Monthly Archives: January 2009
Book review bugaboos
Some years back, I did quite a bit of book reviewing for January Magazine; I miss that, and am looking forward to doing a small book reviewing project for Publishers Weekly this spring. This piece by Bob Harris in The … Continue reading
Think before you shrink
Web 1 Marketing has a great post on how shrinking a URL (using services such as TinyURL or BudURL) works and how it affects SEO. Turns out there are two different types of redirects at work, and one is preferable … Continue reading
Filed under SEO
Getting down and dirty with domain names
Domain names cost $10 a year, but can be worth thousands of dollars. As a client of mine has painfully discovered. She purchased a domain name for her small business and built a website. (Let’s call her Jane Doe, and … Continue reading
Filed under Web Design
Two more things
A few final words (from me, at least) on Macworld 2009: I missed Chris Pirillo’s talk on community (ironically, while having a wonderful lunch with a key member of my own community, a person who mentored me at Apple). But … Continue reading
Filed under Apple, Online Work/Life
Hot news out of Macworld
I have it from an unimpeachable source that something way cool is going to be announced. He could not, however, reveal what. But he’s highly credible, and if he says it’s cool, it will be. Stay tuned.
Filed under Apple
From Ad Hominem to Weasel Wording
At a delightful New Year’s Day party in North Oakland, I met Don Lindsay, a technology professional and skeptic whose website includes A List of Fallacious Arguments. The list starts with Ad Hominem (attacking the speaker instead of the argument: … Continue reading
Filed under Communication
Meet my most colorful client
I’m in San Francisco this week, visiting friends and attending Macworld, which opens tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, back in Seattle (where they’ve got another foot of snow to contend with) the Post-Intelligencer has profiled one of my favorite (and certainly, most … Continue reading
