> http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2006/05/14/hassleme/feed/ 0 fastr a flickr game http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2006/01/30/fastr-%e2%80%94-a-flickr-game/ http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2006/01/30/fastr-%e2%80%94-a-flickr-game/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:51:07 +0000 Jaime http://www.pelagodesign.com/archipelago/?p=275 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.

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- Michael

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]]> http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2005/12/12/google-ten-golden-rules/feed/ 0 A history of Windows, in pictures http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2005/12/05/a-history-of-windows-in-pictures/ http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2005/12/05/a-history-of-windows-in-pictures/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:14:21 +0000 John http://www.pelagodesign.com/archipelago/?p=259 A slide show of where Windows started and how far it has come. Hat tip: Jon Walker

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