Say What You Do For SEO Success
Jeff Bennett had a great post yesterday about a shop that had changed their name to take advantage of the customer’s common name for them I said it absolutely made sense and I fully agree. …
Hosting and Web Development
Over the years, I’ve noticed that when most people start talking about web development, they immediately throw web hosting into the mix. “Okay, so you develop in PHP, where do you host?” is often the…
Love Your Geek – Print Version Available
Karl Susman’s book “Love Your Geek” came out on Monday, and he just told me it’s already gone for a second printing. Excellent news! You can still get your copy on Amazon in the Kindle…
Friday Music Video: Pat Metheny
Last Train Home – reminds me of my days at UVM when Pat was everywhere. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g6nPYyIS_I[/youtube] Dig deeper: PatMetheny.com – his official site Wikipedia page
Red Sox Ticket Prices, StubHub and Ace Tickets
Back in the day, I used to go to Red Sox games…lots of Red Sox games, as many as 30 or so a year. In the past couple years, not a game. In fact, I’ve…
How to Report the News
Brilliant… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4[/youtube]
NY Times: When iPhone Apps Are Too Smart
The big secret of iPhone apps is coming out of the bag: most apps that are downloaded are rarely, if ever used. While I’m not saying we’ve jumped the shark here, it is important to…
Geo Location Services and the Coming War for Our Whereabouts
Over the past few months I’ve been messing with Foursquare…the geo location service-based social network-game. Frequent readers will possibly remember that I’m not a really big fan of sharing geo location information, even though I’m perhaps one of the few who has directly had his life saved by cell phone geolocation.
Foursquare is an interesting study. By turning the geo location service into a game and allowing the most frequent visitors to locations to earn the title of “Mayor” of that spot, as well as providing badges which users can earn for certain actions, they’re amassing a fairly comprehensive database of mostly bars and restaurants around the globe. They’ve beautifully applied some of the best features of online communities in a way that has allowed them to expand at an exponential rate.
No, Uh, We Don’t Have an App for That…
Think about this: much of the “web traffic” we see now doesn’t actually go through a web browser at all, instead a lot of traditionally “web” type interactions are now happening on smartphones, etc. through…
Friday Music Video
This one is a left-handed request. A “new” reader requested it, in an off handed way… The Foo Fighters – “You’re So Vain” from the 2008 Grammys. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhqj2hM4a-c[/youtube]