December 2008
About bloody time ...
Former St. Louis coach Mike Martz has been fired as San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator.
Martz was let go Tuesday by Mike Singletary, who was made the permanent head coach of the team Sunday night after going 5-4 as the interim coach.Upon taking over, Singletary benched J.T. O’Sullivan, Martz’s chosen quarterback, and installed Shaun Hill at the position.
Make Your Site Known For Signal, Kill The Noise →
image credit: cormacphelan
If you’re already publishing on the web, skip the first three points and go to the next heading. But for those just starting out, there are three main types…
“It’s more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than...”
– Seth’s Blog: Expertise and passion
100 Ways to Succeed #149:
Excellence is the best defense. Excellence is the best offense. Excellence is the answer in good times. Excellence is the answer in tough times. Excellence is about the big things. Excellence is about the little things. Excellence is a hammer. Excellence is a relationship. Excellence is a philosophy. Excellence is an aspiration. Excellence is immoderate. Excellence is a pragmatic...
Animated Gifs - dancing cat gif - Threadbombing →
gerbert:
This tripped me out. Then I lol’d.
“Yes, Fog Creek’s standard salary out of college is $75,000, and we’re very...”
– Joel, here, again (via marco)
Everything You Need to Know How to Do in Windows... →
While Mac and Linux users may be the most vocal (ahem), the overwhelming majority of Lifehacker readers get here using some version of Windows. Let’s review the most popular Windows tutorials we’ve…
Everything You Need to Know How to Do in Windows... →
While Mac and Linux users may be the most vocal (ahem), the overwhelming majority of Lifehacker readers get here using some version of Windows. Let’s review the most popular Windows tutorials we’ve…
How to Feel Like the Incredible Hulk in 2009 →
The above video is of my presentation at the Entertainment Gathering, titled “How to Feel Like the Incredible Hulk.” In a short 17 minutes, I explain exactly how I conquered fears of swimming,…
Your Naughty/Nice Christmas mix →
Christmas is coming and kids are having fun (so said the chorus of my fifth grade play “Shaping Up Santa,” for which I still know all the words and thankfully no longer have to wear the…
5 Ways to Keep Your Competitive Edge →
Competing with other web workers might not be as cut-throat as corporate competition, but the spirit of competition in web working be dismissed as nonexistent. In fact, it’s a big mistake to…
Brands, social, clutter and the sundae →
The Times reports that traditional brand advertising on Facebook is a total failure. If you’ve been doing this for a while, this is no real surprise. Mark Drapeau asks whether brands belong on…
Most Contagious—2008 (PDF) →
(via wtfdude)
“PR doesn’t stop after the news breaks. Tomorrow’s PR is powered by a...”
– PR 2.0: TechCrunch Kills The Embargo, But PR Holds the Smoking Gun
“And all of it is increasingly less important as the economy withers and a lot of...”
– TechCrunch’s Yertle the Turtle Tantrum Over News Embargoes | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD
Top Ten Reasons Why You're not a Leading Brand
you don’t listen aggressively
you don’t communicate purpose and meaning
you don’t lead by example
you don’t take calculated risks
you don’t look for results, just go for the power play
you don’t create a climate of trust
you’re overly critical of others
you don’t rally around a common goal
you don’t improve people’s lives
you...
10 rules for making good design
10 design rules to keep in mind
Communicate — don’t decorate.
Speak with a visual voice.
Use two typeface families maximum. OK, maybe three.
Pick colors on purpose.
If you can do it with less, then do it.
Negative space is magical — create it, don’t just fill it up!
Treat the type as image, as though it’s just as important.
Be universal; remember that it’s not...
Brands, social, clutter and the sundae →
The Times reports that traditional brand advertising on Facebook is a total failure. If you’ve been doing this for a while, this is no real surprise.
Venture Beat says that Twitter made Dell a million dollars. That’s nuts. Did the phone company make Dell a billion dollars? Just because people used the phone to order their Dell doesn’t mean that the phone was a marketing medium....
Montage of text and images tells powerful story,... →
Over at Presentation Zen they have been recently discussing about moving type in visual presentations that create a narrative without the use of an actual voiceover or narration.
“I was reminded of another example that is a bit out of the ordinary. “Mankind Is No Island” by Jason van Genderen (Australia) is a short film that uses street images (people, billboard, signs, posters,...
13 Best Practices For Client Presentations from...
1. Be sure to put your presentation and report into proper context before jumping into findings, conclusions, recommendations – several of the teams missed an opportunity here. 2. Always think like an executive: how much will it cost, what will my expected returns be, what will it do to the organization, who can I have do this? Often, these questions are answered in part by doing a pro forma...
I Am Not A Journalist: A Manifesto
I’m not a journalist. I’m really not. I wish I was sometimes, journalism has a certain air of nobility about it that I wouldn’t mind being a part of. It smells of old newspapers and stale coffee, the type of moniker you wear in your hat and talk about over a stiff drink. Alas, I am not a journalist. I am marketer, a technologist and a content producer. Let me explain the difference …...
