Social Media As A Job Requirement
Here’s an interesting help wanted posting from The Software Freedom Law Center. An organization more interested in your online commenting than your resume for this job. Of course the job is for Public Relations, but I believe that you will see more of this as social media becomes more deeply ingrained in all kinds of […]
Another Easy Way To Add E-Commerce
Here’s something new from Google Checkout. It’s called the Google Checkout store gadget. It’s still in Beta and is called experimental by Google so there are a few bugs, but the ones they listed seem pretty minor and I can’t believe Google would release something like this unless it was about finished. Judging from their […]
Some Great Free Image Tools
I am currently working with a customer who wants to set up a store. They had a spreadsheet of the items that they want to sell. There are over 3,000 of them. Creating a database if items for a shopping cart is not that unusual, but in this case the item images were in the […]
More Great SEO Tools
I found this list of Free SEO tools. I have tried many of them before and there are many others that I haven’t tried yet, but will. I do recommend bookmarking this post on Investintech and at least having a look at all of the tools. Visit 101 Free SEO Tools
Can Social Media Save Iron City Beer
Iron City Beer has long been a symbol of the City of Pittsburgh. It’s no secret that they and many other local brewers have struggled mightily to save their brands in recent years. Several years ago Rolling Rock Beer was purchased by Anheuser Busch. They moved them out of their mountain home (Latrobe PA) and […]
Favorite Site Designs – Duirwaigh Studios
I have a category with some of my favorite site designs that are showing up on the web. These are not my sites, but they are the kinds of designs that I like in a website. There are different reasons that I picked these site designs, they all look good and are clear and easy […]
Twitter 101 For Business
When I speak to business people about how I use Twitter, many of them want to know if it’s something that can help their business. Unless they’re living under a rock they’ve heard of Twitter and all kinds of social media, but many of them are not involved either in their business or personally. Hearing […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – 55 Strange Buildings of the World
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) The Gawno Magazine is a design blog and they cover everything from movies to architechture. You could spend the day looking at their stuff, but I really recommend this one with some amazing, strange and mostly beautiful […]
Simple Can Be Good
It never ceases to amaze me how many people want the latest and greatest technology, regardless if they have any idea how to use it or what it can actually do for them. It’s also very true with websites. I can’t tell you how many sites that I’ve built with programs for things that were […]
More Good WordPress Tools
I wrote the other day how much I like using WordPress for other things beside this blog. WordPress Can Do Anything Today I found another great post with all kind of more things that you can do with the new WordPress 2.8 on the 1stwebdesigner site. They have great resources and tools. Read New And […]
