Archive for the ‘Just for Fun’ Category
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Looking to add news-oriented content to your website quickly and easily? Look no farther than the Google NewsBar Wizard. We're testing it for the "On the News" page here on eMedia Daily, and in our sidebar. It's easy to set up - taking less than 5 minutes, and provides your ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Just for fun... Merchant Talk has the cast of Web 2.0, and the celebrites who would play them. Good for a quick laugh... Web 2.0 - Hollywood Style
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Nearly one-half of US adult Internet users surveyed have used a search engine to look for information about themselves, according to the December 2007 Pew Internet & American Life Project's "Digital Footprints" report.
That is more than twice the 22% of users who did so in 2002, but Mary Madden, ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
From ClickZ...
New currents beget new buzzwords. In 2008, the "conversation" will certainly march on, but I'll put myself out on a limb and predict we'll see more than a little correction and a reality check on our sometimes overly romantic exuberance over Web 2.0.
Realistically, getting it right with consumers in ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Looking for additional ways to gain recognition for all the work you've put into your website? Consider entering some of the numerous industry award programs available. Winning can give you additional recognition (and traffic) that you've been missing.
Just a few to consider:
The Webby Awards
The deadline to participate in the ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
RSS is touted as the best thing since sliced bread for keeping up with information on the 'net. Its easy to make sure you see the latest content from your favorite sites and blogs, without visiting every site every day. With the increased usership of pages like iGoogle and MyYahoo, ...
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
We're all about making our web pages better - about making them more attractive, more user friendly, more search engine friendly.
So, its only fitting that today, on Thanksgiving (for US readers), that we give thanks for websites that suck. We especially give thanks for "The Daily Sucker." They take ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Of a more personal note...
I often register for new and innovative websites that I feel like are filling a void or could become a useful part of my day to day life. I'm a frequent reader of LifeHacker and love the GTD ideas. (I'm no good at implementing them, thus ...
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Virgil Griffith created "WikiScanner: List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations". Its an interesting data mining exercise - if you'd like to spend the time learning how to use the interface.
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Just a brief commentary - 2.0 does not necessarily mean that something is new and improved. Really. Not everything needs to have an updated version. In one quick update today, I saw emails about
- Web 2.0
- Enterprise 2.0
- Voice 2.0
- Identity 2.0
- Product 2.0
Lets come up with something new ...
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