Archive for December, 2008
Snow Day in Spokane
Snow is not uncommon in our area this time of year. In fact, in December snow is expected. What isn’t expected is to set an all time record for snowfall in a 24 hour period. I just got in from snow blowing my driveway for the third time in the same 24 hour period. I [...]
Web 2.0 Kicked me in the Balls, Pointed, and Laughed
I have been developing websites for a number of years. Long before O’Reilly developed the term Web 2.0 and even longer before the unnecessary invent of the term Web 3.0. I have never quite understood the term Web 2.0. I have read a number of discussions on the topic but nobody seems to be able [...]
ESPN Web Site Redesign
My friend Caleb and I looked at the new beta for ESPN a few weeks ago. The new design is clearly less cluttered and in my opinion a step in the right direction. I understand how homepages get so busy and cluttered especially with large organizations like ESPN who are trying to reach numerous audiences. [...]
Small Business Link Building
Building links for small business website is a tough thing. Most small businesses don’t have much of a budget to build links. Good link building takes a lot of work regardless of business size but large businesses have an easier time getting press and recognition which often brings with it lots of links. Today, Aaron [...]
Is New Media the Cause of or the Solution to the Global Recession?
Earlier this morning I was reading an article in the Spokesman-Review, our local paper. The article was titled, “Great Depression: A look back in time.” The article just as it sounds was an overview of the Great Depression and its effect on our local and national economy. In the article there was a statement, “Nobody [...]
Twitter Mistake – Paul Boag Follower Calls Fire Department Fearing for His Life.
Paul Boag posted an interesting post yesterday which stuck out due to my new member status with Twitter. Paul is largely responsible for me joining Twitter. His product evangelism made me curious and has resulted in my recent membership. For those of you with Twitter feel free to add me, @stemkoski. Anyway, below is an [...]
How Exactly Does Twitter Work?
I joined Twitter a couple weeks ago. Since then I have been struggling with grasping how it works. I can see some of the benefits if you can develop a following but how do you get a following? How do I find people I know on Twitter? Is there a way to check for my [...]
Personalization is Coming. How will it Change our World?
Search is changing that is for sure. As someone who spends a great deal of time online and as someone who works in online marketing I am torn about the new changes. On one hand the increase in personalization will ultimately help provide more relevant search results. On the other hand it will make quantifying [...]
Facebook Launches Facebook ID and Takes Over the Internet
Facebook officially launched their connect platform. Facebook has been working on ingraining themselves in the lives of web visitors and in the very fabric of the Internet as much as possible in the last couple years. With the official release of connect they can now do that in a very real way. Connect has the [...]
Free Reverse DNS / Domain Lookups Tool
My friend Caleb just tipped me off to a free service called myIPneighbors. It is basically a free reverse DNS lookup tool. I have seen this service offered at a number of places like http://www.whois.sc but they always seem to charge a premium fee for it. Now with myIPneighbors you can do free lookups of [...]