Avatar II – The Trailer
This is hilarious!
On the Fly Website Translation in Google Chrome
I stumbled on this neat trick the other day while having a look for information on a Russian website. If you are browsing using the Google Chrome Browser and open Google Translate in one tab, when you surf to any foreign language sites, it will offer to translate the site for you. You click yes, and bang, you’ve got that site in English. The actual translation is as good as the library they have, hence Spanish is pretty good, while…
The Localized SEO Project Yeilds Fruit
2 weeks after go live, BayStatePowerWashing.com is now fully indexed in Google. The site initially had Google position only for it’s own name, due to the use for frames in the old site design. Here is a sample of some of the results: residential power washing massachusetts – #1 commercial power washing massachusetts – #3 power washing weston ma – #1 power washing shrewsbury ma – #1 Excellent progress. Even better news is that the site owner has the ability…
New Netcast: A History of the World in 100 Objects
I’ve been listening to this netcast for the past two days on the way to work, a major savior for me since the weather has made for epic commutes. It comes from the folks at the BBC and the British Museum and it’s called “A History of the World in 100 Objects.” From their “about” page: At the heart of the project is the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 objects. 100 programmes, written and…
Friday Music Video: John Coltrane – Greensleeves
Not really a video…but certainly one of my favorite songs of all time. Note how it combines an optimistic theme with a strong blues undertone. In 35 years, I still hear something new every time.
Designing for the iPad?
I was listening to a netcast this morning (This Week in Media) and the host Alec Lindsey put forward the suggestion that many content related businesses were planning on developing specific content for the iPad. I had a couple thoughts… Why would you funnel development dollars into creating something for a single platform, when that platform has not yet been released. How could you develop effectively for a platform, when that platform has not yet been released. The suggestion was…
New Site: BayStatePowerWashing.com
Over the past few weeks I pulled together a new site for my friend Ryan Mowry, owner of BayState Power Washing. The site is built in wordpress and uses a fairly standard template. Points to consider: This is a test of a new localized SEO tactic. The site hadn’t been indexed yet by Google yesterday, the last time I checked. Site is fully editable by Ryan. We did include a blog, where Ryan will be posting information of use to…
Random Boat Show Thoughts
I should (hopefully…fingers crossed) have a vidcast from the floor of the boat show for you tomorrow. Depending on my ability to edit it down into something approximating a coherent effort. Which is a bit of a tall order, seeing as I shot the whole thing on my iPhone. The good stuff will be in the video. But for now a few random observations: Attendance appeared to be on par with last year. Admission price was less, at $13 per…
Derek Trucks – I’d Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy
Another great video of Derek Trucks
iCoffin
I’ve got no words for this one. Brilliant…