1/30/2012

Tiny Fluid Grid.

Need to try this out sometime when I get a minute.

tags: | category: Design

1/29/2012

Why Curated Online Magazines are the SEO Future | Curated Content.

I’ve been doing little experiments with microsites to calculate the SEO of human powered curation. I do believe curation is the future.

And guess what? It’s a lot cheaper than feeding the Content Beast with unique content alone.

So true! It will easier for companies to justify the smaller expense of human curation, rather than the expensive task of coming up with high quality content.

tags: | category: Curation

1/27/2012

Sea Bass Recipe – Braised in Tomato Fennel Broth.

This is one of the best recipes I have ever come across for sea bass. I’ve made it over and over again. Things to remember: Only use good, fresh sea bass. Be patient with the fennel and slice it very thin. Be liberal with the white wine.

tags: | category: Food

1/27/2012

Eggs: Six Cooking Methods – Martha Stewart Food.

This is useful because I am always forgetting the exact time to make hard-boiled eggs. Follow Martha’s instructions and they do come out perfectly.

tags: | category: Food

1/27/2012

StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide – Save Money, Eat Better, Help The Environment.

Very useful site. I am always wondering what is the proper amount of time to keep food around.

tags: | category: Food

1/25/2012

Up to 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies registered .xxx domains over a 52-day period starting Sept. 7, says Lawley, who declined to name the companies. Their goal: to protect their brands from falling into the wrong hands.

via What’s in a Domain Name? $185,000 for Starters – Businessweek.

I’ve been fascinated by the goings on of ICANN  lately (and the controversy it’s causing). I was of the mind that the new domains would be great for creating new business ideas. But 70% of the Fortune 500 companies registered to protect their brands? Starting to sound like blackmail. It’s one thing to spend $100 a year to withhold the .xxx, but spending 185K for the new domains is going to get pricey.

tags: | category: Strategy

1/24/2012

Tutorials:How jQuery Works – jQuery JavaScript Library.

Something new to learn with all my oodles of free time.

tags: | category: Design

1/24/2012

Fancybox – Fancy jQuery lightbox alternative.

Easy (?) way to add a lightbox to a page or site.

tags: | category: Design

1/24/2012

Lean Domain Search | The fastest way to find a great domain name.

Very cool tool that lets you generate numerous ideas from a single keyword and shows you what is available to register.

tags: | category: Strategy

1/19/2012

Curated Commerce: How Retail Brands Can Cash in on the Latest Craze.

Interesting article about how a bigger brand might attempt to leverage Pinterest and other curation sites. It’s always a delicate dance to insert your brand name into the conversation without seeming phony.

tags: | category: Curation Strategy