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Friday, 26 October 2007
A couple of years ago I wandered if the Ebay executives made some bad decisions while under the influence of alcohol. Now, Australian IT reports that:
“Ebay’s original plan was to integrate Skype into its online auctions so, for example, sellers and buyers could call each other instantly using their computers. This course seems to have been abandoned by Ebay.”
Now, that was money well-spent, wasn’t it?
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Anyone else spotted the irony in The IT Crowd’s parody of “anti-piracy” advertisements? Yep, the bloke who ripped it and then uploaded it to Youtube was committing piracy.
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Do you have a blog but need some ideas on how to make it work better? If so, make sure you read Tom Johnson’s fantastic usability tips for bloggers. Here’s the gist of what Tom’s saying:
- Pick a topic for your blog
- Encourage comments
- Make it easy to subscribe
- Include an “about” page
- Present your ideas visually
- Keep posts short and to the point
- Use subheadings for long posts
- Link abundantly
- Make headlines descriptive
- Archive by topic
- Include a list of related posts beneath each post
- Allow users to contact you offline
- Present your real viewpoint
- Write for your future employer
- Include a “top posts” section
- Provide an index
- Get your own URL and match it to your blog’s title
- Include a “recent posts” section in your sidebar
- Reward commenters for commenting
- Post often
If you’re not doing most of these already, now is the time to get started.
Monday, 8 October 2007
The folks at xhtml.com have put together a first-rate CSS reference guide with lots of useful examples and illustrations.
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Does your organisation send out email newsletters to your customers or prospects? If so, here’s a tip.
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