December 2008
8 posts
Lower Barriers to Online Shopping by Providing...
Great illustration from the 37signals blog.
How to Write Copy for the Web
Rands wrote a nice piece on the shift in tonality and messaging in Web2.0 apps.
“[I]t sounds like someone rather than something is saying it.
It sounds authentic.
Stop for a second and reread any paragraph in this article, but this time, I want you to listen to the voice you’ve constructed in your head. It sounds like you. This is why, when we meet, you’re going to be confused because I...
Word Nuts & those w/ Writers Block Rejoice
The VisualThesaurus ($) has done a good job advertising its cure for writers block with its mindmap-like word lookup tool, but the free Visuwords, based of Princeton University’s WordNet, provides more detail on the relationship between nodes.
Learn a Language Online
Inspired by Jason’s post at 37Signals these two sites were mentioned in the comments which I thought were interesting:
eduFire - open market for live tutoring ($)
Livemocah - pairs you with a learning buddy (free)
Simple Terminal Tricks for better OSX Experience
For the geeky:
Enable “path view” in Finder - thanks to John Grubber
Better Screen Sharing Control
“Do you know how to avoid parking tickets? Buy your own parking lot.”
– TJ and the possible blessings of a downwards turning economy
Edit 2008-12-08: Grammar
Manually Formatting Tabular Data? Not Anymore.
Peek at Magic/Replace a new web app from Vancouver based Dabble DB.
Ultimate PIM
Life and ideas happen spontaneously, not pre-formatted to fit the metaphor of an “entry” in a PIM. Solution: Adopt the concept of a rolling log, eliminate filenames and titles, embrace projects and tags. More to come on the “Ultimate PIM”.