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Authority Profile: Rand Fishkin

For my first post here, I wanted to introduce a new idea, an authority profile. I want to create a small database of people that help answer the question, “who should I be following online?”
The first person on my list to talk about is Rand Fishkin. Who is Rand Fishkin? Well, first off all the […]

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The Beauty of Sketch Design

Sketch Design is what I call it when a web designer uses techniques that go beyond standard web graphical elements. Your standard elements are buttons and banners that generally try to mimic a real world texture, whether it be plastic or glass or something along those lines. This is a tried and true technique that […]

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TechCrunch-InviteShare, A New Benchmark For Beta Sites?

Some days ago TechCrunch acquired InviteShare, a new platform where members can share invitations to closed betas. Will the acquisition by InviteShare create a new test for those platforms?
Can TechCrunch Quick Start Platforms?
Michael Arrington and TC are a respected tandem in the tech scene, daily asked by many start-ups to feature their product. VCs read […]

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Can Last.fm Become MTV2.0?

In May ‘07 last.fm integrated video clips. The video hype was little because there were hardly any clips and soon the Last.fm centered around the acquisition by CBS and the absence from the Day of Silence project.
Even today there is little video content: a quick search for the [UK] iTunes Top 10 Songs and Top […]

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Are Social Networks Good For You?

I’ve recently been pondering the effects of social networks. I spent a lot of time on Twitter,Facebook,YouTube,Pownce,and although not a social network AIM and Skype.
I’ve been wondering if they are good for you. I really don’t know the effects. I don’t view it as a time waster because the I’d normally be sitting in […]

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The Genius of Suicide Girls

When we talk about Web 2.0, it is not very often we get to see a site that started before this phase of the web and has gone on to take the best parts of it and continue to thrive. Suicide Girls (NSFW) is a great example of a site that started with basic community […]

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DotD: The City Church

If you scour the design galleries you have no doubt since this work of art. Color scheme, typography and layout. The total package in aesthetics has been achieved. The message comes across strong, but not overbearing. Throw in a little flash and you have one of the best sites in 2006 so far in my […]

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DotD: Jaredigital

It’s Jared and it’s pink. Not much else to say.

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DotD: Mojizu

Images. When used correctly they can be the most effective aspect of any design and a requirement when your site revolves around them. Mojizu is that kind of site that sucks me in due to its images. I will quickly admit that the dual-colored background on the headers is annoying, but the rest of the […]

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SotD: Leihu

I love illustrators. The ones I meet are weird as hell, but their creativity has no bounds it seems. Give them an idea and they will come up with an illustration. Give an illustrator a website and if he happens to have even a smidgen of good design skills lots of times you end up […]