Mar

22

Personal Branding, Personal Connection

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All branding that works is personal, because it makes some sort of personal connection.
Sometimes personal is manufactured. Betty Crocker was a creation that represented a corporate brand.
Sometimes, “personal” seems to spontaneously ooze from the people behind the brand. Joe and Mark, the two enterprising yard care teens who [...]

Mar

21

Examining Print Style Sheets

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What is a print style sheet?
A print style sheet controls which parts of a web page print, with what formatting.
Why do I need one?

Most or all sidebar navigation is not needed to get the most out of a printed article. Anything that is best understood by clicking is probably superfluous.
Margins and floats may overlap [...]

Mar

19

What I’m Doing Instead of Attending SES-NY

Filed Under Blogging, Social Networking, The Meaning of Life | 3 Comments

Dazzlin Donna has inspired me.
…let’s pull this baby back to what I was originally talking about. Content. Giving users what they crave. Right…now we’re back. I’m going to spend a fair amount of time on just this one topic, and I’m going to give my visitors lots of content to quench their [...]

Mar

15

I Dream of Way Cool Blog Posts, but it’s not what you think

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Soooo, at about 9:00 Friday evening I was working on a blog post, not this blog post, aaaand thought I’d take a little Stumble break before polishing it off. The next thing I knew it was after 1:00 am Saturday and I was in that twilight zone where a person wonders if they are [...]

Mar

10

No Rest For The Dyslexic

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Yesterday, or earlier today, or at some point before I got going this yesterday morning… scratch that. Starting over: I re-set my clock for daylight savings time. Or I thought I did. In reality, I set it an hour behind when I was supposed to set it an hour ahead - [...]

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