May 2006 Archives

The importance of being good May 25, 2006
Starbucks is pulling CD burning stations from their stores. That says something interesting about their brand.

Hosting reviews: pay to play May 23, 2006
Dreamhost’s blog has an expose of the pay-to-play schemes used by "independant" hosting review sites....

It's the network May 22, 2006
Jeff Jarvis has been promoting the idea of an open ad marketplace. His latest piece...

Motivation May 20, 2006
Create a custom motivational poster for free. Buy a hi-res version for $1. I just...

714 May 20, 2006
Why couldn’t he have done this yesterday when I was there....

Co-founders May 20, 2006
Why you’d want a co-founder for your startup and how to find them....

Startup Starts May 20, 2006
Niall Kennedy has transcripts, slides, and summaries from a recent Mark Fletcher talk on starting...

Because I'm a rockstar, that's why May 18, 2006
While it may be better to be lucky than good, it’s certainly better to have...

Policy scars May 17, 2006
37signals says that policies are like scar tissue: they’re created as an overreaction to a...

XML, mutliple encodings, and PHP May 17, 2006
A clever way to deal with XML files containing lots of encodings (like RSS feeds)...

Autodiscovery of hierarchies through tagging May 16, 2006
Some thoughts on placing documents into a taxonomy by analyzing folksonomies surrounding the document.

Hot Brie and Pesto Dip May 16, 2006
A great appetizer recipe from a local winery.

Calendar creator May 16, 2006
Create simple printable calendars from your digital photos. Try the very cool CD case desk...

Digital returns May 15, 2006
A tip on how to make your digital camera easier to return to its rightful owner.

Technorati quick fix May 12, 2006
Technorati makes quick work of a site bug

Home Depot: Excellent customer service May 11, 2006
A simple call for information results in a very pleasant experience.

Chinese Math May 9, 2006
If you think all you need is 3% of your market to break even, you’d...

Open ad marketplace May 9, 2006
Jeff Jarvis’s column in AdAge gives more detail about his idea for an open ad...

Home run records May 9, 2006
Think Barry Bonds should have an asterisk in the record book because his record might...

2006 Whaton Business plan winners May 8, 2006
Knowledge@Wharton has a summary of the 2006 business plan competion, the eight finalists, and the...

Yahoo ad improvements May 8, 2006
Shortly Yahoo will be rolling out improvements to the contextual ad engine that powers their...

Relax your policies May 8, 2006
Create overly-restrictive policies that assume your customers are bad people and you’ll end up treating al lyour customers like they’re bad people.

Andy Griffith on simplicity May 5, 2006
Just do what’s needed and no more. Andy Griffith has a lesson in simplicity for...

Email hoax breaker May 5, 2006
Most people I know have stopped sending me email chain letters because they’ve gotten sick...

Simplelinks changes May 5, 2006
Some changes in how I post links might make for some weirdness in feed readers for a bit.

Retail tagging May 5, 2006
An interesting idea for retailers who want to implement tagging—autotag your products to...

Personal branding May 5, 2006
Rajesh Setty has a free ebook to imrpove the personal brand of tech professionals. That...

Best buy madness May 5, 2006
Improv Everywhere sent 80 people in khakis and royal blue shirts to hang out in...

Hasbro instructions May 5, 2006
While looking for a link to The Inventors game, I discovered that Hasbro has an...

Google Alerts Hack: Atom or RSS feeds May 2, 2006
Want to get a feed that’s updated every time Google finds a new page for your search term?